Wearing a dress is a real rarity for me, Robin. As a big girl, I lived in tent dresses and skirts and in fact obtained (not bought, they were passed onto me by a friend) my first pair of jeans at the grand age of 38. Now you can't get me out of jeans and trousers!!
BUT, my Mum used to like us to dress up on Christmas Day, and so I do... always... (and because she never considered trousers to be dressing up, like many of her generation...)!
Jaq - yes I'm off to the country tonight. I went to the Beaujolais Nouveau thing last night by the way and had three mouthfuls of the wine, and about the same of the meat, nuts, strange exotic fruit on offer (avoided the cheese - boy the smell in the room was plenty for me!!).
Tomorrow, we're invited for aperitifs with an elderly neighbour - and we're taking the crémant as it's not the first time we've been to him - it's already decided. I'll have a glass, and one of whatever he puts on a plate to go with it - no choice there - but a chicken leg will be awaiting me on my return, and that'll be lunch. Can't say I'll do much exercise either, cos rain is forecast, but the place needs hoovering and it's pretty big so that's a work out!
I did some interesting reading last night - continuing while the going is good. I'm still in the early chapters of the book, but again we returned to the strengthening of the resistance muscle and not of the giving in muscle. It then went onto something very interesting - not something you people in ketosis have to deal with at the moment I don't think, but when out, you might well...
It talked of how, when faced with temptation, we might feel inwardly tense or even stressed (yes) while the thoughts fly round in our head (I call them my "voices"). It went on to say how, when we decide to eat whatever, we get a sense of RELIEF. Yes. I can relate to that.
It continued to say how that sense of relief is felt BEFORE we eat whatever... (I'm incredulous but yes, never thought of THAT before!). The pressure lifts as soon as the decision is taken.
And so we still don't have to eat whatever.
And that there's also a real euphoric sensation after RESISTING... and that, while the first (or tenth) times it might be tough to resist, the ensuing feelings of euphoric need to be "bottled" for reminders... and then, the more often we've resisted, the easier it becomes. And the RELIEF of eating whatever is replaced by the EUPHORIA of not having eaten.
Another sentence I read last night - "just because I'm hungry, doesn't mean I have to eat."
Food for thought...
