The weight loss center that will do my surgery requires 4 weeks of classes prior to surgery. Yesterday was my second class and they talked about nutrition and the importance of planning out meals once we come home from the hospital. The person giving the talk, used the example of having a baby. When you have a baby, you need to plan ahead and pack a diaper bag with everything that you would possibly need for the day before you leave the house. After surgery, we would all have to plan ahead what foods we will need for the day and pack them up and take along with us just like you would if you had a baby.
In the past, I have always dreaded meal planning. I can plan a trip, I can plan what tasks to do each day at my job, but meal planning? Forget it! Why is this? Well, I am beginning to understand how my low self-esteem affects everything in my life. I don’t treat myself very well. I don’t really respect myself well enough to treat myself like I deserve. I deserve to have nice clean car. I deserve to have a nice clean house. But I don’t. I have a deep down feeling that I don’t deserve any of this. But I do! I need to start treating myself like I’m special. I deserve great things in my life. I deserve to have a nice car that is clean, a nice house that is also clean and has nice furniture. I deserve to have all my bills paid on time and then I don’t have to worry about what I owe to whom. And mostly importantly, I deserve to treat myself with respect. I deserve to plan my food each day and to take it with me to work, so that I don’t make bad choices because I don’t have anything with me. My body deserves to have what it needs to be healthy, because I deserve it.
I like this quote (Sorry I don’t know the source.);
“Life is incredible when you decide you only want the very best for yourself.”
Yesterday, I was talking with a neighbor who told me that I needed to write down positive things that I want my daughter to do or to be like. Then I should print them out and put them around my house. If I read them to her or if she reads them every day, eventually they will come true. After thinking about it, I came up with some things that I could write. “(my daughter’s name) is very intelligent.” “ __________ is always honest.” “_________ always remembers to brush her teeth.” “ _________always takes care of her belongings.”
You get the picture. But why can’t I do this for myself as well? Of course I didn’t think about myself, because I’m not important. Well, I have to change that. So here it goes
Amy deserves great things in her life
Amy always takes care of herself.
Amy always plans her daily foods
Amy always packs the food that she needs for the day when she leaves the house.
Amy always keeps her house clean.
Amy always keeps her car clean.
Amy deserves to be healthy and happy.
Amy always pays her bills on time.
Sounds a little corny I know, but it does not hurt to try.
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