I’m Baaaak & I love My Mama
One whole week without access to a computer!!! My cell phone never rang, no e-mail, no weight loss buddies OMG! After I recovered from my lack of computer access withdrawals, I settled down to enjoy life in the country. Now that I’m back, I realized that everything I needed to know about healthy living I learned last week from my mama.
I learned:
Yesterday is gone, forget about it. You can’t do anything to change it so why sweat it. I was afraid my mother would be beating herself up for becoming a diabetic, but she says she cant go back and change how she usta eat, so why sweat it. Let yesterday’s mistakes go and go on with you life.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life so what are you doing today to make the rest of your life better? Every morning Mom, tapes a blank sheet of paper on her refrigerator. She writes on it in big letters ” Today I Will Do Something Good For Me” beneath that heading she writes out everything she eats and the exercises she does. Three times a day she reads it all out loud to herself. No matter what kind of day she has, the last entry at night is “I Did Good Today”.
You are never to old to learn something new. My mother didn’t know what a carb was until a few weeks ago when she was diagnosed as a diabetic, now she is the carb counting queen. She has learned to read the label on everything she eats and make substitutions based on her total carb intake per meal.
If you slow down you really can smell the flowers. Mom puts fresh flower on the kitchen table before she sits down to eat. She arranges her food on her plate like a fancy restaurant work of art. Her ice water is in a fancy glass with a lemon twist. As she slowly chews each bite she inhales the scent of the fresh flowers, pauses between fork fulls to admire their beauty and smiles. She eats longer, and feels fuller, while eating smaller portion of food.
All this from the lady who raised me on biscuits, gravy and fried chicken. Will wonders never cease!
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So nice to have you back with us Diva….and your mama sounds like she has found the secret to living a healthier life, physically and mentally. I’m gonna buy some flowers when I go shopping next week!
That is so cool. I am glad you are back
Isn’t the will to live amazing? Isn’t life grand? And if mom can do it, what’s your excuse? What’s mine? None really, other than we succumb to instant gratification and emotional eating (the last one I have issues with for sure). Yes, mom is on to something, perhaps was forced to be on to something–the reality for her and for ALL of us here, is that if we don’t take care of ourselves, we comprise the quality of our lives and why do that really, if life is grand?
Kudos to mom and to you for taking notice!
Flowers? Flowers? Who said flowers? LOL..I bought myself some flowers for Easter. I’m sorry, what I mean is…The Easter Bunny left them for me. Some pink hyacinth, the scent is soothing. Sounds like your Mom has learned how to take the time to fully enjoy life….slowly and calmly. We should all do the same…
Ahhh, Dee is back! I have missed you! I think I love your Mama too, LOL! I am so glad that you had a nice time but even happier to see you back here!!
Good to have ya back dee! Your mum sounds awesome. She has got a really great approach to this and is right with the “today I will do something good for me” thing. It’s so important to take care of ourselves and it’s never too late even though we have all made mistakes food wise x
I love your mom! That is the greatest thing I have heard all day. I really needed that. She’s right. I think we punish ourselves, well at least I know I do, over the mistakes I have made & continue to make everyday, whether it be food related or other issues. All it ends up doing is making me feel worse. I think somewhere in that, I think that I SHOULD feel bad. That kind of thinking isn’t getting me anywhere is it? Tell your mom thanks.
Love this post! what a lovely way to eat. I have got into the bad habit of eating meals in front of the TV or while I am doing something else.
Your mum sounds like she has really made some big changes for the better. it’s really nice that you got to share them with her.
I love your mama too! What a lady, what a smart lady! I need to practice that mindful eating more rather than shoveling it in while I read and answer email, read my patient’s charts, manicure my nails, etc. And I think I will put one of those list up on my office door and read it outloud to myself a couple of times a day!
