Bread + Husbands
You want to lose weight.
You want to earn more money.
You want to put your phone away and stop scrolling.
You want to have more time.
You put together a plan.
You execute.
It is going well. You are starting to see changes.
And then. Something goes by the wayside.
HOW WE HANDLE ***WAYSIDE LIFE*** IS EVERYTHING.
Let me give you an example.
As you know I am losing weight for the last time. I have a few more pounds of baby weight to go. (!!!!!)
Everyday I journal about this goal.
I have a plan on how to achieve my goal.
Yesterday my plan was to eat what I wrote I would eat and only that.
I was going to have the mediterranean skillet leftovers for lunch. I was pretty excited.
Cut to 1pm and I can’t find it for the life of me.
After scouring the fridge I figured out that my HUSBAND ATE THE LEFTOVERS.
Oh am I pissed.
I wanted those. It is not fair. He can eat anything he wants and he ate MY FOOD.
(mind you I had not told him I was going to eat this for lunch)
While I was scouring said fridge I noticed BREAD. My favorite BREAD just casually sitting in the fridge. Looking at me.
So of course my brain told me that since the leftovers were gone that I should eat the bread instead. (mind you BREAD is not on my current protocol)
It told me I deserve the bread.
That the bread would make me feel better.
That there really wasn’t anything else to eat besides the bread.
ALL LIES. HUGE HUGE LIES.
Does your brain do this too?
Luckily I was on to my brain. I caught it in the act.
I told my brain, “brain there is PLENTY here that is on protocol, no it might not be the meditterranen skillet (haha) but it will fuel and nourish you”.
So I ate the eggs and overcame WAYSIDE LIFE.
And now I am just that much closer to my goal.
Be on to your brain.
When you have a goal there will inevitably wayside things that happen.
Don’t let your brain use wayside life as a “reason” to cheat on yourself. It is never an actual reason.
When unforeseen things happen we are STILL in control of our brains. And that is where all the power lies.
What is your brain’s favorite lie it likes to tell you?