Weight loss Dilemma

 What do you do when you are stuck in a rutt and can't seem to get out of it?  What do you do when there are other things in life that are more important than trying to find the right foods to eat?  What do you do when you realize that everything in your life is tied together to help you become your best self?

That is something I realizing everyday.  When I am stressed about money, work or anything, I want to eat.  I want to eat what I want when I want to eat it.  Here is the thing, this scenario does not help my situation.  It causes me to stay stuck and have an inner battle with my mind and spirit.  You know the old cartoons that had an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other shoulder, well that is what your mind and spirit are doing.   They are arguing about what is good for you and what is not good for you.  This confrontation only sends you into more stress. Which leads to eating more and then being disappointed in yourself.  This last couple of weeks I was reminded that to be my best self, I need to plan out my food and stick to my plan.    I'm having to go back to my basics and learn to believe in myself again when it comes to eating healthy.  I do love life and I love food, so now I'm having to learn how to have the foods I love and still accomplish my goals.  One of the things I am going to start doing is cutting myself a little slack.  Plan the foods I love and be in control of how much I eat of them.  Food is an addiction, it is so easy to just eat and eat and eat even when your body is telling you enough is enough.  But your mind is saying you are not feeling better yet so keep searching for the food that will make you feel better.  Guess what?  There is no amount of food that will make you feel better.  It might help for a moment, or at least that is what we tell ourselves.  In actuality it will not help solve the problem.  

    What is the problem?  For me these past few months the problem has been me telling myself I don't deserve to be skinny.  I don't deserve to be healthy,  I keep giving up on myself.  So from this day forward, I'm changing my mindset to  believe in myself.  I look in the mirror everyday and say to myself  I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.  I also tell myself I am a healthy eater.  This is helping me change my mind set to being healthy again.  

    Another thing I've been thinking a lot about is How to make good choices when the world around me is not eating the way I know I should eat.  I just can't up an leave my family because they like to eat ice cream every night and they don't like vegetables.  That is not a choice I want to make.  So how do I eat healthy when my family doesn't.  First I have to take 100% responsibility for what I put into my body.  I have 0% excuses for what I eat.  I have to decide what I want out of life and what I want my future to look like.  A woman I was talking to once told me that if you knew your guy was not eating healthy maybe you should not have married him.  At the time that was not a priority to me.  I really felt that not eating healthy was not a good reason to not be with someone.  I love my husband and he has his own choices to make in life.  My food choices are mine and mine alone.  His food choices are his, If we have to eat separate things then we do that.  When we go out to eat, I eat a salad and he eats what he wants. My plate is usually filled with some vegetables and his is not.  I'm ok with that. I am figuring out that what I want in life is my family and healthy food, so I am learning to figure out how to have both.  I also want ice cream once in a while and I want a white chocolate candy bar once in a while.  So I am figuring out how to have both worlds.  

  If you want to change something in your life, ask yourself these two questions  What do you want in life? and How do I want my future to look?

Remember to write down things your grateful for, it is really helpful.

    

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