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Day 4 of being mindful is getting mindfully harder. I'm still doing better than I was though! I do think I will relisten to the whole book again.. possibly 2 or 3 times to get into a groove with being more mindful in both body and spirit. The book did say you have to remap the dialog in your brain so that's what I'm still doing. I am getting better with this whole mindful thing though. Only drawback is they say when you feel yourself having negative thoughts you should say something to yourself like "I am light and bright." Only problem is when you have 3 kids, and run around like a mad woman you forget to say this in your head... to yourself but in your head. You don't even realize you're saying it out loud until your husband adds something to it like "I am sweaty and about to fart." Which is funny but kinda ruins the zen when the finger pulling starts and the chipmunks are in the back seat squealing because someone made a fart joke. At least they stop trying to kill one another though so.. it still works!
Yesterday was Grandma D's birthday so I picked her up flowers and a strawberry shortcake cake. I ate one piece, refused seconds, and had a light dinner so I did amazing. It didn't become a sugar binge. I savored every bit of straberries, shortcake, and whipped cream and I was satisfied. Plus I convinced myself it was a healthier alternative to the cake I usually get her.
This weekend I will be putting mindfulness to the test. Two full days with kids, soccer practice, grocery shopping, sign painting, cow milking, lawn mowing, garden gardening, and it's recycle day in town so house cleaning/pitching out crap. If I can make it through this and still remain all zen and crap.. I will truely be zenny.. zenish? Zenlicious!
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Good work - mindfulness equals awareness and that is the key.
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You're hilarious. Love this post. I'm a therapist, and mindfulness can only take you so far! :)
15 May 15 by member: flealea
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15 May 15 by member: jessabridge4444
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I had to laugh WITH you. I was attempting "mindfulness" a long time ago. I wore a rubber band around my wrist. When a negative thought came into my mind, I would snap the rubber band to end the thought. Well, the children (1st graders) noted that I was snapping my wrist with the rubber band. One little boy asked me if that didn't hurt as he saw me flinch. I told him that I did it to help me so that I wouldn't think about bad things. Innocently as a child only can say, he said, wouldn't it hurt a whole bunch less just to think about good things? Good luck in your ZENlicious journey.
15 May 15 by member: 2227Gwen
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LOL! Zenlicious, gotta love it. :) At least over the weekend you'll be busy, so maybe you won't have time to be hungry and even when you do eat you'll work off all of those calories. The weekends are the hardest for me because I'm home where all the food is. Good luck!!
15 May 15 by member: mars2kids
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I cook all weekend for the week and rarely get to record all my eating so I hear you. I know its probably not an option but seriously not taking the kids grocery shopping can help save your sanity and your diet. Can you get Mr DFW to keep the kids occupied for a bit? Theres a whole book out of fart jokes as well as the new captain underpants......
15 May 15 by member: nicholaix
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Good luck with the mindful weekend, I know you can do in between fart jokes
15 May 15 by member: Rockiesfan
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Zentastic! Good luck this weekend. I know you are mindfully not weighing, but you are probably gonna burn a crapload of calories with all you are doing.
15 May 15 by member: Bethlauren8
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Zenlicious!! Howling with laughter! LOL. Have a Zentastic weekend - you are going to work off a lot of calories with that agenda of yours!
15 May 15 by member: JennBuck61
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I have been trying to mater this skill myself. I use yoga to help---which comes in handy for breathing....i also do something called zentangles. Look it up on google or pininterest. its a lot of fun. something else i do is adult coloring pages which is a great wind down at night tool after the kids have gone to bed. (i have 8 kids in all, which 5 live at home full time). For a real quick zen pick me up breath in to a slow count of 5. then hold your breathe for the same 5. Breathe out also in the sequence of 5. Take to normal breathes, and repeat of few times. you should feel your mind clear and your muscles start to relax.
15 May 15 by member: malindapugh-miller
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Zenlicious and Zentastic!! love it! Have a terrific weekend in you busy schedule.
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