Health at Every Size

All has been quiet on the blog front! Had a lot going on over the past few weeks. Assignments due, mini breakdowns going on!

I'm finally finished uni for the trimester. I have 2 weeks of school holidays to RELAX (ha! with 2 kids??) and then I'm straight back into it when school goes back with a 4 week prac.

I've been struggling a lot lately with who I am, and being accepting of that. I've come across the HAES concept - health at every size (google it for much more info than I can give here!). It's pretty much accepting yourself for who you are, exercising for fun rather than 'punishment', eating what you want - but listening to your body - so eating when you're hungry, stopping when you're satisfied - RESPECTING our bodies. It's a big thing. I haven't been tracking my food for the last couple of weeks. I've been listening to my body, and it's working. I realise with the HAES concept that weight shouldn't be an issue, but the scales aren't something I'm willing to give up at this point in time. I've made a lot of other big changes though.

I'm moving for fun now - finding that my fitness is gradually getting better. These school holidays are helping as the kids are always up and doing something. I'm struggling to remove the emotion and food link. I have a crappy day and the first thing I want to do is reach for a bottle of wine or the chocolate. But I have been trying to replace that with a hot shower and a lie down with a book/magazine, or a sleep if I can wing it! EVERYTHING is better after a sleep! I feel that my body is thanking me for the food that I'm putting in. I'm not getting as many stomach issues. I do feel like I have more energy, and I notice when I have not so healthy food that I hit a wall and it depletes me of energy!

This week I got a 900g loss. Bringing me to losing 5.1kg in the past 6 weeks!

Good week

I feel that I've had a good week this week. I weighed in on Tuesday and was 1.9kg down! That was even after sharing father's day chocolates with hubby, and having a few less than ideal meals. (Although I must say that my body was not impressed with either of these, and I had to suffer with stomach cramps etc - hopefully I'll remember this for next time!) My saving grace, was no matter what I ate - I tracked it online, and I made sure that I ate within my allowances. PLUS I was chugging on the water, which I need to make sure I keep doing as I have been rather slack the last few days! I will be interested to see what the scales say this week!

I've been really busy with uni this week, and I made an incredibly difficult decision to drop a unit, even though it was a unit that required group work, and I'd be letting the other members of my team down. My BIG achievement with this, was even though I felt awful, that it took me a couple of days of feeling like this while I was making the decision, I did not turn to food for comfort!

I also received an awesome planner this week - so I'm hoping to GET ORGANISED! I don't see me being able to fit in a great deal of exercise, as I'm still getting over bronchitis and physical exertion just makes the coughing worse. I have been doing some weights though - trying to do squats and arm raises where I can. And I must say - BOY have my legs been sore! So at least it's working :).

My goals for the next week are to keep drinking water, and to eat every meal, and making the best choices that I can.