Post 2281
- 8 years and 169 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
Sometimes it's hard to live up to your ideals. Even for a saint like me (sarcasm intended).
In the moment, when you react to something that is unfolding, we tend to act (behave) or feel in very programmatic ways. So much of what we feel is due to the gravity of our subconscious - those controlling thoughts that we are unaware of - that it can feel things contrary to what our conscious minds tell us is appropriate.
And once these contrary feelings take hold, it is normal to try and understand, explain, and justify them, which leads to incorporating them into our narrative, the story we tell ourselves about our life.
What's needed is to let it go, but that takes clarity at a time when we are full of murky feelings, distorting our perceptions, so easier said than done.
Of course, once you're in the process of that, it's easy - but there's that first step - always that lulu of a first step.
I have a little 'letting go' exercise I do when I am upset or disturbed. It consists of making a fist, holding it out in front of me (palms down), and asking and answering four questions (in my head, although I don't think it matters if said out loud as long as you're alone):
1. What are you feeling? (I try to give a short answer, and to really feel the thing);
2. Do you want to let it go? (Yes)
3. Are you ready to let it go? (Yes)
4. When will you let it go? (Now)
Then I take a deep breath and open my hand, 'dropping' the feeling.
Sometimes, doing the exercise once is enough. Sometimes, I have to repeat (and repeat and...). And it works.
I'm grateful to have learned this helpful little trick.
Food and Diet
In the moment, when you react to something that is unfolding, we tend to act (behave) or feel in very programmatic ways. So much of what we feel is due to the gravity of our subconscious - those controlling thoughts that we are unaware of - that it can feel things contrary to what our conscious minds tell us is appropriate.
And once these contrary feelings take hold, it is normal to try and understand, explain, and justify them, which leads to incorporating them into our narrative, the story we tell ourselves about our life.
What's needed is to let it go, but that takes clarity at a time when we are full of murky feelings, distorting our perceptions, so easier said than done.
Of course, once you're in the process of that, it's easy - but there's that first step - always that lulu of a first step.
I have a little 'letting go' exercise I do when I am upset or disturbed. It consists of making a fist, holding it out in front of me (palms down), and asking and answering four questions (in my head, although I don't think it matters if said out loud as long as you're alone):
1. What are you feeling? (I try to give a short answer, and to really feel the thing);
2. Do you want to let it go? (Yes)
3. Are you ready to let it go? (Yes)
4. When will you let it go? (Now)
Then I take a deep breath and open my hand, 'dropping' the feeling.
Sometimes, doing the exercise once is enough. Sometimes, I have to repeat (and repeat and...). And it works.
I'm grateful to have learned this helpful little trick.
Today's Weight: 199.0 lbs.
Previous Weight (6/17/19): 201.4 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 2.4 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
6:15pm:
Lunch
Skipped.
Dinner
1:15am: Steak and potatoes with sauteed mushrooms (the last of the father's day leftovers(, shaved parmesan and walnuts, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
6:15pm:
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| Eggs with onions, peppers, kale, spinach, chia seeds, hemp seeds, shaved parmesan, salsa and bacon. |
Skipped.
Dinner
1:15am: Steak and potatoes with sauteed mushrooms (the last of the father's day leftovers(, shaved parmesan and walnuts, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Water: 76+ oz.; and a pour of Jameson's Irish whiskey and two bottles of Corona beer.
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