Proud Of My Choices

I am now into the second month of non smoking. So it is 1 month and 3 days. Big pat on the back for Wendy. I am truly proud of myself.

My eating plan is a bit all over the place but there are so many changes I am making and I am happy with my progress. I fitted into a pair of pants that were tight so I must have lost a little weight around my middle - that's good. I can clearly see and feel what happens when I eat dairy products of any kind. That's enough to stop me even being tempted with a bit of cheese. I don't like milk so that is easy but cheese, yoghurt and butter are another love story. It has now been about two weeks since I have touched dairy products and I am not exaggerating when I say that I don't care. I even made cauliflower cheese for my husband and daughter last night. It smelt good and I know they really enjoyed it but I actually felt so guilty feeding them that rubbish but I am not their keeper and have no right what so ever to tell them what to eat. What I can do is lead by example and that is what I will do.  I won't bore you with all the other finer details. I think this explains well enough how those changes are going and the benefits already being experienced.

In one of my very first posts I talked about finding my bliss - what rocks my boat. I had commented on how hard it is to know what excites me and then I had remembered Yoga and Bushwalking. Well I got up this morning and did a Yoga routine and loved every minute of it. I did some balancing and just whatever came into my head. I just went with the flow of it and I am so glad I did. I had made another pact with myself that this is now to be a daily practice and today was the first day. I am gradually introducing things one at a time into my life and making them permanent changes. I will try and find a Yoga class somehwere nearby that I can attend once a week at least but the rest is up to me each day.

The second thing I did today is cross one of my bushwalking goals of my list on the right hand side of this blog. I wrote previously about how I enjoy walking in nature and that led me to finding at least 10 places that were fairly close to home and could be done on day trips. Well it was drizzling with rain again today but I just went anyway and it turned out perfect. I would post some photos here but the program is having a meltdown and I don't feel like fixing that until tomorrow. Mick and I had a lovely afternoon together and it honestly felt like a mini holiday. Just left our problems at the house and went for a drive and then a great walk. It was quite steep and had loads of stairs and boy did it get me huffed and puffed and the sweat pouring of me. I loved it. And best of all I COULD BREATH and didn't use any asthma spray. YAY !!!!!

Anyway I just wanted to say it was a great day and it was very WORTHWHILE for me and my husband. The thing I have just realised though is that I am making some good choices and it is so true - those choices are mine. As the saying on my fridge goes -

"We either make ourselves happy or miserable, the amount of work is the same"











Peace to you all and thanks for listening,

Wendy