A whole day without thinking about food!

Break through

Ive just realised that I didnt update my blog yesterday. I just didnt get the chance! Now that is a breakthrough for me ! It means that I went a whole day without having a moments thought about the fast. In fact Im starting to wonder how I ever had time to fit food into my day!

Finding Clarity and Purpose

Im feeling better every day too. I feel lighter , full of energy and purpose! My work involves me speaking a lot about how we need to clear our clutter. I believe that underneath our clutter lies our true essence and when we get back in touch with our real selves, the magic starts to happen. In the same way, food has been cluttering up my thoughts. Its been a distraction from my true purpose and clarity.

Just as a smoker lights a cigarette in the middle of a tricky job , so I will have run to the kitchen for something to nibble. The art of concentration and focus has been lost. Its time for me to rediscover it. Increasingly , I am finishing outstanding tasks, facing up to things I didnt want to face and perservering with tasks outside of my comfort zone.

Ability to concentrate on a task

At the weekend, I spent a total of eight hours working out how to post out my monthly emailed newsletter via Aweber! Normally my web designer does it for me for a fee but I wanted to learn how to do it myself. I was well outside of my comfort zone. I am a speaker and not used to detailed work on a computer that takes hours to complete! Ok to be honest , I threw in the towel at 2am on Saturday night ...only to pick it up again Sunday evening. When I finally cracked it, I found that it was something easy that Id missed along the way. My amazement is that I stuck at it! I didnt have the normal distraction of a meal to cook and eat.

Penultimate day of Fast
Today is the penultimate day of the official ten day fast. I am a little bored of the drink but I am nervous about being able to control my portions when I start eating again. I am not in a rush to return to normal eating. Why would I be? I am feeling fantastic , energised, focused and clear, and I am losing weight. Mind you ,its not very sociable ...

The real challenge

If I carried it on for 30 days, it would mean that I was still on the fast when my sister and husband come to stay for the weekend. And this is where I meet my major challenge. The very idea of not joining in the celebration of a family meal together seems wrong. Anti -sociable . unloving. And yet, this might be the very root of my problem with food: that I would rather eat and fit in, than choose what is best for me and my body. I wouldnt want to rock the apple cart.
Mind you, there have been evenings when I was the only person not drinking alcohol and that was OK . It was wonderful in fact.

The challenge for me would be honouring my desires , even when they may not fit in with others. Actually the real challenge for me would be QUIETLY honouring my desires! That is no doubt the route to improved self esteem and the freedom to be all I that I wish to be! Wow!

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Thank you! xx