Mirror

Well I had a good look in the mirror this morning.  And I mean I really looked.  Most of us (all of us?) look in the mirror and look at one particular thing, do I have something in my teeth, do I have a zit?  Or we see the picture in our heads.  In my head I still look the way I did when I was 17, given that that was 20 years ago the real image has shifted a bit.  So I took a real look at myself.  And I saw a very overweight middle age woman who is suddenly pregnant and looking very very tired.  So what can I do to improve this image?  I have been resting a lot lately, well I am pregnant and I currently have a kidney infection which is not much fun so I have needed plenty of rest.  But is it possible to have too much.  I look around my house and what a mess it is, and think about what a mess I am and I think I need to get moving!  So what can I do?  It isn't like I should or even could launch myself into a sudden fitness routine.  I do need to take it slowly.  So I am going to go and organise that gym membership I am owed and I am going to get out my Wii fit again.  Even if I just do some yoga every night for the next few weeks it is still moving. 

I am also going to stop giving in to my cravings.  I know that you are supposed to give in to cravings because the theory is that it is something your body needs but am I craving Chinese takeaway because my body really needs CHINESE TAKEAWAY or simply because I need some salt and possible some oils?  So I am going to try and steer to the healthier option.  If I am craving Chinese Takeaway ok, I will make myself a stir fry and see if that will do.

Hopefully by the time this baby arrives what I see in the mirror won't be so much of a tired overweight middle aged woman as a slightly healthier (being realistic here) slightly less overweight and not so tired middle aged woman. :-)