Today is my second day with the Shred lifestyle plan, it's a good
plan
but it requires you eat meals every 3 or 4 times a day and 2 snacks.
I'm about to have oatmeal with blueberries and milk. I'm learning to
stay on a plan, to be consistent and to be dedicated to something again.
On July 1, 2010, I looked in the mirror and said to myself, "could I go
a day without eating salt, sugar and no junk..I said "YEAH ME". I
started that day and did this for one year and 2 months, losing a big 38
pounds and feeling really good about my efforts. I called my plan (that
I didn't plan), No salt, no sugar, no junk..YEAH ME! It was a cute
little jingle for me. I did not use the
salt box or salt shaker and did not add sugar to anything!..I would make
lemonade for the family and not even taste it..I baked a birthday cake
for my daughter, and one for my grand-children, but DID NOT touch. I was
in THE ZONE.
There would be donuts in the cabinets..I didn't touch, ice cream in the frig..well you get it! There
has never been a time in my life that I felt that good..all over.
But
something happened....and it hurt me, and I got in a funk, and still
now trying to get out. I have lost a total of 43 pounds, and trying to
get back emotionally so I can move forward.
I have learned many things on this weight-loss journey but one is key..I will share this today!
EMOTIONS...those little things(that become big things) that rocks everyone's world.
The
dictionary says..Emotions are a natural instinctive state of mind
deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
Any of the particular feelings that characterize such a state of mind,
such as joy, anger, hate, horror etc. In other words "feelings". Here
lies the delimima..feelings usually makes us react. [The old French word
esomvoir means to excite, from latin emovere means to disturb, from
movere..to move. I got it, something happens to excite your feeling
(joy, anger, rejection, sadness etc), and this causes a reaction..maybe
movement.
I realize..finally that I tend to move
toward food when I'm hurt, feel threatened, sad, and the like. It has
taken me years to admit that I, Glenda am an emotional eater. There, I
said! I feel like I'm at a AA meeting, hahaha.
If
you're having trouble losing weight, don't look to the gym, the kitchen,
or to that walk around the block. Look rather in your head and your
heart, weight-loss (or not), and emotions goes hand in hand. Unless
there are medical issues or enviromental triggers the only thing
standing in your way could very well be your emotions. And they are
real, I'm not down playing them, but we must face them, keep them in
check and go on and meet your goals. I realize they have hindered me in
many ways, especially in my eating habits, but I can change, I will
change, I am changing.
I can't blame everything on my emotions but they have reared their ugly head way too many times.
My
focus now is to be more "in touched" with my feelings, watch those
triggers, journal more, put pen and pencil to my feelings instead of
frying a batch of chicken! You see where I am? I am examining "why" I'm
eating now...not just "what' I'm consuming. I've also invited God into
my journey, before I sorta thought, "well He gave me common sense", but I
need Him in every area, and He helps me with those emotions, those
feelings of rejection and those past hurts when they come into my head.
He reminds me of who I am in Him, not who others have tried to make me
be...it is wonderful! I stand on Galatians 6:9.."And let us not loose
heart and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at
the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our
courage and faint."
Emotions are key,let's
use them to our advantage, take deep breaths, drink more water, grab a
fruit, make a smoothie, haha...and pray. We can do this! We will do
this!
Peace out!
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