GM and GD all! My Internet was down for about 28 hours and I told the technician who came out that I can handle the phone being down but I really sweat it when my Internet goes down.
Good thing I posted early yesterday before it went down.
I will say that after I read
Day 25 Sabotaging Thoughts I decided to take it one step further and I made up two recipe cards with some common sabotaging thoughts I have. Dr. Beck suggests writing them in a notebook but I thought why not save the paper and my hand and just do it directly on my Response Cards. I titled these "Strategies to Counter Sabotaging Thoughts".
For ex; I'm too tired to be so disciplined regarding eating or working out. My counter is/was Get better sleep/rest (min goal: new mattress) and get back in shape.
I'm stressed/disappointed/bored/in pain. Stressed-focused breathing, working out or shower/pool Disappointed-read cards, practice "acceptance and letting go" Bored-find something engrossing to do In Pain-focused breathing, take meds, stretch if possible.
For today, I did
Day 26 Identifying Thinking Mistakes while waiting for the technician to arrive. I added one more to the list.
I have to do this perfectly. followed by "Says who?" After I ate at McDonald's the other night, I really went through a real soul searching trying to decide whether that constituted being OP or Off Plan so I made a specific card "Defining On Plan". I realized that based on my Biggest Loser Food plan (first choice) it was OP, just not Gold Star....more Bronze Star.
Part of my perfectionism is a lot of self doubts especially in this area of my life. I have to keep my standards high but not so high that it is not humanly attainable. I'll probably write a separate card on that sometime in the near future.
Here is something that I heard yesterday while I was watching Oprah's show on former overweight guests. Bob Green, her long time diet and fitness coach, said these are three questions we need to ask before we begin dieting. I thought I would share:
1)Why are you overweight?
2)Why do you want to lose weight?
3)Why have you been unable to maintain weight lose?
I read it to my DH and he answered each one exactly as I had without me telling him my answers, which I wrote on the back of the card. He is a good listener. Also, I had told him a few weeks ago that from now on don't bring me home anything from any social function he attends that I am unable to. He went to a commitment where he had to sing. I could have gone but two reasons stopped me: I am feeling "spacey" from lack of sleep and just couldn't summon up the energy to get dressed and I felt that because of that I would be in a "vulnerable" place and I would be more likely to eat all the sweets that I knew would be at the reception. I would have used the excuse the sugar/caffeine would be a good stimulant and "perk me up". I apologized to DH when I saw how disappointed he was that I wasn't going. I also thanked him for complying with my new "directives". I am so blessed to have him.
Beverlyjoy when you get your next new dress you have to share with us what it looks like and why you decided that was the one to celebrate your commitment to yourself and your healthy.
Onebyone I have been told yoga is perfect for those of us who have RA and osteo arthritis. I used to when I "didn't need to". Now, I am apprehensive about getting up from getting down on the floor but I hope you like it.
gardenerjoy we are literally on the same page! Who knew that our thoughts could be so controling and at cross purposes with our best intentions!
eusebius- my DH spent several hours today replacing a 20 gauge bass string in a Steinway. He has very long arms but he was really sweating it when I checked in with him. These are work of arts. Period! Fit for the artist you are. FYI all-
Mason & Hamlin and
Steinway are the only two piano makers that are made solely in the U.S. TG we haven't imported that. China has been really trying to penetrate the market but these two are really holding tight.
Chefjoona-Yum! peppers and spinach are two of my new favorites for veggies. Now, I will have them fresh from my garden this summer.
BBE-only one word of caution about zero calories. I overdid watermelon this past weekend and I paid for it (the D word).
TG for aloe infused tp. No one has to tell me to eat fruit, always loved it, only to know when to stop. That certainly got me doing "spontaneous movement".
Nuff said.
Pam