Hi and welcome back!
I received today's quote (above) in a newsletter from Sue Rasmussen,a coach in the USA who specialises in decluttering. If you get chance, have a look at her website as she has a lovely style and an holistic way of approaching her subject. http://www.unclutter-organize-transform.com/. I recently decluttered my spare room and it felt so good getting rid of some of the things I was storing in there that were weighing me down!
So you may be wondering what this has to do with FAT-SCRAP?..Well if you think about it, you are getting rid of some of the things you have been storing that have been weighing you down!
Look at it like this..Your body is your home, it's where you live all of your life. And, just like your home, you want it to keep you secure and comfortable but how you do that depends on who you are and what is important to you. One person might like to see themselves living in a "show home" style home because it makes them feel secure and comfortable whereas another might like to see themselves living in a "lived in" style home because that makes them feel secure and comfortable. When we choose our home, we choose depending on our current desires and needs for comfort and security but throughout our lives our desires and needs change and so often our homes change.
You have joined FAT-SCRAP because you are feeling a desire and need to change your home. Maybe you don't feel quite so secure in your home anymore. Maybe it is not as strong as it used to be, or maybe it has been neglected and getting run down, maybe you don't feel comfortable..whatever your reason, changing your home requires some physical decluttering - getting rid of some accumulated body fat, cleaning and freshening up your food choices, putting away some old habits and replacing them with new habits....and some mental declutter- changing some of the beliefs you may have about losing weight, diets and exercise as well as beliefs about what you can and can't do, throwing away the negative thoughts that may be holding you back and finding positive thoughts that help you move forward....In short, you are decluttering your "home" of the things that no longer serve you well.
In Sue Rasmussen's newsletter she also included an article about decluttering which I'd like to share with you here so that you can think about how you would apply her advice about decluttering your home to your body. I have highlighted the last line in particular as I believe it reinforces what I am always saying..to change your body and maintain that change, you have to change your lifestyle!
I look forward to hearing your comments..
Sue x
Today's Article - Transform Your Space, Transform Your Life
by Sue Rasmussen, MCC
I truly believe that when we transform our space, we transform our entire lives as well.
Why, you might ask?
When you clear out clutter, organize your stuff, and move around your furniture, there is a corresponding level of change that happens on the inside as well.
When you set up your environment, you set it up based on your current beliefs, your taste and style, your likes and dislikes, your current lifestyle and habits, and what seems important in the moment.
And each time you make a change in your environment, it takes looking inside and make new decisions about what you decide to change.
Each time you decide to let go of something that is no longer serving you, set up your space to really work for you, in a new way that you absolutely love, you are honoring who you are today.
Not who you were last year.
Or who you were as a business owner or professional ten years ago.
Who you are TODAY.
And I guarantee you, the person you are today is very different from the person you were even last month, and certainly last year.
Give yourself permission to change.
Allow yourself to evolve.
Let yourself 'grow out of' your stuff and the way your environment supports you.
And remember that you when you change your environment, you are changing your life as well.
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Just wanted to add this today as a reminder about having a relationship with your food..
If you fall in love with fresh fruits and vegetables, and incorporate a wide range of them in your diet, you will naturally decrease fat intake and reduce health risk.
Love you and love your food..as they say "You are what you eat"! x x
Hi Folks
I had a wonderful weekend a mixture of good food, lots of moving (dancing, cricket, walking etc) and also some relaxation assistance (Bicardi and coke - couldn't resist it!).
I have a very busy week coming up so will miss you all.
Here is my food for today:-
Bfast - banana, nectarine and nuts and seeds
lunch - panini, black coffee and apple juice
tea - prawn salad and packet crisps
Later - 2 xx oatcakes with cream cheese and delfore jam.
I drank black coffee and water.
Also did 1.5 hours of yoga tonight which was great.
Hi Claire
Thanks for your post. I can see you are still making some good choices and you are having a mix of more of the healthy with the not so healthy. As I am always saying, your healthy choices do rather lean towards the fruit and away from the vegetables. Perhaps you could make it your goal this week to eat two portions of vegetables at lunch and dinner, or have one of the portions as a snack. This will give you a far better balance of vegetables and provide you with a lot more beneficial nutrients that will help you through your busy week.
I understand you wanted to enjoy some alcohol this weekend as you felt it would be part of your holiday, and hopefully you were able to consume it in moderation. I know you felt that the extra calories you consumed were danced off, and I'm sure they were but it's important to also remember the effect the alcohol is having on your hormones, and how it will be detrimental to your fat loss goals. Unfortunately no matter how you look at it, alcohol is toxic to our bodies..you only have to think about how ill you feel with a hangover to realise that..and combining it with high sugar drinks like Coke or chemical laden diet drinks makes it an even more leathal combination when trying to reduce body fat levels.
I think it's worth thinking about what is important to you at this stage. If you are happy with the choices you are making at the moment and the results you are getting from these choices, then that's great - a couple of hours exercise a week along with maintaining a balance of moderate alcohol intake plus some healthier and some not so healthy food choices will probably keep your body in its current condition. But if you do want to change your body and see some big positive differences then you need to make some big positive differences! You might need to think about making some sacrifices to make the time for more exercise, think more about the balance of your food choices and perhaps more planing ahead, especially lunches as well as considering how much benefit you get from your alcohol choices.
Of course this message isn't just meant for you..hopefully anyone reading it might find my recommendations useful. My aim is to help people feel motivated to achieve your health and fitness goals and of course I want them to be the healthiest and fittest they can be! I suppose the question is "how healthy and fit do you want to be?" x x
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