So I have a food protocol for this month.
Breakfast 10am – 2 eggs on seed bread
Lunch 1pm – salad or soup with chicken or lentils
Snack 4pm (I really do need one I am quite active) – avocardo 1/2 on seed bread
Dinner 7pm – steamed veggies with fish or chicken
I have stuck to it for 11 days today and feel bloody amazing. More energy, better sleep, lost bloated tummy and a little bit of weight, not having coffee was hard for 3 days but now feel like I have more energy.
The protocol was easy, what has been hard is my mind which basically screams at me that I deserve a snack, that Laura is crazy, that this coaching stuff is indulgent, that I need a wine. What is with this? How do I get this internal dialogue under control? It’s funny in some ways, but in the moment its quite challenging to not respond to!
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Great question!
Love this – I call it my crazy lady, she lives in my head and comes on strong sometimes!
So how do you get a handle on her/him?
These are thoughts you are having:
I deserve a snack
That Laura is crazy
This coaching stuff is indulgent
I need a wine
Write them down one per page.
Then write down what the circumstance is that you were in last when you had this thought. Were you at home with kids, in the supermarket, at work, what was going on around you?
Then for each thought I want you to write down how that thought made you feel, what emotion did it bring up? Desire, anxiousness, anger?
Then write down what your response tends to be to this feeling, do you eat (clearly not for the last 11 days!), do you snap at others, rush about, get on instagram? Do you just sit with it?
Then I want you to write down at least 3 different thoughts you could have had in that situation.
Eg:
I deserve health
That Laura is interesting
This coaching stuff is challenging
I need to take a deep breath
You get a handle on the inner dialogue by practicing new ways of thinking that feel right for you. If you need, write them on post-it notes and put them where you can see them.
Well done my friend, this is hard work, and you can do hard things! xx