http://strippingbackthelayers.com Join me on a journey to find happiness under layers of fat and insecurity. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://strippingbackthelayers.com/2008/02/09/surviving-the-weekend/ http://strippingbackthelayers.com/2008/02/09/surviving-the-weekend/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:44:53 +0000 blogadmin http://strippingbackthelayers.com/2008/02/09/surviving-the-weekend/ Planning, planning, planning. That’s how to do it. If you plan your meals for the week and weekend, it’s easy to stay on track.. If you don’t plan, it’s SOOOO easy to fall off the yellow brick road.
I didn’t plan that well for this weekend – oops, and it shows.
Started off well with porridge for breakfast, lunch was protein and vegies…..then it all went wrong.
My daughter was bitten by a dog (she’s ok) and I just couldn’t face organising dinner when she just wanted to be hugged – so I picked up the phone and got take away. Doesn’t matter what I got, it’s nearly all bad when you can ring it and get it delivered or picked up quickly!!
Had I already had something ready to go, it would have been ok.
Lesson learnt. Plan weekends too. I plan the weeks ok, as I’m so busy, but I have been falling over on the weekends.
No gym.
Must try to do some more outdoor exercise with my daughter – maybe a bike that she can ride on the back of.
We did go to an indoor play centre and I went down the slide with her. That was a BIG first, I didn’t actually feel like people were staring at me thinking what’s that porker doing on the slide. Yeah, maybe confidence is rearing it’s gorgeous head.

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I seriously think people will look at anything my daughter eats and think poor girl, she’ll end up just like her mother or they will wonder how on earth I think I can ride a bike at my size etc etc etc. I hate it!!!!
The smart side of my brain says that’s all crap and people won’t give a toss about you and the emotional side of my brain feel so sorry for my daughter having to go out with a mother who clearly has a few issues. The silly thing is, my daughter has no concept that I’m not normal and if I keep thinking the way I think, she’ll end up with issues just like me….arghghghgh…back to the therapy couch I go.

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