Protein Pancakes with fruit compote - just some of the delicious, healthy food I have learned to cook on the 30 Days to Healthy Living Plan! ......and I made it!!! The last 7 days of the 30 Days to Healthy Living Plan was pretty much the same as all the other days to be honest - filled with great food and me being annoyingly chilled and happy.
Seriously though I cannot believe the switch in my mindset in just 30 days. I have always been an "emotional" eater; I eat when I'm sad to cheer myself up; I eat when I'm happy to celebrate; I eat when I have achieved something to reward myself; I eat when I'm angry.....anyway you get the picture. This last week has been a bit of an emotional one, saying goodbye to an amazing man, making life changes and decisions about the future BUT I have not turned to food to comfort myself. Rather I have been reading Jack Canfield (thank you Meghan and Greg!) and thinking rationally about my habits and default reactions to situations. Taking 100% responsibility for my decisions and reactions to the things that life brings me to deal with. I attribute this change in my mindset to the reduced "brain fog" which, I believe, is down to the reduced sugar and caffeine in my system. This new lifestyle has also resulted in a drop in my blood sugar levels to well within the normal range, plus a 15 pounds reductions in weight! Today I am wearing a pair of jeans that I couldn't zip up at the start of the 30 days. On Saturday I went cycling and it was soooo much easier without that 15 pounds. I have also noticed a massive reduction in my general anxiety levels. I normally travel through life with a knot in the pit of my stomach and a head full of "what if's". That has disappeared for the most part and I can only attribute that to the healthy eating! Above everything else though, is the fact that this lifestyle change is sustainable, healthy and enjoyable. So watch this space for further updates as I continue my healthy lifestyle. If you'd like to read more about the 30 Days to Healthy Living Plan take a look at the FaceBook group "Meg & Greg's Journey to Health & Wellness". Makes for some very interesting reading! Whilst writing this I have been thinking about when my consultants talked to me about the Plan and I remember thinking "it sounds as though this needs a real commitment from me; but it's only 30 days and I'm pretty certain I can do it for that long". I rather like the idea of committing to do something wholeheartedly for 30 days and then deciding whether that "something" will be continued with going forward in my life. So for the next 30 days, I am committing to exercising 3 days a week. I have to confess that life has been rather hectic over the past 6 months and this has lead to me being very lazy with my exercise habits. Between home life and running a business I haven't had the energy left to exercise regularly. However, my new healthy eating habits have given me a fabulous energy boost so for the next 30 days I am making the commitment to exercise 3 times a week. This is where you guys come in: I could do with some tips on:
Any suggestions would be really welcomed friends!!
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