Weekly accomplishments

Ok so keeping track daily isn't working, but a weekly reflection on some awesome things I did? Let's see how that goes!

Im reflecting from last Friday to Friday lunch time

Things I did awesome!

I went to the gym twice this week. That's 100% more often than the week before
I rode to and/or from work 4 times this week
I started running again
I tried my first class at the new gym - boxing! I was intimidated for the first few minutes then I realised I'm not nearly as unfit as I thought and remembered how much I LOVE boxing
I stopped myself from eating extra after dinner once. It was really hard, but I did it and felt so proud when I woke up
Everytime I overate I didn't beat myself up. Instead I focused on how it made me feel (mostly lethargic, full and sick!) and thought about what i could do better/differently next time.
I went shopping early one morning and bought lots of nice food when it would have been just as easy to sleep in
I've been a little more organised around the house, spending more time cleaning and organising than usual
I remembered to drink a glass of water most mornings with breakfast
Have set myself some realistic goals of what to work on next week rather than expecting too much of myself.

Things I can work on

I overestimated how much I could eat a few times - for example last Friday I ate a huge pork katsu don and then a mcflurry. I felt so full! I could have had half of the katsu don and then a billabong ice cream instead. i would have been just as satisfied
I ate extra after dinner most nights when I didn't really need it.
I would have gone to the gym 3 ngihts this week but I'm coming down with a flu, today. I want to start taking multi vitamins and eating more vegatables to combat this
More water! I really think this will help with my overall well being and eating at night.
Be a little more organised - ie spend some of my night cleaning rather than just sitting and eating and watching TV.
I keep weighing myself even though I said I wouldn't. Need to put those scales away!

Re-evaluating

It's been a long time since I've written here. In the last week I had somewhat of a revelation. Because of that revelation I have given up weight watchers, given up points counting, and given up feeling bad about myself.

Life is too short to hate myself all the time.

It's also too short to be a slave to food.

So, right now I'm focusing on intuitive eating. When I want to eat I ask myself what I want, I ask myself if I'm hungry and I act based on that.

I've also realised taht emotional eating isn't actually a bad thing.

mindless eating, a eating instead of dealing with issues 100% of the time and binge eating, however, aren't the greatest and that's what life's too short for. BUT, if I mess up - I'm not going to beat myself up.

I am fixing my relationship with food.

Right now I'm keen to track what I eat just out of curiosity - but i'm worried the habit of tracking will let me fall back into old habits. Will I beat myself up if I see a few too much chocolate on there? I don't know.

I'm going to try and keep track and if I feel myself getting upset or stressed out by the process, I'll stop.

Today I've eaten

Oats with skim milk, skim yogurt and sultanas - normal serve
Coles nut muesli bar (with chocolate - delicious!)
Wholemeal hummus, turkey and brie sandwhich - didn't go over the top with the brie!
Passionfruit yogurt - low fat
4 small pieces of french bread with dip, oil, pickles, sundried tomatoes etc
1 x pot of beer
1 x large prawn pita pizza
2 x serves of weght watchers chocolates pudding
2 glasses of water
1 glass of fizzy drink

Exercise

Nada!