I’m Grateful for my Washing Machine, amongst other things

Being grateful forces us to focus on the positive things in life. And what you focus more on, you bring more of into your experience. Not necessarily the same event, but the same joyous energy.

Continuing on with Deb from Diminishing Deb and Lucy from Diminishing Lucy’s theme of being grateful, here are some offerings:

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I’m grateful for my dishwasher and washing machine that work day in day out to make my life easier. They free me up to do so many other things, so much so that if I have hand-washing or some dishes that can’t go in the dishwasher, well, you really appreciate the time they save.

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I’m grateful for my Mum and Dad and the fact that they are both healthy and living a 2 minute drive away - too close for some, but perfect for me. I love that my kids get to spend so much time with my parents and that they want to do so.

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I’m grateful for a husband who loves his family, his garden and his BBQ. He loves to potter around the vegie patch, involving us all in the process and drawing us into the wonderful world of our back (and front) yard – yeh, we look like Italians sometimes with tomato bushes growing in between the standard roses, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. As for the BBQ, I am grateful for the relaxation it gives hubby as he cooks on the weekend, enjoying a quiet beer with the dog.

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I’m grateful for cruisy (is that how you spell it?) Sunday breakfasts made by Hubby and Poppet - they are just the best, especially with a freshly brewed pot of tea! The luxury of being able to read through the Sunday papers without having to rush somewhere is a big bonus too.

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I’m grateful for new socks! I just love the feeling of putting on brand new socks as they slide into your sandshoes! That and new sheets are right up there in my books!

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I’m grateful for the things I am learning on the weight loss journey through my own endeavours and those of fellow bloggers. Sometimes we lay ourselves bare with our experiences, but in doing so, we help another person on the other side of the world. I’m grateful for those people who have shared and in doing so have helped me grow.

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If anyone wants to join Anna from The Weight Lost Diaries and I in this challenge to create thinner, healthier and happier bodies ready for Christmas, please join us for Weigh-In Wednesday (either in the bloghop or email transformationaldiaries@gmail.com).

Sunday, 17 October 2010 07:55 Written by Catherine F. 8 Comments

Sickie Food and Gratitude

Well, just as I thought I was coming out of the hole, as things would happen …. I got sick. I wrote a post on the morning of the 15th and by 5pm I was rotten as a chop!

Metaphysically Speaking ….

I already knew that my liver and kidneys were under load and struggling a bit …. metaphysically the liver is about anger (that’s where expressions like ‘being livered’ come from) and the kidneys are where we hold our fear. That fits with the last couple of posts! So where does the flu fit in (sore throat, body aches, hot and cold, cough etc).

Well, according to Annette Noontil in “The Body is the Barometer of the Soul”, the flu is about not wanting to do what someone else has told you to do and feeling guilty about it. While Louise Hay says that it’s a response to mass negativity and beliefs. Well funnily enough they both fit. I have a few significant tasks that I have to do and just don’t want to get to them. Because of my stalling they now have taken on huge proportions and Monday was to be my start date – getting sick put an end to that and was probably the only way I could avoid it without feeling overly guilty! As for Louise Hay’s version, I am so over the lies and spin from both sides of politics in the upcoming Australian election, and all the negativity that raises. I definitely just wanted to hibernate from it all!

Anyway, after 3.5 days of withdrawing from the world and craving the comfort food of my youth (homemade creamed rice – Mum, come back from Monkey Mia) I have surfaced, feeling more positive than I’ve felt in a while.

So, I thought this post would focus on 2 things – sorry if it’s a bit confusing, but hey, my brain’s a bit addled:

What are your memories of comfort food while you were sick as a child?
What are some of the things that you feel grateful for today?

Today, I feel grateful for…..

A body that is getting healthier each day … yeh team!
The wonderful support of my special friends and family. For example, my buddy L. came over with a big pot of her delicious homemade hearty soup and that has been all I’ve wanted to eat. I’ve had homemade sausage rolls and carrot cake roll up too! Kids think it’s Christmas!

Today is such a beautiful sunny day – I’m grateful that I could lay on the trampoline with my 10yr old girl, Snugglebunny, who is home for some tlc too! We were working on getting our Vitamin D intake to increase our immune systems!

Broccoli from our garden
A husband who says not to worry about cooking, we can get take out!
A husband who closes the bedroom door so I might get a little bit more sleep before the demands of motherhood press that bit harder. Heck, I’m just grateful all over for my hubby!
My beautiful friend Sally Moore, who also happens to be my Homoeopath – she called up when I was wallowing, talked to me about my symptoms and emotions and then put me straight on some remedies, even sending extra remedies down to me (she lives about a 50 minute drive away).
A vegie garden that is just brimming with healthy broccoli, cauliflower, beetroot, peas and spinach – it’s joy to be able to pick from the garden fresh produce.

The garden bed with the spinach etc ... and a dog!

Enough for now …. my brain hurts and I need a sleep! Oh poop – forgot to put sheets on the bed …… I am grateful that my sheets dried quickly in this beautiful sunshine! That’s better!

Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:13 Written by Catherine F. 0 Comments

Using a Little Action to Change How I Felt

Tuesday, 4th May 2010

Successful day in terms of water and food intake, but currently feeling the pull of warm comfort foods as the temperature drops. Think I’m going to get the dehydrator up and running again, as well as the raw food recipes (where the food is not heated above 45 degrees Celsius).

Today I spent a lot of time listening to an Abraham-Hicks recording on Natural Weight Loss. It was given to me to listen to by Georgia Sheehan, the Colonic Hydrotherapist I went to last Saturday. Synchronicities and the Law of Attraction at work … thanks Georgia!

We Get the Results of What We Focus On Most

It was brilliant listening to Abraham’s view on weight and weight loss and I can recommend it. It repeated things that I knew, but had conveniently not applied to my situation! Basically, what we experience today is a result of the vibration we have been offering (what we have been feeling and thinking about), but what we experience can change in an instant the moment we change our point of focus … change where our attention and our emotional responses are.

For example, prior to embarking on the journey I was full of self-loathing; I would look in the mirror in a change room and feel dejected and disgusted, big and uncomfortable, lumpy, clothes tight and not too attractive. I felt unhappy and unsatisfied with where I was at … I felt unhealthy and out of control. Not really a lot of positive thought there at all and it was daily!

However, the moment I made the appointment with Kitty and then my Medical Practitioner, I started to feel something different … a sense of anticipation and excitement. Making the decision to actively do something different helped to initially start to shift my vibration. I hadn’t lost weight at that point, but I felt just that little bit more in control ….. I felt that I had made a positive move.

Then, Dr Kitty Campion, my Medical Herbalist, got me straight on protein at every meal and elimination of carbs and fruit. Then the scales started going down for the first time in years. Seeing these results so quickly helped me to move my vibration even further.

It is 43 days (just over 6 weeks) since I started and the person writing this feels completely different. Even my children have observed and commented on how much happier I seem.

Gone is the massive amount of self-loathing. I am currently feeling in awe of my body, coping as well as it did for so long with excess kilos and now relishing in the reality of being 10Kg lighter (8 Kg in the last 43 days). I feel something that has been foreign for so long ….. love for my body. Who would have thought that such a huge turn around was possible so quickly.

Change One Thing for One Week

So, I would seriously recommend committing to a week where you do something different from your usual pattern (eg. drop the carbs, go for a daily walk etc) as just that simple action will help to shift your point of focus and the negative emotion caught up with it. Give it a try …… one thing for one week!

“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your mind. Put your whole soul to it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, Essayist, Philosopher and Poet

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 09:20 Written by Catherine F. 4 Comments

Thanking my Body

Monday, 26th April, 2010

Well, it’s 6pm and I’m sitting down while my husband cooks some marinated chicken breasts on the BBQ (salads done, table set … sigh of relief).

Liver Cleanse Preparation Continues

The Malic Acid went down a bit better today – definitely helps if you get the concentration correct!

The observation I have about the preparation stage so far …. I can feel discomfort in my back on the right hand side, pretty much on a level where the liver would be. So, something is happening. Good to know! I would hate to be drinking this stuff and then have nothing happen at all – it would be that much harder to do the next time round.

Gratitude for my Body

So, thank you, my liver, for responding beautifully and helping me to help you. Liver, I appreciate the non-stop work you do for me that keeps me going. Same goes for the rest of my body (figured it was about time that I was positive and thanked my body rather than castigate it and put it down!).

How often do we actually stop and think how much goes on inside us every minute of every day, just to keep us breathing let alone moving and thinking. How much we take it for granted. Just because we don’t have some chronic (or acute) disease doesn’t mean that it’s not working its’ butt off to do its best for us (ha, no pun intended).

John DeMartini, author and presenter of the DeMartini method, says “What we think about and thank about, we bring about”.

So, on that note, thanks body for working as well as you do!

I feel like I’ve hit a bit of a plateau, so tomorrow I’ll go for a bit longer walk and see if it helps.

Feeling good though. Spirits high, mood good.

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 21:05 Written by Catherine F. 0 Comments

The Helping Junkie and the “Yes, however …”

Monday, 12th April, 2010

Green Teeth!

Took some mint leaves to help with the bad breath – not a great solution in public! Firstly, the taste of the fresh leaves is really strong, so you don’t exactly need to be stuffing a handful in. Secondly, if you notice people looking at your mouth while talking to you, you can be sure that you’ve got a lump of green wedged in your front teeth!

So, in the short term I bought some sugar-free Mint Fishermen’s Friends, even though they might not be the healthiest ‘natural’ choice.

The Helping Junkie

Today was a full on day. It involved me actively doing something from 7am until I just sat down now at 8pm. I ate 2 of the 3 meals on the run and I’m exhausted. Not a good formula for an on-going healthy diet.

During a large chunk of the day I got sooooooo absorbed in what I was doing (helping a friend with some challenging work) that I forgot to drink water and made little time to eat, let alone eat properly.

From past experience, I know that the next step if this pattern is sustained is to binge on chocolate or some other carb food at 3pm as my energy levels fade.

Therefore I must develop strategies or maybe simply better discipline to cope with this better. I had taken salad stuff to my friend’s house, but I made the choice not to spend time cutting up salad and eating properly as we were too busy (I just had a tin of tuna). It’s not that I didn’t want to help my friend – heck I sure did – but that my choice to help was automatic …… that’s what I do all the time. I drop things and put others first. While today was by no means major, it is something I tend to do without any thought of personal impact. I don’t think I’m alone here either …. what about you?

Maybe I/we need to get a bit selfish in a way that acknowledges my (and everybody else’s) right to put themselves first and to balance their lives in a way that accommodates both the need to help and the need to look after ourselves.

This is bigger than I thought, for as I sit here I realise how much of my self-image is tied up in helping others…… that good feeling you get by being able to help someone who needs you. A ‘helping’ junkie! Tied up in the acknowledgement and gratitude that are its by-product.
Whoa!!!!!

It’s not NO, it’s YES, HOWEVER…

So, what I have realised just by writing this is that because of feeling good from the warm fuzzies, the gratitude and acknowledgement I receive when helping others, I fore-go my own needs probably more than is healthy for me to do over a long time.

I need to help others …. it’s part of who I am. I need to learn balance. I remember being told something professionally 15 years ago when I was overloaded with work because I kept taking more and more on. I was told to get into my lexicon the words “Yes, however ….. “ that would allow me to establish some boundaries.

“Yes, however …… “ – might have to resurrect that one!

Friday, 28 May 2010 09:20 Written by Catherine F. 0 Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Gratitude’

I’m Grateful for my Washing Machine, amongst other things

Sickie Food and Gratitude

Today, I feel grateful for…..

A body that is getting healthier each day … yeh team!

The wonderful support of my special friends and family. For example, my buddy L. came over with a big pot of her delicious homemade hearty soup and that has been all I’ve wanted to eat. I’ve had homemade sausage rolls and carrot cake roll up too! Kids think it’s Christmas!

Today is such a beautiful sunny day – I’m grateful that I could lay on the trampoline with my 10yr old girl, Snugglebunny, who is home for some tlc too! We were working on getting our Vitamin D intake to increase our immune systems!

A husband who says not to worry about cooking, we can get take out!

A husband who closes the bedroom door so I might get a little bit more sleep before the demands of motherhood press that bit harder. Heck, I’m just grateful all over for my hubby!

My beautiful friend Sally Moore, who also happens to be my Homoeopath – she called up when I was wallowing, talked to me about my symptoms and emotions and then put me straight on some remedies, even sending extra remedies down to me (she lives about a 50 minute drive away).

A vegie garden that is just brimming with healthy broccoli, cauliflower, beetroot, peas and spinach – it’s joy to be able to pick from the garden fresh produce.

Using a Little Action to Change How I Felt

Thanking my Body

John DeMartini, author and presenter of the DeMartini method, says “What we think about and thank about, we bring about”.

So, on that note, thanks body for working as well as you do!

The Helping Junkie and the “Yes, however …”

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