Page 2 | I like the idea of a ‘wellness journey’

MuddyWalk5007 · 2021-01-23T00:21:59+00:00

I think I need one. I’m going a bit loopy. Comfort eating has brought me discomfort. My clothes, when I get changed into them from my ‘loungewear’ feel rather tight. All the doom and gloom all over the internet has made me feel gloomy. I want to feel well again. What do I need to do? I think I could do with more yoga and soup in my life. I can start off with that. That sounds like it belongs in a ‘wellness journey’ What else can I do?

Sometimesonly · 23/01/2021 08:41

One other thing - I have started lighting a scented candle in the bathroom in the evenings as I get ready for bed. Just a few minutes but it makes the room smell lovely and the cleansing, flossing seems more or a comforting ritual than a chore.

mamange · 23/01/2021 08:42

Love this thread! I always listen to podcasts to motivate me. Some I love are kombucha and colour and highest self podcast. I also love guided journaling

hopeishere · 23/01/2021 08:42

Definitely fresh air. I agree it doesn't have to be a power walk a gentle stroll is ok.
I'm taking better care of my skin and it looks good.

Sometimesonly · 23/01/2021 08:44

I have an end goal too which is to get fit by fifty (still a few years off). My grandmother always used to say that you need to prepare early to be fit in old age or it will all catch up with you! She swam and did yoga into well into her nineties.

Positivelysober · 23/01/2021 08:47

Following 😀

Riv12345 · 23/01/2021 08:48

@Dowser

Love your thread so interesting

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 23/01/2021 08:52

Great thread @MuddyWalk5007 I decided at the start of the month to start looking after myself.
I drink loads of water - pee constantly but the benefits are great for little effort.

I cut out alcohol - definitely for the rest of the month and possibly longer.

Sleep - bed at the same time most nights and waking around the same time in the morning and I definitely feel better for 7-8 hours decent sleep.

Moving - I was averaging 10k steps a day before Christmas by jogging on the spot, short walks but it was boring and easy to make excuses not to do. I'm lucky enough to be able to walk to and from work and do it every day which hits my 10k with minimal effort and I see something new each day.

Good chocolate - I have a piece of really good chocolate every day and even have more if I feel like it

Reading - set down my phone and read a book for an hour a day...it may not be all at one time but it's lovely snatching even 10 minutes to myself

Dowser · 23/01/2021 08:52

@hamstersarse

I love a wellness journey, I’m always on one as it’s actually never ending....always something you can improve!

For me the game changer to make progress on a wellness journey was nutrition. Getting that right really does give you massive gains in so many areas. Personally I think that means removing all ultra processed food - all of it. Bad sugars, refined carbs, the horrendous seed oils (vegetable, sunflower, rapeseed etc) all go!

A lot of people don’t like to think about removing all the ‘treats’ but at some point in most wellness journeys it becomes too hard to ignore.

Also vitamin D. A must.

It’s funny after writing my very long post, I did think of the oils. I use coconut oil in baking, billington sugar, coconut flour. I haven’t quite good rid of my treats I still like a bit of dark chocolate every day I also find I don’t do well on gluten free flours for some reason.

whatwedontknow · 23/01/2021 08:53

I need this thread. I swear my muscles have contracted not moving as much working at home. I have put weight on and seem to be tied to my work screen and phone for 10 hour days with the fridge my place of refuge.

Every day I promise myself a walk in the fresh air, yoga and stretches, water and healthy colourful food and shorter work days. I used to live like that. Every day I get immersed in my work and I’m like a hunched up goblin.

cheeseisthebest · 23/01/2021 08:54

Love this.
Im exercising, reading, trying to do more with my youngest, eating LCHF and I feel so much bette for it.
Looking at the garden with a cup of tea.
Planning meals and not putting my food needs as the lowest priority anymore. I'm pre diabetic and I'm finally taking it seriously.

Dowser · 23/01/2021 08:57

@LittleGungHo

Reduce the amount of news you engage with. I feel a lot better from not reading the BBC news website everyday or watching the briefings. This makes me feel a lot better.

Cooking/ eating a delicious meal rather than just eating tea.

Oh god yes to ‘news’ Never watched it for about 18 months now. Keeps my mental health intact. Also we don’t put tv on till about 7 and then it’s usually Netflix. Can’t bear the constant reminders of the doom and gloom It’s like water dripping on a stone eroding our mental health away. Remember Feeling follows thought. If you hear something bad. You think about the bad. You feel bad. It’s simplistic but true.

Allthebubbles · 23/01/2021 08:57

I'm doing Dry January and actually finding it easy, I think it's because I know I need to feel clear headed at the moment.
I do need to walk more. In the first lockdown I did lots of exercise as not at work but I'm still going in now and not getting into a routine.
I read the book Breath by James Nestor and am trying to implement some of those ideas.

Dowser · 23/01/2021 08:59

@Sometimesonly

I have an end goal too which is to get fit by fifty (still a few years off). My grandmother always used to say that you need to prepare early to be fit in old age or it will all catch up with you! She swam and did yoga into well into her nineties.

Oh wow, that’s truly amazing and she’s so right.

Is she still with you.

Ellomello · 23/01/2021 09:00

Great thread! Similar to PP I’ve got an app called Strides which lets me keep track of things like how many days I’ve walked 10k steps.

I’ve been really struggling with being able to focus on tv/reading as I keep doom scrolling, so finding time to relax and let myself get into the flow of something makes a massive difference to how I feel - otherwise I feel like I’m on high alert all the time (not helped by constant interruptions from the kids). Last night I watched a whole film (albeit a short one) and left my phone in another room. The cat came and pinned me to the sofa which helped me not move too! It was so refreshing to just focus on one (cheerful) thing, and I slept really well.

Something I read recently really resonated with me too. It said that well-being is of course all about being kind to yourself, being healthy etc - but that most of us also have a few jobs we avoid, and these can become mental blocks that are quite energy draining. It can be quite minor stuff that take more energy to avoid than to do. I’ve noticed that when I feel down/low energy that my mental list (a friend calls them force fields) gets longer. I wasn’t working yesterday and sorted a few things out - all really minor, like finding a locksmith for a dodgy lock on the side gate, but things I’ve been putting off for weeks. Only took me an hour or so but I feel much lighter today.

Sometimesonly · 23/01/2021 09:00

*Oh wow, that’s truly amazing and she’s so right.

Is she still with you.*

Unfortunately not but she did live to a very good age and, more importantely, up until her final illness was very fit and active.

Dowser · 23/01/2021 09:00

@mamange

Love this thread! I always listen to podcasts to motivate me. Some I love are kombucha and colour and highest self podcast. I also love guided journaling

What is guided journaling. My journal is under my pillow. Unused for a week I need to start again But guided?

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MuddyWalk5007 · 23/01/2021 09:01

So much inspiration here, thank you.
It would be lovely for others to join in. We could help inspire and motivate each other.
Seeing as this lockdown could go on until March, a motivating thread could really help not to spiral downwards.

Yoga, walking, nutrition, water, vitamins, and reading will be my daily aims. I know I won’t achieve them all daily, but it will be something to work towards.

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Dowser · 23/01/2021 09:03

@mamange

Love this thread! I always listen to podcasts to motivate me. Some I love are kombucha and colour and highest self podcast. I also love guided journaling

We make sauerkraut but I’m just not able to get away with kombucha Seems to acidic on my oesaphagus. Can’t take apple cider vinegar for same reason. Although some swear by it

Frenchblue · 23/01/2021 09:06

Very interested in this, can I just ask what’s wrong with sunflower oil etc? I thought they were ok!

inisfree · 23/01/2021 09:12

^^ I'd like to know this too!

FloconDeNeige · 23/01/2021 09:15

@Dowser
Be careful of falling prey to the idea that ‘natural’ = good and ‘chemical’ = bad. It’s a massive and incorrect assumption.

The vitamin and mineral supplements you’re taking to promote good health are synthetically produced chemicals.

The cyanide in cherries & apple pips is 100% natural, but a deadly toxin at the right dose.

Bubbles1st · 23/01/2021 09:33

@Dowser

It took me few months to get my head around the idea of mindset and manifesting but then attended a talk with a lovely lady who talked about why it works and the laws of attraction.

I felt I didn't have anything to lose and lots of what she was saying about being overwhelmed and having a cluttered life can interfere with energy.

I suffer from SAD and was prepared for this winter with lockdown to be the worst.

I ordered a 28 manifesting diary, it arrived on 7th a December.
I have opened up to what I'm grateful for, moved in to what I truly desire, journaled my ideal day, the affirmations which remind me daily. I even wrote down my doubts and burned them under the full moon surrendering to the universe.

I enjoyed all the daily tasks and I breezed through December and Christmas light and happy and felt lifted of many usual thoughts that haunt me at that time of year.

I already was convinced it was brilliant for me and then, out of the blue unexpectedly after TTC for over three years and accepting it was possible naturally, I found out I was pregnant.
My last AF started the day the diary arrived.

I added a healthy natural baby to my list of manifestations, I had decluttered my life to make make for positive energy and believed I was worthy of what I desired and I burned my doubts about whether I deserved to be a mum.

You can manifest anything and if you believe and put the effort into the mind set to make it happen you just have to hand yourself over Mother Nature and the universe and believe.

I am as amazed as the next person but it feels to much of a coincidence that the best I have felt in ages and my mindset changing led to this very much wanted pregnancy.

Ginandshinythings · 23/01/2021 09:54

I've read all of the law of attraction books by Rhonda bryne, had all the crystals and I do totally believe that positivity attracts positivity and negativity attracts negativity. But, I did start to see it as more cult like after a year or so. One thing that stuck out from the books for me, was someone's car was stolen and instead of being annoyed, the person felt happy they had the freedom to walk to work... I was bit like hmmmm I don't think that's a natural response.
It was a good distraction for me when I had crippling health anxiety, but in the end I needed professional help so not all aspects were healthy for me.
I still live by the mantra positivity attracts positivity, my pininterest is full of how I imagine my future to look (realistically) I just needed to rein it in a little.
There's a documentary on Netflix... Easy watch but ever so cheesy.

Miljea · 23/01/2021 10:07

I want to know what's bad about seed oils, too! 😊

Dowser · 23/01/2021 10:21

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