Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Living My Element With Sylwia - Day 7

Last night I had my 2nd Skype date with Sylwia.  We went over my goals for the next 1, 3 and 6 months mostly, and cleared up some doubts on my daily ... progress, I could call it.

The best thing about this new way of life is that there is no pressure.  It's a beautiful thing.  All I do is pay attention to what I'm doing, feeling or dealing with when I have the urge or impulse to put something in my mouth.  For the past 7 days, these urges have diminished significantly.  I am not forcing myself not to eat something, or depriving my body of a certain nutrient because the "diet" doesn't allow it.  On the contrary, I am free to eat whatever I choose, as long as I do it mindfully.  Mindful eating.  Mindful eating was such a strange concept for me, and I am pretty proud to have grasped its meaning and benefits so quickly.

I am conscious that I probably repeat myself a lot when describing my daily "progresses." The reason why I do it is because I follow the thought process that the more one repeats something to oneself, the more they integrate it into every cell of their bodies.  I do not want to grasp the concept intellectually only, I want to feel it, live it, be it.  So, the repeating information over and over is really beneficial to me.  There has been a certain shift of consciousness in my brain when it comes to food.  It is pretty fascinating.

Last night, we agreed I would focus on two things for the next 2 weeks:

- drink 32oz of H20 daily (I know, not that much, but considering the cathing situation I explained before, it's a good way to start)
- increase exercise.. ideally cardio 3x a week

There was no water or exercise today.  I always have tomorrow. : )

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