Hi and welcome back!
"The seeds that you have planted are beginning to sprout results"
Since the start of your investment in FAT-SCRAP some changes have been made...and the outcome of these changes have already brought results. Now it is more important than ever to remain positive and hold a clear vision of your desire and intention (reminder to complete your homework!!) and be aware of the people around you who encourage your positivity or those with negative mindsets. Even your best friend may want to sabotage your results by persuading you that one piece of cake won't matter!!
Daily action of acting as if you have already achieved your goal- even if it only consists of baby steps -is essential to keep the energy of your manifestation at a high level.
Sue x
FAT-SCRAP APRIL 2010 DAY EIGHT
FAT-SCRAP APRIL 2010 DAY TEN
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Hi there everyone! What a great weekend it has been. Have had a lovely time being with my two gorgeous boys. Yesterday I took them up to Richmond Park (where I spent most of my childhood weekends) and they climbed trees, ran up and down hills, played hide and seek and had a fab time just being in the fresh air. Then on the way home we went to Ham House did an Easter Egg trail and a quiz. Great fun! Then rather than coming straight home we stopped at Beechdown so they could play some more and I could do an hours yoga practice....my idea of a perfect end to a perfect day!!
Today we went to an adventure farm where we saw baby lambs, watched piglet racing, went pony riding and played outside on all the tractors and pedal go karts. Ryan spent ages and ages with the ponies, just stroking them. It was so lovely to see.
And what did I do amongst all of this? Well I joined in with a lot of it but sometimes just spent time sitting and watching them, taking in everything, their happy faces, the views in the park, the daffodils dancing in the breeze. And listening...really listening...to the chatter of little voices, the birds singing, the general hum of the world around me and the moments of silence in between.
Sometimes I am so busy in mind and body that I miss all of what is really important - all of what is happening right now in front of me. Reminds me of a quote...'Life is what happens whilst you are busy planning for the future'.
Oh, and a poem kept coming into my head yesterday...'What is this life if full of care, we have no time to stop and stare...' So true. And so important to just stop sometimes and be completely in the moment and nowhere else.
How philosophical of me today!! And what on earth does this have to do with FatScrap?!! Well, I just thought I would share it all with you but also must mention the challenges I faced....
Beautiful cakes in the cafe in Richmond Park and at Ham House - my favourite coffee and walnut one was there and I could have been really tempted!! But, having the time to be in the moment also meant taking stock of where I am right now in this plan. Before I would have mindlessly picked up the cake, oh and probably a sandwich too, and some crisps, maybe a chocolate bar... This time I planned well, took a packed lunch and even though boys wanted treats at the cafe I was more than happy to say no to any for myself.
I also had the time to think about where I've been on my journey in this plan and how far I have come already. I took time to think about and FEEL how much more energy I have now, how much more happy I am - so the cakes, well I really associate them with where I have been and the 'old' choices I would have made so....bit of a no brainer really!!
Just to comment on your blog Sue...I have both saboteurs and encouraging people in my life and I love the latter for I know they truly care for me. Saboteurs are great too for the challenges they give me and I recognise that their views and attempts to sabotage come more as a reflection of themselves and maybe their own guilt. It's all part of the journey and of learning to make my own decisions from within because ultimately it is my health and my life which is at stake.
From Mandy:
Busy couple of days so I have combined days 6 and 7 together, hope that is OK.
Saturday was very busy, my daughters both had friends around and before I knew it,it was bedtime!
Sunday was equally busy - and not a very good day for a couple of reasons that I need to put into perspective, but at the moment I am dwelling on their negativity. I realise that this is not good and I have to deal with the issues but for some reason I cannot. I expect Sue will come to the rescue tomorrow. Interestingly although I have felt quite low today I have eaten really well and have not been tempted to stray from my detox - Sue's influence must be rubbing off on me - it's quite infectious!. Well here are my two days of food:
Saturday breakfast: grilled bacon, sauteed tomatoes, mushrooms and potatoes
snack: handful of cashew nuts
Lunch: Green salad (rocket, spinach and watercress) ham (no added sugar) radishes, tomatoes, celery, cucumber, grapes, balsamic vinegar and oatcakes
snack: homemade sugar free flapjact (these are quite addictive but I did only have one I promise!)
Tea: boiled white rice, homemade chilli con carne (onions,garlic,lean mince meat, vegetable stock cube, tomato puree, a little bit of plain flour (oops, I forgot about that, sorry), chilli powder, green pepper
Sunday breakfast: porridge made with unsweetened soya milk, hemp seeds and a chopped banana
snack: homemade sugar free flapjack
Lunch: oatcakes, ham (no added sugar) cherry tomatoes, small punnet of fresh raspberries
Tea: steamed new potatoes, brocolli, carrots, peas and oven-baked salmon
Looking forward to my exercise session tomorrow after work.
Well Sue how wonderful you did that walk today. You are a very giving person. Thanks for welcoming me back. I went out in the lovely countryside today. My friend lives in a most beautiful part of Hampshire and we walked for 2 hours alongside a private bit of the river Test. OMG! we saw deer, foxes, buzzards and swans that don't see many people and are quite different. It was very special. This was all after lunch at The Mayfly pub right on the river. It was no problem to resist the gorgeous puds. I am happy that my holiday was about doing different things including treats and now I am back to being focussed on healthiest choices.
Apple i loved reading about you staying in the moment. Yes how much more we see, hear and experience. This is something I have practiced more and more of late to benefit me. I am doing a workshop on mindfulness on Friday, looking forward to more tips!
Great to have some new recipes thanks Sue. See you Tues eve.
Yes Sue, you are brilliant for doing your walk today. I wish I had known sooner - only just heard about it on the radio this morning. Please do let me know of any more you do as I would love to come along if I can. I love walking and especially for a good cause.
There is a mad one I heard about which I would have love to have done but sadly it's on a weekend when I am away. Starts in Petersfield and ends in Brighton...100k non stop!!!! Total madness and totally my sort of thing! I think it's supposed to take about 24 hours! Think we might need new hip flexors after that!
Thank you SO much Sue for sponsoring Jill and I for walking around Southampton in our underwear! For anyone who is confused reading this, no we are not planning a heavy night clubbing and drinking then crawling back in a state of undress...those days are gone sadly!!...we are taking part in the Celebrity SunWalk in Southampton on 24th April!!
Only 10k so a bit of a 'walk in the park' compared to some others.. but in our bras so the sheer embarrassment alone should make me sprint to the finish line!
Hi Mandy, sorry to hear you have not had such a good day, give me a call today if you want to talk but otherwise I hope I can help you tomorrow if you are still feeling negative about it. As much as we all would like the garden to be rosy all the time, it can't be, but there are always lots of other pleasures in the garden to be found if we look for them.
On a positive note you have continued to take responsibility for your health by choosing lovely foods which will give you the strength and energy to get up amd look around the garden to find those pleasures. x
Thank you too for your lovely posts today Jayne and Apple. would love to add further comments etc but so tired now and an early start (4am) tomorrow so must get to bad! Speak soon..x x x
woops BED!!!!
Would love to add a comment here about cake mindfulness and being in the moment...
I certainly don't want any of you to think you can never have cake or any other sugar/wheat/dairy foods again and that they to be avoided. After my 12 mile walk today, we were offered the most delicious looking homemade sponge cakes and, inspite of the fact that I know I am healthier when I don't eat sugar, wheat and dairy, I decided to have a piece...not because I felt I deserved it, or had earned it but because I really knew I was going to enjoy it. I could see that it had that appertizing homemade look, I could smell and almost taste its fresh newly baked aroma and I felt that it was going to a good choice as I was hungry and aware that I needed refuelling. I had a choice between vanilla, chocolate or lemon sponge and as I looked at the choices, I noticed my mouth was already salvitating thinking about the refreshing lemony taste, which surprised me as I thought was leaning towards the chocolate, but I went for the lemon as I was already tasting it and digesting it! And my, did it taste good, I savoured every mouthful, avoiding the buttery filling which I do not really enjoy. I noticed the lightness of the sponge, the tanginess of the lemon, the way the sponge bounced back after I had bitten into it, how it dissolved into a pleasantly sweet creamy mass that easily slipped down my throat. I can positively say that I enjoyed every moment of mindfully eating that piece of cake.
So when you do choose to have your cake and eat it, or any other foods in fact, eating mindfully and enjoying the experience will allow you the positive feelings that the food and your body deserve! x
I absolutely forgot that I hadn't done Sunday's blog, so my apologies. I was rushing around for some important paperwork for hubby & I on Sunday, so it went out my mind. Paperwork found, realised hubby's filing is a nightmare - wld be nice if he kept up todate stuff and ditched the old stuff - so when we need it.....we can find it. For some reason I am scrabbling to remember what I ate as well!! AM: Natural yogurt, with choppped grapes in it (suggestion from hubby - good one too!). Snack: the favoured 5 brazils - great because I have a bag and they are so easy to grab/eat. Lunch: home made beef spaghetti - drained the excess fat off the beef (as usual). Mushrooms, chopped green & red peppers, with multicoloured vegetable pasta & tin of chopped tomatoes, some bolognese herbs and a bit of chilli paste/garlic to flavour. Have never had veg pasta, it's really good - a less stodgier alternative to normal pasta and I didn't feel that I'd sacrificed something in terms of taste (unlike the Free From stuff!). Hubby was pleasantly surprised, so I think this alternative option is a keeper! Spent the afternoon in the garden, weeding and trimming the hedges! Frozen by the end of it - this is where I decided as I haven't had a proper cup of tea all week, that I wanted a treat. I had semi skimmed in my tea, I have to say I relished every moment of it! It was a moment of pleasure. I like peppermint tea, but I have missed a good old English breakfast with milk in it!! Snack: probably overdid it with half a bag of medium sized pistachio nuts in front of the tv, but don't feel as bad as it would probably have been wine and chocolate (or some other rubbish!). Tea: chicken and veg stir fry with rice noodles. Veg stir fry was a frozen multi veg pack - peppers, peas, leeks, shoot bits and carrots. The rice noodles were a first again, they clumped a bit on cooking. Would normally chuck in some olive oil, but decided against for a change! Will chuck in the olive oil to see if it stops the rice noodles clumping. Otherwise, an enjoyable stir fry. Happy to have tried a noodle alternative, will continue this as well! A Sunday of firsts!
Well done to Sue for her sponsored walk in aid of a good cause! Thank you Sue!
Totally with you on the tea Dusty! I missed that the most in my non-dairy fortnight and the first cuppa I had after was the best I had ever tasted!
It's so good to hear you are experimenting with new foods and flavours Dusty, and that your husband's on board too.
I use the dried rice noodles, soak them in boiling water for few minutes then rinse them under cold water. I usually then place them in serving dish and pour the sauce over them or add them to stirfry a little at a time just at the end of the cooking.
You are doing so well Dusty and getting great results so keep going...! x
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