Day 8 of 100...

Catching up with friends is always great, but also always involves food. In the past, I would just never think about it and eat everything that I shouldn't. Then I went through a stage where I would avoid catching up over food but that is harder than you think. So much of our social life is surround by food in one way or another. So I started taking the courage to meet up with food again, but I would analyse everything and become so focused on the food that I would not overly enjoy the experience, if that makes sense.

But today was different.  

Today my daughter and I travelled with another friend and her 2 boys to Wagga (2hrs away) to catch up with a dear friend and her daughters, who had recently moved to Tumut.

It was a great day of laughter and fun. We took the kids to the local botanical gardens where we walked around the mini zoo (mainly native, farm animals and a variety birds), and then took them to the indoor play centre, as it was looking like rain.

Today was different because, in the past we would just sit and drink coffee, eat cake and let the kids run wild. We still drunk coffee, but I was able to avoid the cakes/scones/slices, actually I didn't even want or consider having them, even though they were on offer and displayed for all to see. Instead I ordered a healthy turkey, cranberry and avocado focaccia without the chips! Ok, so I did eat some of the kids chips (chips really are a weakness of mine), but I also ordered water, 2 bottles actually.

When I think about it, I probably still ate to much, and I should have ordered the focaccia without the cheese, but the best thing is I was able to make healthier choices, without even having to over think food, and just enjoy myself and the great company around me.

Changers are happening and my actions are starting to become more automatic. I still have a LONG way to go and I need to work on my food analysation to ensure I am making the best choices for me at all times, but the fact that I can see changes happening in my thinking towards food is fantastic! Slow and steady, but progress is being made :D

     

Night all,
Cheers Mel x