Hello McD community! I've decided to start participating in this forum again. I appreciate this forum and the people who come here to chat about their lives and how it relates to eating habits and diet.
Since I've been away, I have been gardening. I have an awesome garden this year. We have had pretty good rainfall. A little too heat at the beginning of the summer but now all veggies are rockin'. We had our first watermelon from the garden tonight. So exciting!
I also learned to use a SUP board. So much fun! It got way too hot to hike (my favorite pastime!). So, I 've been spending a lot of time on the lakes this summer.
I joined a women's group this week that's centered around making positive changes in life. A couple of discussions really spoke to me. One was about thinking negative thoughts about oneself. I have been so discouraged about my diet because I would like to adhere to the McD way of eating but sometimes I go off the rails and eat dairy, meat, and too many sweets, nuts, and fatty foods. I get really down on myself. After a while if I don't turn it around, I get the defeatist attitude. So, I'm rejoining this group to see if I can get past those negative thoughts about myself. This topic fits in with another topic from the women's group. That is, the saying of Be impeccable with your words, thoughts, life in general. It sounds good and can provide quite a bit of energy to strive to be impeccable, but there's some down sides to thinking one can be impeccable. We are not perfect. Why should we expect to be? Food for thought. Better than ice cream!
Looking at the 10 pt checklist... wondering if I can be impeccable with my diet... I will strive for that! My attitude will be to Show up. Do my best. And don't be attached to the outcome.