Time for {health}

Following on from my Time to {diet} blog post back in November I’ve decided to change tact and re-focus on my no.1 goal for 2017 – Health.  So instead of part 2 of Time to {diet} here’s a restart with Time for {health}.

I’d still like to lose weight and use aspects of different diets such as Slimming World and the Diet Doctors but centre everything around a healthy lifestyle rather than just my weight alone.  Health encompasses a lot more than just how you look and that’s the mind-set I’d like to shift.  Health is about how you feel, attitude and mental well-being. 

What does health look like to me?

-          Clean

-          Clear skin

-          Shiny hair

-          Slim

-          Confident, relaxed, happy persona

-          Well fitting, styling clothes

-          Fit and toned

-          Fresh colourful food

-          Energy

-          Simplicity

-          Sitting in the garden with a tan and denim shorts, a salad and glass of wine watching the boys play in the sunshine.  Hair thrown up in a bun, make-up and care free J

-          Walking into work fresh as a daisy in a well fitted outfit and heels ready and focused for the day.

-          Lazy Sunday mornings in a clean un-cluttered bedroom drinking coffee and catching up on the news/planning future blogs/emails. 

-          A family wellie walk in the forest before meeting friends for a pub lunch.

-          Running along quiet country lanes getting into a rhythm listening to my favourite tunes, feeling the wind and sun on my skin. 

-          Friends and family sitting round a table full of home cooked food and delicious wine {have I mentioned wine yet?!} laughing, chatting and reminiscing. 

On holiday in 2011

Reflections on health

-          Keep it simple, de-clutter

-          Surrounded by positivity and beauty

-          Believe

-          Focus

-          Organisation – top 3 tasks

-          Me time – time to indulge in favourite things, pamper

-          Build fitness into everyday life

-          Run

-          Watch the pennies – take control of money

-          Meal plan and weekly shop

-          Home cooking, new recipes, variety

-          Ask for help when needed

-          Take time out - head space, time to process, seek guidance and reflect

-          Time for mental health

-          Less stress, more patience

-          Slower pace of life

-          Quality over quantity

-          Practice patience and positivity

-          Hydration 

-          Music and dance – let your hair down!

-          Avoid negative, high maintenance relationships

-          Create memories

-          Keep learning, career development

-          Fresh air

-          Take pressure off

-          Balance

-          Family

-          Friends

       Be kind

-          Be honest

-          Be present

-          Be loving

-          Be confident

-          Be creative

-          Be thankful

Running my first 10k in 2012

-     The way forward

-          Be open about my health journey

-          Ask family and friends to support

-          Make small everyday changes

-          Drink more water

-          Use basis of Slimming World but focusing on health rather than dieting

-          Monthly weigh ins – shift mind-set away from just weight management

-          Start running again {will be easier as spring approaches!}

-          Take a packed lunch to work

-          Weekly food plan

-          Keep a food and mood diary

-          Don’t have unhealthy treats in the house

-          Start to de-clutter and simplify

-          Make more effort to be organised

-          Home pamper sessions

-          Set goals – write them down somewhere prominent as a reminder

-          Look into furthering my education and career development

-          Take pressure off myself

Joe Wick's Thai Green Prawn Curry

So basically {as my brother pointed out} I want to be a yummy mummy {haha}!  I want to make my boys proud and bring them up in a healthy, happy household. I want to wake up feeling good and positive rather than sluggish and demotivated.  I want to see this through and not give up when the going gets tough but also not to put so much pressure on myself that I crumble. 

Just remember – you can do anything but not everything! 

Quality time with my little people

Good luck everyone!