24/11/2025
I still have thoughts like “Oh no…. Am I really bloated today…. What will I do?”….
But before my mind goes down a track of ‘cut out carbs, any food that brings me joy and train for two hours…”,
I have developed an alternative strategy that works far better!
Instead, I ask now, “what can I do to feel better right now”
Here are my most frequent answers to that question;
➡️ If my thoughts are telling me I ‘should’ do something, I get out of my head and into my body….. I go for a walk. I get my heart rate up and then I acknowledge how I’ve just nourished my body with movement.
Win!
➡️ If I’m feeling rubbish physically, I ask what I can do immediately to feel better…
Do I need to sleep, hydrate, eat….
And most importantly, I can acknowledge “I don’t feel great right now…. And that’s ok, it doesn’t need to come with a whole story of blame, guilt or criticism….”
Because that’s the real issue, isn’t it!
The story we tell ourselves around food.
The narrative …. The dialogue…. The diatribe of ‘look what you’ve done now…’
It serves absolutely no purpose other than making us feel like absolute rubbish.
It gets us nowhere!
We have this idea that if we stop bullying ourselves, we’ll go absolutely ape!
Imagine!
What if getting rid of the bully allows us to flourish ….
Have you ever considered that?
