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!