There is a saying that goes something along the lines, "You are what you think". So if I continue to think positive, I will act positive and do positive things to improve myself and my lifestyle. Simple really.
The thing is this is nothing new to me. I have lived my life trying to be positive in everything I do, and letting any suffering I have encountered help me learn and grow rather than pull me down. However, for some reason, as I've mentioned in a pervious post, when it comes to my weight I seem to struggle with the whole positive thinking thing. Why? I am not really sure.
Today I focused on making positive choices and mentally high fiving myself each time I followed through with these positive choices. As a result, it has paid off today. Even though, I have gone over my calorie intake for today, 99% of my food choices where all healthy, positive choices.
I did eat a single 17g chocolate Easter egg, but I turned this into a positive encounter and I enjoyed every bite of it. I enjoyed the smooth taste of the chocolate as it melted in my mouth and my tastebuds took in all of its sweetness. But because I took the time to enjoy this small treat and really appreciated it, I was satisfied with this one and only egg. I didn't want to scoff another down another 10 eggs, even though in the past I could have.
I remember a while back my gym offered an 8wk nutrition program, which helped us look at food and all it's hidden secrets and tricks. Melissa, the nutritionist, made a point of saying,
"If you are going to have a treat, take the time to enjoy it so you can get the satisfaction from it that you are wanting. There is no need to keep it a secret and eat it as fast as you can. It you do, you won't allow time for your brain to comprehend what it is you are enjoying. Then before you know it you've eaten more than what you need or wanted and you feel sick for it".
At the time, I didn't really understand what she meant and thought, "No, I'll just won't eat it at all" - I can be a bit pig headed and stubborn at times :D But the more I've tried to NOT eat certain foods, the more I have let it become a naughty little secret and I would eat it in hiding and therefore, eat more of it while I had the chance and not really get any satisfaction from this. So maybe her words were wiser than I gave Melissa credit for?
Staying on the positive track, I took a sneaky weigh in this morning and to my surprise I had lost weight!!! It was the first time I have lost weight since falling pregnant.
When I discovered that I was pregnant I weighed in at 87.9kgs. The lightest I've been in years. For months I hovered between 87.9 and 88.3, then the weight started creeping on. The reality of it all, is that I was using my pregnancy as an excuse and bad habits were creeping back in, hence why I started this 100 day blog.
Anyway, last week I was weighing in at 91.5kgs. I know overall, I have done GREAT to have only put on 3.6kgs, which is to be expected as I am growing another human inside of me, but it means a lot to me to NOT put an excessive weight this pregnancy, not like my last 2 pregnancies.
As I've mentioned, I am not actually aiming to lose weight during my pregnancy, but maintaining it means a lot to me and I can afford to maintain it, if not lose some as it will reduce my chances of being a high risk pregnancy. At the moment I am borderline high risk pregnancy. With my past pregnancies, my weight resulted in high blood pressure and low level preeclampsia. These are things I would love to avoid this time round.
Anyway, today when I stood on the scales I was surprised to see 90.7kgs flashing at me! That's 800grams gone since Wednesday! Maybe all this writing and thinking about my actions are starting to pay off.
Here is for an even more positive day tomorrow.
Cheers Mel.
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