Emotional Eating

Folks, I have been on a pity party for a week now, and I've done some of my best emotional eating in the last week. As a result, the scale is up 12 lbs from my lowest (5 lbs leftover from Christmas) and over the past few days, I have actually had to find some larger pants to wear because the weight has come in around the middle. So... I've decided to fight back. There is no donut out there that can change what is going on right now, even chocolate chip cookies are not going to fix it. I have changed my cardio workouts to the morning instead of afternoons after work (so easy to work late and avoid the gym) and no more excuses. Yesterday morning I crawled out of bed, had a protein drink and hit the streets. I got bored with walking and decided to see where I was with jogging. I did better than I expected. So this morning, I did a little warm up walking and then jogged the entire route. Physically I feel energized, ready to take on the world, and emotionally, I feel stronger. Now it's time to fight off the carb monster, so it's Day 1 of the 5 day pouch test. It is amazing how quickly Mr. Carb can become your best friend and your worst enemy!! Mr. Carb, pack your bags, you are outta here!! Have a good one!! Diane

Good for you Diane I hope that Mr Carb finds a new home, not mine, but one that he wants to stay at... It is a life long battle, sigh Holly

Holly, It's that the truth... a life long battle. We have a tool that has helped us get to this point, but the rest of the story is up to us and the choices we make. Diane

Good for you Diane! As you say, food won't make anything better, even though that is what our inner voice tries to tell us. I admire you for taking a stand against it, getting back into the exercise and the 5 day plan. Let us know how you are doing each day - I'm cheering you on from the sidelines.

Ruth, Day 1 was a success, not perfection, but still a success. I have started jogging and was quite suprised to see that I could jog for 1.2 miles. I don't even recall as a child jogging for that long. So, that is my new cardio workout. I have the street mapped out and I am just going to keep jogging and strengthing my legs. I did well with protein yesterday, had to add some food in, so needed the chewing function!! Didn't quite get the carbs completely out, but the day did not involve any cookies!! So again, success!!! Day 2 has started out good. I've already done a protein shake, vitamins, and the 1.2 mile jog. I'm sipping on my latte now, chilling (that's one carb I just can't give up ). I am going to bring some pistachios and some other protein snacks to work so if I get the urge to crunch I will not be tempted by the vending machine snacks! Hope you're having a great day!! Diane

It sounds like you have a plan. That is a huge boost to the pouch test, I have found. I agree, lattes should not be considered in as carbs! How could anything that good be bad? Holly

Lattes are my downfall ~ I could just have those all day and no food! But I think for some reason my body holds onto ALL the calories in the milk - even if it is skinny milk so I'm tying to avoid them for a while to see if my weight starts shifting. You are doing great Diane. Wow over a mile jogging! I wish I could do that much - my limit is about 2 minutes!!!

I was at an organic restaurant yesterday and ordered a non-fat latte and they looked at me like I was some cow killer! So I got a rice milk latte and after I drank about half of it, I remembered that I can't eat rice! So there I am drinking a latte made of rice and starting to feel sick from the rice. How to ruin a perfectly good latte...

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! How to ruin a good latte...

Oh man!!!