Lindell's 30 Day's Of Practice - Day 11/30

Day 11 the practice continues because this is how I want to live my life. 
-100g today and the whisper was there again "it's so slow". 
Then I asked myself, if I wasn't losing weight and was maintaining what would I change/add? 
Nothing. 
I would keep living this way. I feel so good.

I'm on a group coaching call with my Deep Dive Coach. She just said these 3 interesting things:

- "I've read a study that says people only pay attention to the first 2 bites and last 2 bites of something. So don't be planning the second piece of pumpkin pie because you won't pay attention to the first one after the first 2 bites. Decide to enjoy one piece and every bite of it."
I'm going to be searching for that study!
- "The way you think about food affects the way you metabolise it. If you stress and berate yourself for eating food, your body will hold onto it. If you're eating it relaxed and with pleasure it will metabolise faster". So, whether this is true or not I don't know, but thinking this is true would be so beneficial for many people. 

My plan for today: 
2 coffees, 2 cups of dandelion tea, sushi party pancake, Protein and salad for dinner. Either Chicken or fish. Gotta sort out my afternoon. 
I'm handing out 206 trays of mangoes for the school fundraiser and need to get the offices painted. I've got parent teacher interviews and Summer soccer. Will need to divide and conquer with my husband today. I can't do it all. I can actually but I don't want to 🙌🥰. 
After dinner I'll have 1 piece of chocolate. 

I was meant to be out for breakfast this morning but my friends son is sick. So defaulting to my base plan as above. I had looked at the menu and chosen an omelette at the cafe. 

Feeling: Sore in the body. Calm about food. Loving towards myself. Flat in energy. Full in the heart. 

Thoughts: One year from now I want to be living exactly how I'm living. There's no end point, this is not a drill, this is life! My life! This is the main show!
I'm worthy of taking care of. 
I am important.
I am valuable.
I am doing it. 
This is pretty easy. 
Daily practice adds up to BIG AMAZING results.

It's lunch time. 
I've received 206 boxes of mangoes at the kids school. I've got parents collecting them this afternoon at 3pm. 
Just raced home to get showered and changed then head back for a 1pm parent teacher. 
I'm frantic. 
I'm eating lunch and just realised I'm eating VERY fast. 
I'm typing this very fast. 
Breath. 
Pause.
Breath.

There's a lot on this afternoon and I've planned VERY well for it. 
I trust my plan. 
Focus on the next thing. Then the next thing. 
Thing by thing I'll get through today having achieved all I want to achieve. 

I feel so much calmer now. 
Lunch was sushi party pancake. 
On the hunger scale I was a -5 or -6 before. 
I'm about a +2 right now. Will have a big glass of water before I leave the house. 

I started to look at Gin's online to buy as a gift then all of a sudden my brain was trying to talk me into having a Gin and Tonic tonight. ha ha. You sneaky bugger. 
It even talked me through the feeling like "imagine how it will feel, sipping an ice cold gin after your hard day of work. Your body will relax and you'll be able to wind down from the day". 
It's like a marketing genius my brain. And I'm it's target audience. 
Sneaky sneaky thing. 
It's like my 6yo when I say "I'm not answering any more questions or talking to you until you've done what I asked you" then 5 minutes later I find myself answering a question and he still hasn't done his responsibility! 
GOtta watch 6yo's and brains. They're both cheeky.

 Home from handing out 206 trays of mangoes. I'm tired.
Husband and kids just left for soccer and my brain says "me time, treat yo self!". ha ha ha
I did some 'Pass the salt' Urge Blockers and feel calmer. I've realised I'm about a -5 on the hunger scale. Came to check if yoghurt and berries was on my plan. I can't see them. Bugger. 
I'll wait 15 minutes calmly and then see how I feel. I was thinking of fancy ways to serve my yoghurt and berries so maybe it's me looking for a 'treat' that's still compliant ha ha. 

So proud of myself. It took me longer than it has been taking recently to calm myself down but I did it. 
I wanted to get through it without grit, to find some ease in it. 
I think I used a combination of both. 
I did 'pass the salt' and lot's of breathing. I had 2 big glasses of cold water and then a dandelion tea (I have milk in my tea). 
Just picked salad leaves from the garden for dinner. Will make the salad while I wait for the family to come home with chicken (and chips for them). 
Right now, before seeing the chips I am deciding I won't have any chips. I don't need any chips and I know the chips won't serve me and my goals. 
I'm so glad I'm setting this intention right now instead of leaving it up to how tempting the chips look. 
It's a no and I'm solid on that. 
I can rebalance the activation in my brains hemisphere if it freaks out and chucks a tantrum. 
Heading into dinner calm and intentional. 
My plan has got me.
I trust my past self who set it, she is a very wise woman. I'm so grateful to her. 
I'm creating my future self who thrives and shines bright. Who feels so proud of herself and grateful to me right now. 
Gosh it's so helpful to write all this out. 

Dinner was bang on plan. Chicken and salad. Feeling satisfied. Not hungry nor full. About a +3 on the hunger scale. 
Cuppa and chocolate after dinner and kitchen closed. 
I have been taking photo's of every single meal but haven't uploaded them here as much as I wanted to. 
I'm keeping it as simple as I can so I can keep doing this. 
I have committed to capture 30 days of practice and this capturing of my thoughts, feelings and actions seems the highest priority. 

FAR OUT I'm so damn proud of Cat achieving Prima today. 
Gosh that's lit me up. I'm beaming with pride.
I was thinking about my upcoming weekend plan and was thinking about putting a few wines and beers on the plan. I want to keep it realistic and how I want to live life but when I saw Cat's Prima post I found myself wondering do I really want a couple of drinks on my plan every weekend? 
I'm away with friends this weekend, got our annual garlic harvest (I'm invited because I can braid garlic well ha ha) and we'll celebrate the holiday season together. 
I will make a plan tomorrow for the weekend but for now I'm thinking of 1 beer and 2 glasses of wine for the whole weekend. 
Then eating meat and protein for lunch with small amount of bread (they always serve a ploughman's lunch) and meat and protein for dinner. 1 piece of chocolate no dessert. 
Sunday I'm thinking no breakfast, just fast, then lunch if we're still there, dinner will be protein and veg at home or an early fast. 

Off to bed now, I'm pretty tired physically. I think my arms will be sore tomorrow after lifting so many boxes of mangoes. 
As soon as they're ripe I'll be adding them to my plan every single day. OMG YUM!