Happy Monday! I'm celebrating my last summer Monday to sleep in and enjoy myself by waking up at 6am and cooking lunches for school :-/ I suppose it's better to get in the habit now then having that rude awakening Thursday morning!
I finally stepped on the scale yesterday. It was as bad as I expected. I know it's not all about numbers it's not really about looks, but my feeling very much matches the scale. I don't have as much energy as I used to and my confidence is a bit shot. This is my literal 'gut check'. It's really easy to go down a negative path here, but I'm going to look on the bright side and use this as an opportunity for self reflection (I think I blogged about that a bit last time). Life is a learning experience, if you let it be. You can either be defeated by your mistakes, or learn and grow from them. A friend of mine got me into the "Art of Charm: Confidence/Relationship&Dating Advice/Biohacking/Productivity" podcasts. They are primarily directed towards men, but I think that a lot of them are applicable to both men and women. I was listening to their episode on "How to Get Over a Break Up" (not directly related I know) and this quote really stuck with me. It can apply to so many different areas of our lives and help with mental and physical health and growth.
"Start putting together pieces that you may be able to take responsibility for that you want to change and start working on those moving forward. Because, if you're going to be a different person, guess what? You're going to have to do things differently and you're going to have to create new habits that are going to lead you into being the new person you want to be moving forward. Use it as a learning experience. We're not all perfect and the older you get the more stuff you take responsibility for, the better you're going to be feeling about moving towards the future...adopt the mindset that this is a learning experience"
(Sorry Aunt Bun, my loyal reader and grammar police. I know that's a run on like many of my sentences are) I would argue to say NO ONE is perfect, but that doesn't take away from the power of that statement. So here I go...creating new habits. Today's habit being--FOOD PREP!!! 10 chicken breasts at bagged up and in the freezer waiting to be my lunch. It's hard when you wake up at 5:30am and get home about 7pm in the evening to be prepared to make healthy choices. It's especially hard when there are no good choices at or around your work and I tend to make poor choices anyway when I'm rushed. I really hope I can keep this up! Maybe try some new recipes to share with you all? Another habit I'm going to try to start is reading more, not just about health and healthy habits, but keeping up with current events and reading more for enjoyment. If I find any good health ones...I'll post them here!
That's all for today. I've been a bit long winded lately! Thanks for sticking through the end...or skipping to the end ;)
Stray strong! I know I'm trying to!
I finally stepped on the scale yesterday. It was as bad as I expected. I know it's not all about numbers it's not really about looks, but my feeling very much matches the scale. I don't have as much energy as I used to and my confidence is a bit shot. This is my literal 'gut check'. It's really easy to go down a negative path here, but I'm going to look on the bright side and use this as an opportunity for self reflection (I think I blogged about that a bit last time). Life is a learning experience, if you let it be. You can either be defeated by your mistakes, or learn and grow from them. A friend of mine got me into the "Art of Charm: Confidence/Relationship&Dating Advice/Biohacking/Productivity" podcasts. They are primarily directed towards men, but I think that a lot of them are applicable to both men and women. I was listening to their episode on "How to Get Over a Break Up" (not directly related I know) and this quote really stuck with me. It can apply to so many different areas of our lives and help with mental and physical health and growth.
"Start putting together pieces that you may be able to take responsibility for that you want to change and start working on those moving forward. Because, if you're going to be a different person, guess what? You're going to have to do things differently and you're going to have to create new habits that are going to lead you into being the new person you want to be moving forward. Use it as a learning experience. We're not all perfect and the older you get the more stuff you take responsibility for, the better you're going to be feeling about moving towards the future...adopt the mindset that this is a learning experience"
(Sorry Aunt Bun, my loyal reader and grammar police. I know that's a run on like many of my sentences are) I would argue to say NO ONE is perfect, but that doesn't take away from the power of that statement. So here I go...creating new habits. Today's habit being--FOOD PREP!!! 10 chicken breasts at bagged up and in the freezer waiting to be my lunch. It's hard when you wake up at 5:30am and get home about 7pm in the evening to be prepared to make healthy choices. It's especially hard when there are no good choices at or around your work and I tend to make poor choices anyway when I'm rushed. I really hope I can keep this up! Maybe try some new recipes to share with you all? Another habit I'm going to try to start is reading more, not just about health and healthy habits, but keeping up with current events and reading more for enjoyment. If I find any good health ones...I'll post them here!
That's all for today. I've been a bit long winded lately! Thanks for sticking through the end...or skipping to the end ;)
Stray strong! I know I'm trying to!
<3 Hang in there, my friend. Poopy sends her love and kisses.
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