Let’s talk about what meal prepping and what shopping at Target have in common.
Here it is…drum roll…both can be a challenge for the brain to stay focused at without a plan.
We can probably relate to the many Target [or insert store name here] memes about “going in” for one thing and coming out of the store with that one thing plus a whole lot of extra things. You literally need to go in with exact change for that one thing to leave the store with that one thing. In fact, I’m sure even if that were the case, where you have exact change for the one thing, you’d manage to buy twenty more other things with that offer of opening a store line of credit at the checkout! Temptations everywhere my friends!
This is very much like meal prepping, journaling style. It is similar to writing out your shopping list and ACTUALLY sticking to it. Super easy in theory, but oh, so cleverly disguised as a mind game when you are in the moment. You go down the aisles and then all these creative Pinterest recipes you remember from browsing at 1AM come into your mind. No wonder this happens. Shopping while hungry is on a whole other level and needs its own post. The brain operates so much better when it can actually “see” what it thinks by observing itself in writing.
Staying true to what you say you will do, whether it is eating the foods you committed to eating for the day to buying the grocery items you only need takes practice. It takes practice where you learn from the times that you eat off plan rather than look down upon yourself. Believe me, I am learning to build self-trust in addition to self-love. There are so many opportunities to learn about yourself rather than believing stuff just happens to you. Working with my coach has helped me create a level of curiosity about myself I did not think I could ever have when hating on myself was so normal.
Do you remember what you ate yesterday? Do you feel as if you are Roomba-ing the kitchen when you are not hungry or haven’t decided what to eat? Do you feel massive amounts of guilt after eating meals? Let’s coach on this stuff together. Message me or go to “book now” to set up your complimentary weight release coaching call.
