Tribe News - 1st May 2023
Happy Monday Tribies.
Last week we started 30 Days of Practice.
I've given you the focus of:
Set a plan
Track/record what you actually do/eat
Practice using the hunger scale.
There was never a focus or instructions to do it perfectly 😘
I completed my Monday check in today and thought I'd share it here with you. There's some valuable lessons in my check in that are simple to implement and make a big difference to your progress:
Here's my check in:
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Monday Check in.
Note for anyone who might think I'm perfect or that you have to do it perfect to make progress.
I don't think I've checked in since last Thursday.
I didn't write my plan down for the past 3 days.
I am well practiced though and have a solid base plan that I default to.
I clean fast until 10am at least each day.
I stop eating and close my kitchen after dinner.
I ask myself "am I hungry?" before I eat and "have I had enough?" while I'm eating. Constantly naturally without effort I check in with myself and see where I am on the hunger scale regularly.
This past weekend I had a few glasses of wine.
I had a beer.
Ate some absolutely delicious foods (including my mils prawn curry with rice).
I had chocolate and milk coffees.
Today my weight is the lowest it's been in the past year.
How?
I didn't overeat all the exceptions I had.
I enjoyed them.
If they weren't on my plan I didn't shame myself, I just checked in with where I was on the hunger scale, noted it and made a decision that served me.
Better than my old average is always my mantra.
At my in-laws I had a beer with some cheese, nuts and chicken, then I had a red wine with my main meal of prawn curry and rice, baked barramundi and veggies.
Followed by chocolate ice cream.
And I felt amazing.
I was at about a +6 on the hunger scale.
But I had NOT had the crackers and chips and I wasn't at a +8 like my old average was.
I didn't make that one meal mean I was off plan this weekend so I should keep eating.
I was straight back on plan after the ice cream. I started my fasting clock.
Too often the focus is on NOT going off plan.
But the greatest opportunity is in what you do after you eat something off plan.
1 chocolate doesn't need to become a bag of crisps and the whole bar of chocolate.
It's taken me a lot of practice to get to where I am. It DOES take practice.
And there were a lot of times when I was practicing and I thought I would never change or improve.
But I kept practicing.
So, no matter where you are today, step up for practice.
Set your plan for today (if you forget, make your plan "better than average").
Let's go Tribies.
Ok, so my plan for today:
Fast for 16 hours min. Aiming for 17 (I've been using the Zero app and it's really been motivating me to get into the fat burning zone past 16 hours. But I don't feel pressure about it. Just practicing delaying a bit longer and it feels amazing).
Black coffee in my fast window.
1 white coffee if I want.
2 cups of dandelion tea with dash of milk if I want.
Protein and veg for lunch (probably sushi party pancake)
Protein and veg for dinner (small amount of sweet potato fries)
Yoghurt, berries and nuts in between if I need.
Lot's of water.
30 minutes walking.
30 minutes yoga.
(Note, I still need to self coach on these as they have been on my plan daily but haven't been happening) Ha ha there's a clue, it's like my brain expects if they're on my plan they should just happen. I wish. I'll do self coaching on these this week.
I'm feeling amazing and calm.
Love the food I'm eating.
Thoughts - I live with freedom and calm around food.
I want to keep treating my body this way.
I am creating the future me I want to be.
(note: there's lot's of areas for improvement I want to focus on but I'm practicing accepting and loving where I am. I feel like I need some time sitting here soaking up the "I'm am here and it feels great". I'll re-evaluate a little later this week to see if there's something else I want to do. I do know I have a tendency to push and drive for continuous improvement which doesn't always serve me. SO soaking up the 'content' feeling is a good thing for me to practice.
MASSIVE check in ha ha.
Happy Monday Tribies.
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When I re-read that check in and think about what has gotten me to where I am, it's not consistency which I see many Tribies aiming for (I think consistency can be sneaky perfection dressed up).
It's not motivation or the perfect why, like I used to think was the answer.
It's Persistence:
Persistence!
Even when your monkey brain tells you you have no evidence you'll achieve your goal life or that it's not worth the effort.
When you've eaten off plan and think you've blown your consistency or have undone all your past weeks work.
Having persistency is the key.
In spite of difficulty or opposition! (LOVE LOVE LOVE that).
This week I want you to continue to focus on the same 3 bricks as last week.
Notice what your monkey brain is doing as you practice these 3 bricks and bring it all to coaching and get coached.
Looking forward to see you either live or on the replay.
Light you your life!
Lindell xo
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How wonderful are the highlights and progress these beautiful Tribies are achieving AND recognising for themselves:
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