UNlearning Pt.II.

Sabrina @ Minimalistish Sabs

Jun 30

I was initially going to take a couple of weeks off from blogging.I wanted to just recharge and enjoy my birthday, but then two weeks turned into over a month.To be honest, I was feeling uninspired.

I didn't want to repeat the "same ole" of me on my journey to try and feel better with not only my hypoglycemia and thyroid issues but also my mental health (although clearly here I am doing in again). Mentally, I had a bit of a set back with eating more carbs.

For a bit, I had that mindset of "I really don't want to gain more weight, so I will go back to avoiding carbs at night." I felt bloated and awful but in reality, it was just my "monthly" coming.Still, my brain was thinking that it was the carbs and that is an unhealthy place to be mentally. I went back to avoiding the PM snack and saw my hypoglycemia return not only daily but multiple times a day.

Many of these changes in my life seem to cause the "need to control" to resurface and put me in an unhealthy space with food, almost close to my former ED.Hence why I took a break from blogging; I just wasn't mentally "there."

While I did feel great after gaining almost 5lbs, as it went passed that my mindset went from "feeling great and confident" to "freaking out and need to control mode."

I needed to rebuild my relationship with food.

My energy was lacking and I felt quite useless.While my partner was there for me, there is only so much someone else can do. It's not until YOU choose to progress that change can truly begin.Lately, I started eating and early dinner and mini snack before bed, which has worked well. Also just trying to eat within the first 2 hours of me waking vs. me waiting 4+ hours.

Of course, this didn't happen overnight, nor in a week. Probably took until just the last day or so to feel "like myself again."Remember you don't NEED to have it all figured out.