Hello lovely,
I realise i have not yet given you a chance to get to know me, to be very honest i am not fully sure who i am right now. For many years i have suffered from an eating disorder and just in the last year started to really recover. One thing i will place emphasis on in my blog posts is recovery and how amazing it has been. However recovery brings its fair share challanges and awakenings (not the rude kind the amazing kind).
Recovery has made me realise something that was very hard to accept and that was how much time i have lost stuck in an eating disorder. Eating disorders have a powerful way of stopping development in a multitude of ways. One i noticed was when i got well enough to live my life and be my own person i did not have a life and did not know who i was as a person. This can bevery scary when it is time to tackle to realworld alone. It feels like you ar emerging from a cocoon of safety and comfort and now you have to learn how to fly without navigation. This was a shock to the system to say the least.
As soon as i started to do well recovery wise life turned into a whirlwind. I moved back to ireland after a year of living in England, started a new job and moved into an apartment with my boyfriend. All these things were amazing. But it was only when i got ill and had to take time of work that i realised while all this had been happening i myself was lost in the whirlwind. Things from an outside perspective looked wonderful, that was not the case, I was not. My health started to plummit and i became unable to work. My energy dropped and i felt exhausted. Stress took over and as much as i don’t want to admit it all the progress i felt i had made started to slip away. This is something i do not want and never want for myself again. Which means it is time to get proactive!
It is time to look after myself physically and metnally. It is time to find out who i am and it is time to overcome my eating disorder. I have put a plan in place for myself to follow to help me accomplish this. I am going to share it with you ( I do just want clarify this is not what i am recomending for you follow or do, I have made this plan for myself in particular and everybody is very differnt) But if you feel a self help plan would be beneficial feel free to make one that will cater to your needs and lifestyle
Self Helf Plan
1, Drink more water than i have been and start every morning of with one glass.
2, Make sure i am eating enough of the right nutrients to support my energy and health issues. (personally i felt the best way to do this was to visit a nutrionist as i do not feel confident enough in my knowledge of nutriont currently to do so myself) This may be a good idea if you struggle with disrodered eating or if you want guidance with nutrition).
3, Make a morning routine for myself to follow.
4, Practice yoga every day. since trying this i have felt my stress decrease and energy increase.
5, Get in a better sleep routine. Which means i will try to sleep and wake the same times everyday (I really struggle with sleep and rarely get 6 hours). I am also going to cut out caffine after 2pm and maybe eventually only have one coffee a day but let’s not get ahead of ourshelves. I LOVE COFFE.
6, I am going to make goals for myself every week.
7, Start questioning myself alot more and start to find myself.
8, Be more present. By doing things like not looking at my phone during converstations, look around while walking or listen to the words of a song.
9, Let stresses or bothers go and try to laugh more. Sometimes life is not as serious as we allow it to be.
10, Be kinder to myself. Speak nicely to myself, have more patience towards myself, do not push myself too much and do more of what i enjoy.
Life can be so scary especially when you feel you are doing it alone but we all have a strength inside us we may not even know exists yet. When you need it you will find it. Remeber it is always okay to ask for help or talk about how you feel. Sometimes when we are in a dark place we can feel like we have no one to turn to. Please know you are NEVER alone.
I will keep you updated on how these are going and may adjust them as i go. Thank you ever so much for taking the time to read this post. If you make a plan i hope it brings you the help you need. I wish you a very happy and positive day.
love,
A New Leaf of Life xx
A New Leaf of Life 