My thoughts are popping like corn this morning…darting from here to there…and never quite settling on one thing to write about…should it be the crazy dream I had last night…the trip to my daughter’s last weekend…the fact that the flamingo did a nose dive in the yard…or…several other things that are floating through…
But…none of them seem just right…although…I do have pictures of the flamingo…and…some funny theories as to why it was pounding its head against a rock…it just doesn’t seem like what…needs…to come out this morning…
No…it’s deeper than that…I need to work through…my frustration…
For the past several months…I’ve been on a quite restricted dietary regime…not for weight loss…but…to correct some metabolic issues…that poor diet and lifestyle choices over the years…created…
And…it’s been…okay…I say…it’s not really…hard…it’s more…inconvenient…
So…it was with hope…for some leniency…that I went for a recheck last week…maybe…yogurt…and…eggs…a couple of times a month…
Instead…I got…you’re doing good…keep it up until at least January…then…we’ll see…
Okay…I have to admit it…I’ve been grumpy…I’ve been withdrawn…I’ve been in a funk…ever since…I’m tired of it…
I’m tired of being…different…based on what I cannot eat…I want to feel…normal…again…
Bertha…reminds me…I’ve never been…normal…I’ve always marched to my own drum…no point in trying to fit in now…
She goes on to tell me…it’s not the food that’s bothering me…it’s the feelings that I have associated with the food over the years…the self-nurturing that I have done…with food…most of which…is not on my list anymore…
Who is she kidding…none of my nurturing foods are on my list…and…somehow…broccoli and grilled chicken…just aren’t that soothing…
Thankfully…she said…that I don’t have to rely on food for nurturing…that I have so many…ways to do that…spending time in nature…meditation…contemplation…reading good books…exercise…spending time with people I love…writing…cooking…and…the list goes on and on…
Hmmm…she’s right…all of those things do nurture me…but there are times…when…only ice cream…would do the trick…
And…that’s when she joined the flamingo…at the rock…
Jane
I’ll pick you and the Flamingo up, if you need me 🙂
Thanks, Christy! I got the Flamingo upright again…and Bertha seems to be standing again as well…but…we always need your support…it gets us through the day! 😉
great Post! I Can Identify With It Right Now Myself.
Unfortunately…so did I Tamy…I hate when that happens! Here’s to better days!