My confidence is building as I have maintained or lost weight over the last months without feeling deprived, instead, I've been feeling like how I am eating and cooking is a part of my natural self. At the same time -I realize that because sustaining good habits is a forever "goal", I can never be sure when I've achieved it only when I've failed.
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***2015 --GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF SPOILER ALERT BELOW--2015!****
SPOILERs from here to the end of the post:
I am a big fan of the Great British Bake Off-- In general, this show has a lot to offer, there are countless examples of good instruction, teachable students watching and intently listening to their teachers, calculated risk taking, hosts using humor to calm stressed participants and to inspire them to pick up the pace/quality when needed, peer supportive learning, and teachers willing to be honest about when they were wrong/learned something new. The way the teachers calmly explain why something failed while also lifting up their students, "I would never have attempted that, you should be proud" is marvelous. I really like the entire cast of the 2015 season, especially Nadiya -- the interviews she gives throughout the season are very transparent, this one inspires me to believe in myself and to also project confidence. In this clip, she declares to the world that she will no longer put boundaries on herself. I cry and love her more with each viewing. Nadiya 2015 GBBO --side note: not shown in the clip are the judges' inspiring expressions of love and pride in Nadiya's success.
I am learning to believe in myself thanks to Nadiya, "...I can...and I will!"
I will strive to approach my health as I do my art:
"Be present.
Try.
Be unafraid to fail."
-Sarah Urist Green
“Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
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Thanks for reading.
Stay well,
Amy BH
