A sign

I started to realised this morning, that I like coming home from work and watching my favourite show and snacking.  I have spent years uncontrollably overdoing this action and not wanting to do it.  This was always my addiction, the thing that I needed to change in my life.  The activity that I would completely stuck in and not be able to claw my way out of.  But now that I am feeling my story beginning to change over the last few days, it dawned on me that I my attitude behind this activity is starting to change.  Coming home and chilling for a while is my downtime after work.  And now that I have focused goals though my charting activities, there is always something that I am keen to do after an hour (or one show!) 

So I realised that instead of stopping the snacking that I enjoy, I simply need to swap what I eat.  I have enjoyed getting colourful, healthy food prepared and ready for a photo and this is all I need.  I can still enjoy this time and not feel guilty about it.  Things are changing.

And then the freakiest thing happened after work while I was watching a recorded TIVO show.  A new advert came on TV.  Normally I fast forward through the ads, but I was distracted with something else and heard this.  “You don’t have to stop it, swap it.”  What was that???!!!

It was an new advert for healthy living, saying exactly what I had concluded just a few hours ago.  What the??!!  Talk about receiving a sign.  This just confirmed for me that it is okay to indulge in this relaxing.  It is good for me, it is what I enjoy and it’s okay now because my attitude behind it has changed.  Enjoy beautiful food – good enough to be photographed!

I am quite flabbergasted by this turn of events.  I just love receiving signs.