Creating a Life That I Love

Monday, April 9

Gone Primal!

Just a short post, I wanted to quickly document where I'm at.

After reading Lynda's blog and seeing her lose weight, and describe how her relationship with food had completely changed, whilst mine felt like a constant battle I decided to humour her and research primal/ paleo/ low carb for myself. In all honesty I didn't have an open mind, even though there is more and more research supporting this way of eating, I still thought it was just another fad diet.

So, after spending most of March researching primal eating I decided to give it a go myself. April is my Gone Primal month.

Week One:

Wasn't strictly primal as I got a nasty cold and forgot to go food shopping before Good Friday.
I can already notice the difference in my body when I eat high carb/ sugar foods - I get moody and tired.
My hungry horns are gone, I don't have waves of hunger (unless I eat carbs). I'm not longer like an addict when I'm hungry searching for something sweet!! It must be true that sugar is as addictive as cocaine!!
I can see my relationship with food is changing, because I have no need to graze I put more effort into making my meals.
Next week I need to work on planing my meals better.

Wednesday, November 2

Making Peace

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people.

But until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed.

You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex;

But eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life.

You must find the strength to open the wounds,

Stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past,

the memories and make peace with them.

- Iyanla Vanzant

Wednesday, September 28

A little Motivation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jal4OkZtz8g&feature=player_embedded

{via its no piece of cake}

A few home truths -

“The only thing you care about when you’re trying to breathe is to get fresh air. That’s it. And wen you get to the point where all you want to be is successful as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. And I’m here to tell you that number one, most of you say you want to be successful but you don’t want it bad. You just kinda want it. You don’t want it badder than you want to party. You don’t want it as bad as you want to be cool. You don’t want it as bad as you want to sleep.”

“I’ve got an opportunity to make a dream a reality.”

“Don’t quit. You already in pain. You already hurt. Get a reward from it.”

Saturday, September 24

MIA

Blog post coming soon! promise. My heads been all over the place. Life has been crazy this year. Honestly, the most craziest year of me life. Crazy good, and crazy bad.

x

Monday, September 5

Fapratan | Gift from the Sky

Fapratan less than a week old.

Our extended family now has a new member, a little Thai boy named Fapratan which in Thai means 'Gift from the Sky'. My cousin and her husband are currently looking after him with the hope of adopting. His birth mother has signed him over for adoption but it will take about a year before everything will go through. I am over the moon for 'K' and her little family, Fapratan has two amazing parents!