I’m sitting in bed typing. I’m in the last minutes of the first day of a new year. I spent the final day of the last year with a stomach bug. It hit me suddenly and, thankfully, I’m on the mend today. I managed to go grocery shopping but that was all. I had to sit down and stay still or else I’d feel faint and be sick. I’m grateful for the sickness. During the Christmas season, I wasn’t so careful with my eating. After a year of avoiding dairy, I was seduced by cheesecake and chocolate and cheese. On Boxing Day, I felt hungover (no alcohol consumed). And still, I continued to be lax with my eating (not in the same proportions of Christmas Day). Yesterday was a good reminder to put my body needs above the quick, easy addictive foods. The remaining guilty items have been binned today. I had this strange moment too when everything was beginning to hurt and I thought to myself ‘you’re not well so you should be miserable.’ It was a negative belief I didn’t know I had. I didn’t feel well but I wasn’t miserable. So I was happily sick (albeit happier when […]
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