We all have those days. You know the ones. When your oomph has oomph’d off (!). Motivation, inspiration – or both (!) – disappeared without trace. Leaving you feeling stranded, often with a long list of things you think you should be doing. Or should have done. 

 

Giving the little Monster in your Head free rein to make you feel even worse. Beating yourself up that you’re not doing what you should be doing. Then, in desperation, falling back on sheer grit or willpower to get it done, with all too predictable results… And that’s far too many should’s for one blog post! 

With a distinctly autumnal feeling in the air for the last few days, coupled with the schools having gone back and nights becoming darker – many apologies, we know everyone would prefer to ignore the last one (!) – it’s time for our usual turn of the seasons blog post. The one looking ahead – we were going to use looking forward, but that really doesn’t reflect how most people feel about this time of year (!) – to the cooler months… 

 

Looking back over the posts we’ve done in previous years, there’s really very little we can add. While we appreciate it’s not what people want to hear, there is no quick fix or miracle cure guaranteed to produce a bug free Winter. Or a happy, healthy, life for that matter. And you might like to read those couple of sentences over a few times before going any further, to let this very simple truth sink in… 

It often surprises Clients how we tend to focus on the small things they do every day. Encouraging them to make small changes, rather than going for larger and potentially more scary (!) ones. The rationale behind this is quite simple. It helps build their confidence that they can make changes to their lives easily. Even better, how quickly small things can build up to create a much larger and noticeable effect. At the same time, it minimises the Little Monster in their heads undermining their best intentions before they’ve even got going. 

 

But these aren’t the only reasons. 

 

For us, the most important thing is that every small change will not only help whatever their particular issue or concern was, but their overall health and life too. So, a great example of little things having exponential effects. 

It often amazes us how quickly a new product or, just as often, a repackaged one becomes a stable of people’s lives. Often without them realising it. It’s suddenly there on the shelves – and everyone else seems to be buying it – so they do too, without stopping to think whether it’s a good choice. Or, at least, a good choice for them (!). And this applies not only to their weekly food shop, but what they pick up on the go, perhaps from the local convenience store or petrol station at lunchtime or on their way home. 

 

It’s one of these modern conveniences we’d like to talk about today. Pre prepared fruit. And, while we’re focussing on fruit, the same comments apply to pre prepared veg and salad too.