Crafts and Life

Lunch – Jacket potato and sweetcorn

Dinner – Veggie Thai curry and rice

Snacks – grapes

Drinks – No added sugar Vimto, tea with milk x 4

Weight – 22 st 9.75 lbs

Pain – still high but managed to stay off the pain killers yesterday and today, staying off them yesterday led to a slight drop in weight this morning – which I am happier about!

DAY TWENTY-TWO

Key Theme: FREEDOM

EATING OUT

I usually eat some real food just before going out to eat so I’ll be comfortable enough to enjoy myself and alert enough to order intelligently. I used to save up my appetite for a meal away from home so I could eat, and overeat, without feeling too guilty. That was a bad plan. In a restaurant, it always takes longer to get the food than you expect. So, if you’re quite hungry when you go out, you’ll likely be extremely hungry or starving by the time you’re actually able eat something. Also, it is hard enough to order from a menu of very appealing food when you are only slightly hungry. It’s a lot worse when you are starving. When you do get the food, it takes great restraint to savor and enjoy it. The natural thing to do is gobble it up as fast as you can. My advice is, dine early and eat before you go. 

“It gives great glory to God for a person to live in this world using and appreciating the good things of life without care, without anxiety, and without inordinate passion.” Thomas Merton

Food for Thought: Be prepared to enjoy the whole experience.

Antonello, Jean. Naturally Thin: Lasting Weight Loss without Dieting . Heartland Book Company. Kindle Edition.