I have suddenly realised that my planning is only covering half of what I need to do! I know it should have occurred to me by now as every week I'm asked: 'Is there anything that is going to get in your way this week?' Honestly, I do think of those occasions that I might have in my diary and I do try to plan around those. I have some success though my good intentions are sometimes just that and I get waylaid! To be very honest though, its not the events and special occasions that ruin my plans!
Thinking about it all today, I am failing miserably on the mundane and regular occurrences. I now see that I don't plan for them! To give you a perfect example................. every Monday I look after my 18 month old grandson. Now, I have planned Monday in my food diary and I know exactly what I should be eating but then life gets in the way. so what goes wrong?
I pick him up at 7.30 am and head back home for breakfast. Its fairly hit and miss though it shouldn't be. I SHOULD plan overnight oats or something that I have prepared in advance because if breakfast involves toast or eggs for instance, chances are I'm not going to manage to have them so - I either don't eat or I eat whatever is to hand. (First mistake!)
The morning hurtles towards his lunch time. Believe it or not, his is well planned and prepared! I don't fall into the trap of eating what he leaves, but I'm not organised enough to have my lunch prepared. I had forgotten how difficult is is to cook or prepare anything with a toddler around! The result is that again I grab whatever is available and ready but inevitably it doesn't fill me up. Quite often we bake together (its one of his favourite things to do with granny!) Yes I have planned it and no, I don't lick the bowl. I do have to taste what we have made though and I know I shouldn't but I don't consider the consequences. What I should have done is planned my 'treat' in advance, or at least allowed for the syns, but does that happen? No! Why? Because I haven't planned for it!
Having given him his tea, I take him home again at 6.30 pm. By the time I get back home I am pretty much beyond eating anything at all, despite the fact that it is often prepared. Then the evening is ruined because I'm picking and compensating for my lack of proper breakfast/lunch/dinner. The tragedy is, I have planned, I know what I should be doing, but EVERY WEEK I fall into the same traps! If I am not careful on Tuesday I am on the same bandwagon and sidestep my plans because I did that on Monday. I am on that hamster wheel again!
Need I say more? The same thing happens when I go out with friends or family or I suddenly have to do something different. I know what I have planned to eat but I have forgotten in the planning that I might not be in the right place to eat it as I am likely trundling round the supermarket or ferrying people in 'mum's taxi'.
So you see, I do plan, but I forget everyday life in all of that. I can manage to 'one offs' and 'specials'. I can cope with the parties and drinks and I can even manage the restaurants. What I cant seem to manage is the everyday occurrence that serves me a 'curved ball'. Is it a problem with the planning, a real conundrum, the inevitable, life in general? Or, am I making excuses??????????? The jury is out but if I'm honest I know what the answer is!
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| Time for cakes! |
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| Mmmmmm biscuits! |
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