The environment

It's been a couple of weeks since my last update, completely my fault...mind has been elsewhere of late.

Here is a question for you.
Does your environment help or hinder your focus.

The gym junkies and diet police would say it's all a state of mind, that no matter where you find yourself, it's all mind over matter.

The dieters and those walking down struggle street would say.....rubbish.

I bring this up because I've had a shitter of a week. Had a family member pass away, had my birthday, I'm not sleeping and to top it all off it seems to be 'client function' month.

Mentally I feel tough, can take on the world, but put me in front of a pie warmer on a cold winters day, or a 3 course meal with plenty of booze at a function..then it's all over rover.
Surely though I can just put all that to one side and focus on my goals...but who wants to be that guy eating salads or drinking diet coke.

Well the answer is - you have to be that guy.

I'm not trying to justify a bad week, but highlighting the mind over matter...that matter being lovely big portions of hot chips when it's wet and windy outside, the savouries and slices at yet another boardroom meeting, or that bag of party mix that 'fell' into the trolley at the supermarket.

So how hard must it be for an alcoholic at a function that's wall to wall booze, or the recovering drug addict surrounded by friends out for another 'score'.
All I have to do is watch what I'm eating, exercise more and drink plenty of water...is it that hard ?

Maybe missing Di for 2 weeks has shown me that I'm not able to do this alone, that the support of those around me is the help I need.

Maybe the environment is where I put myself rather than where I find myself.

So for me M1nt is my positive environment, it's my safe haven

The dairy is not.