Lindell's 30 Day's Of Practice - Day 7/30

5am and I'm up early for the US conference. 

Weight +800g.
I expected an increase with the garden work I did and the beer I had
Other variables that could cause the +900g.
I didn't sleep well, I'm very tired both sleep and energy tired, I had a beer yesterday, I had some phyllo pastry for dinner (not much).
How do I feel about a gain? Indifferent. I wouldn't change yesterday and the number is just that, a number. 
I would like to change my tiredness though because I'm not feeling AMAZING. 
Today will be a day of rest. 
Family coming for lunch, no gardening today.

Plan 
2 coffees
2 teas
Lunch: Anything I want as long as I don't overeat. 
1 beer and 1 wine on my plan.
Dinner - 1 standard meal of protein and veg Or fruit and yoghurt. 

Interesting I had a bit of trouble setting my lunch plan and I noticed some thoughts about the gain from yesterday even though I thought it wasn't impacting me. So interesting. Glad I noticed it and kicked it to the curb. 

Just read Laurens check in in the Facebook group and I'm back to commit to greater for me (thanks Lauren). 
Lunch: No snacks before lunch (no cheese or chips or nuts etc). 
Chicken and Salad for lunch. No garlic bread. 
No beer today. No wine. 
Dinner: Leftovers or Protein and Veggies. 
1 Chocolate after dinner. 
2 x cuppa 
2 x coffees.

Wow, my primal brain was going a bit crazy this morning. 
This is a great example as to why setting your plan the day before is best. You are better able to access your prefrontal cortex. 
It's also a good example of why Step 1 - Know What you Want is important. I was disconnected to this when I was setting my plan. When I asked myself (after reading Laurens check in) What do I want? it made my plan today SO MUCH easier and I feel so much more committed now. 

Feeling: I'm feeling powerful, supported and worthy. 

Power thoughts: I'm practicing self love. I'm gifting myself living life this way, the way I want to live it. 
When I show up to my plan my body feels amazing. 
I am worthy of feeling amazing. 
I have tools, I will use them when I need them. The tools make it possible for me. 

Gosh, found myself in a very angry and annoyed mood. I was snapping at the kids (it is a circumstance that they were being annoying ha ha). 
I told them I need to go reset. So I went to my bedroom and made the bed. Took some time for me. 
I realised I've been trying to do too much this morning. It's 8am and I've been on the conference call, being with the kids, did some gardening, put washing on, cleaned the laundry while I was there, vacuumed the house and taught my 6yo how to cook hard boiled eggs. Whoa, this mama is at a limit. 
My reset helped me realise I had the thought "this is all for them, I'm doing this for everyone else, I'm putting myself last, it's not fair". 
Not a helpful thought. No wonder I was feeling annoyed and worthless. 
So I've chosen a new thought "I'm doing this for me. I'm going to sit and enjoy a clean house with my 2nd coffee soon. I'm enriching all of our lives with what I do, especially my own".

Gosh what a day, what a weekend. 
I ended up following my original plan for today. 
I was feeling a bit guilty but I've just looked at my original plan and I nailed it. 
I had 1 beer. 
3 pieces of brie no crackers. 
I avoided lot's of different types of snack food. Nuts, chips, crackers... 
Lunch I had chicken, a sausage, salad and 1 piece of garlic bread. 
I had leftovers for dinner. Same as lunch. 
Oh, and 1 beer. 
I didn't overeat at all and felt calm. 
I'll evaluate tomorrow with my complete weekly evaluation. 

Got back in the garden once family went home. The 4 of us weeded the grass for 3 hours ha ha. It was addictive and very relaxing. 
Played handball today too so my steps are up above 9k, might even hit 10k before bed. 

I'm feeling calm and intentional. Ready for another great week of living life how I want to live. 
I'm very tired so I'll head to bed early. Got an early start with the final day of the US conference.