So recently I have been thinking I need to have two types of
post out there for me to look back on for inspiration and today I am feeling
very future driven so I am going to do 1st installment which is what
I want my future to look like and the other installment will be what Anorexia
has stolen from me. There will be different categories in each as you can see.
I have just started to realize that I need to accept how my recovery (including
food plans) fuels my future. So when I lapse or mess around or try to keep
myself from doing challenges, I just stand in the way of fueling this future.
But I am a very concrete person and need to see my goal clearly…so here it is.
The future I am fighting for.
Food-Wise
Oh man I could go on and on about this. Oh there is just so
much I want to be able to do….so many victories I want to see myself achieve.
Honestly I just want to be normal and eat without numbers swirling in my head.
I don’t know if I want intuitive eating because I like the structure and sanity
of a meal plan, but that may change. How do I see my future though?
I see myself in Denver being able to go out to restaurants
or coffee with people. Go out to coffee shop and grab a bagel with the girls. Able to eat with people and not freak out. Able to eat
without measuring things. Eating desserts every week if I want. Going out for
fro-yo and enjoying the experience and yogurt with whatever toppings I want.
Not stressing about number of calories today vs yesterday. Not worrying about
how much fiber I had that day. Eating more if I am hungry to. Just living
life…and having food be a part of it.
Then when I am married…I see myself cooking for my husband
and enjoying meals with him. Us sitting at table for dinner and talking with
each other every night. Us going out to resteraunts and movies and me not
caring about food. On the weekends, us going out for run or cycling then come
back for great b-fast and coffee on our porch as we watch our dogs run in the
yard. At night we will sit on the porch and enjoy a snack or dessert if hungry
as we watch the sunset, pray together, and wind down.
Oh…and ED is wrong I won’t be fat eating this way. I will be
a healthy weight and functioning. Working out and racing/cycling as my body
allows. Having no fear foods and just being free!
I know this is still hypothetical and all so here are some
specifics I definitely want to accomplish in near future:
- Eat fruit and veg without measuring or worrying about calorie count
- Allowing myself condiments again
- Eating peanut butter because heck…I like it
- Being able to eat dessert once a week if I want…having the freedom to indulge
- Eat Jimmy John’s again
- Be able to go to resteraun
- Be able to get calorie drink at Starbuck’s
- Be able to go to fro-yo with friend and get whatever topping I want
- Able to chew gum when I want without worrying what 5 tiny calories do
- Able to TRUST what nutritionist says instead of relying on scale
- Eat freedom foods and taste them, enjoy them, determine if I like them instead of whole time wondering what they will do to my weight
- Allow someone else to cook and/or plate my food
- Eat with people
- Not worry about how much eating when active vs not
Life wise
This actually came up recently in a staff meeting when we
were drawing questions from a fish bowl to bond as a team and I got the
question of sharing a day in my life in my future profession. It really got me
thinking about how I want my life to look.
Okay….let’s start with Denver:
During the week I want to go to classes and then during
breaks go have lunch with my classmates while we chill and maybe even talk
about class. After I want to go back to my apartment or wherever I
live..possibly with a roommate, and help cook dinner and us sit down and eat
together. Oh also I want to either get up early in the morning and go for
run/cycle before classes, or go to gym at night. Just be active and have fun. I
want to be participating in 5Ks and training for my first half marathon. I want
to have a dog I am training to be a therapy dog. Right now I am thinking a
rescued Australian shepherd type dog, but whatever dog I just get that feeling
with will do. I also want to be working at Starbuck’s. Oh and dating…that’s a
definite. And to be part of a church which is where I am hoping I will meet my
significant other. I want to have a Christian roommate and us to bible study
together. Mostly…I just want to be happy and free. Living, experiencing, and
enjoying each moment without worrying about the next.
But after graduating, getting my MSW, and hopefully being
married:
I want to wake up each morning to the note my sweet husband
leaves me (don’t worry I will leave him one too in the lunch I lovingly pack
for him). Then I will go on run/cycle and have coffee over bible study. Then it
will be off to work at the treatment facility. I will pack up Champ (this is
what we are going to call my imaginary dog for now) and we will be off to help
girls with eating disorders. After work I will come home and cook dinner for my
loving husband (who will help no doubt if he is home). We will sit down at the
table and eat together and enjoy conversation with one another. There will
always be candles which we will light before every meal. We will pray together
before the meal and at the end of the meal have a devotional time. We will then
both do dishes and maybe take Champ on a walk. Then we will come back, go to
our rocking chairs on the porch, sip some tea, and watch the sunset. We will
then pray together and turn in for the night. 
On weekends we will go on our run/cycle together or maybe
even plan a hike. We will go back home and enjoy our warm bowl of oats and
coffee on the porch as we look at the beautiful view and allow Champ and our
other pup to play in front yard. We will have a bible study time. We will spend
the day running errands and just being with each other. Probably clean the
house and boring things like that, but mostly just being with each other and
relaxing. On Sundays we will go to church where we will also volunteer in
whatever ministry area we feel led. IT will just be a life of peace and
presence. Days won’t really be planned, but just be free because we will be
free. There will be love and peace and joy. What there won’t be is any eating
disorder or food worries or weight worries clouding my day. It will be amazing.
I will be happy. God will be the center of my life. And my ED will be a thing
of the past. 
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