For the last 2 years I have spent most of the time following a keto diet. Sometimes it is really hard. I want to eat all of the ice cream. ALL. OF. THE. ICE. CREAM.
Like a neurotic compulsion.
Like life is no longer good or has a single good thing in it if I can't eat the ice cream.
We all have areas like this. "I work so hard I should have this one bad habit." Why yes, I tried to tell myself that smoking was good for me since it was my only bad habit. And no, it wasn't my only bad habit. I frequently am consuming unhealthy amounts of caffeine and sugar. Just for starters.
What I have found helpful is finding gratitude for the hard things. Sometimes it is a serious struggle, but the more I work on it the easier it is to find gratitude. And the more I can feel that gratitude, the easier it is to continue doing the hard thing.
I LOVE what keto does for my brain. I love the clarity of thought, the lifting of brain fog. I love that I no longer feel so slowed down by tired brain. Not only that, but if I am eating "clean" keto ie no dairy I feel lighter in my body, no bloating, no farting. Ok, so no more constant farting.
I used this practice of finding gratitude for yoga. I don't like yoga. I don't like going to yoga class. I hate spending time driving to and from yoga. I hate that it makes me feel less than because I have never had flexibility in my body even when I was a child. I hate the way my body screams as I hold poses for long periods of time.... No, I am not currently going to yoga, but when I was I got sick of my shit attitude every time I showed up to class. Complete petulant child.
So I found gratitude in the time I was spending on my body. Gratitude for a moment of quiet. Gratitude for the body I was helping to support me in the future (flexibility is key thing for the elderly).
And it helps. I stopped cringing before leaving for yoga. I stopped finding excuses for not going. Why don't I still go? Covid. Our yoga studio shut down and we started doing YouTube yoga. I switched over to barre and I'm currently enjoying that more with similar benefits.
Instead of embrace the suck, is there something in the suck you can be thankful for?
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