Greetings!
Gooooooood Morning :-)
How are you !
As always I hope you had a fantastic week and have a nice weekend lined up. Winter is most definitely here and the weather here in Great Yarmouth this morning is 'seasonal'! I love this time of year as the run in to Christmas starts and the excitement starts to build.
This week has been a strange week as I have been working very long hours and have not seen much of Jo and the children, so therefore today is all about balancing that out so as soon as I finish this we are off out for the day to relax. It is no different than my attitude to food now, if I have been out in the week for business meals then I tend to at the weekend balance it out by eating less, but if in the week I have been working and catching the occasional jacket potato then at the weekend we will go out for a nice curry.
I was talking to a journalist yesterday who asked what I ate every day now and I am sure he wanted me to answer 'sawdust and salad' but the reality is that I eat whatever the average person eats! I enjoy curry, pizza and hamburgers, I just make sure that I eat appropriate amounts of them so that I can continue to stay at a healthy weight.
A lot of people I work with who reduce their weight do have the mentality that they will eat healthily for the rest of their lives but the reality is different, you cannot maintain long term with a prison-sentence 'I can't have...' mentality. To plan what you can't have for your dinner means you will crave the things you can't have and not enjoy the things you 'allow' yourself.
Before I leave this week I want to ask you a deep question! I got asked it over a coffee on Tuesday by someone and it is an answer I wouldn't have had 5 years ago... the question is...
What is the most significant thing you want to achieve in your life?
My answer was
'To make a difference'
And that is why I do what I do. I want to make a difference and help to change other's worlds for the better. Therefore because I know what I want to do then it explains the actions I take, when I was big, I would have answered that I didn't know...
So what is your most significant thing? What do you want to acheive today? this weekend? next month? next year?
Where do you want to be in ten years time and what great things do you want to have done and be doing?
I know it's deep for a Saturday morning but if you have a goal then all you need is a plan, start doing it and you will be flying above the clouds...
Right I am off to Starbucks for a Christmas Latte and a mince pie!!
Have a great weekend and cya Saturday
Mike ;-) |