Tuesday, Tuesday

Guten Morgen! Wie Gehts?
Hello and good morning everyone and how are you? What's exciting in your wake-up mug this morning? No excitement in mine-just black and decaf.
Elder son took off for 6 month training in Texas for the Air Force this morning. He has a two day, 1400 mile drive with no air conditioning in his car. Should be an adventure. He will be learning  counter-intelligence stuff with imaging analysis. Sounds like spy work to me...
QOTD-Since you began your WL journey, do you deal with stress differently? I find that I deal with stress more healthy, most of the time. I try to not to react by eating, which is my former response. I do fall back on occasion, but try not to. I find, now, that I work on stress by exercise or talking with my best girlfriend.....
Well have a marvelous Tuesday
Deb

Good Morning Deb and all,
I'm sitting here waiting on Nick's bus.  We are not yet into a routine so we're ready way too early.

I guess I don't eat as much as I used to when I was stressed, but I still don't handle it well.  Before WLS I was more of a "reward eater".  If I was out having a good time I would eat a lot...or Girls NIght Out meant lots of food and drinks and dessert, etc.  When I'm stressed I want to just shut down.

Today is one more day closer to the weekend, so that's a good thing!!

Have a great day!

Morning Girlies!!

I am up and at em.. Hoping for a half day at work so I can come home and work in my yard today while it is nice.. I also want to work on my tan!!

QOTD: I think I try to deal with stress different but I attribute that to the therapy that I have went through. My therapist has taught me different techniques about recognizing signs and feelings. She has gotten to the core of what I was an emotional eater. I think alot of us need to do that.. Not calling anyone out here. I just think that alot of people are emotional eaters and we do not know how to tell what is what... I used to eat for every reason in the book. Now I try to remind myself that I need to eat to live and that is it! LOL

Good morning all!

Had an ice nectar cappucinno protein drink this morning.  Now having my typical fake latte.  It's another busy day here at the office.  But I'm looking forward to a 6-ish mile walk tonight in the sunshine with my training group. 

QOTD -- I think I deal with stress pretty much the same as always.  I'm a stress "non-eater" -- so when I'm stressed I tend to not eat at all.  I guess if anything were different since WLS it'd be that I now recognize this trait and try to avoid going without food.  Sometimes I need to force myself to eat when I'm stressed just because I know my body needs the nourishment. 

Have a good day all
Pam

Good Morning All,

Coffee was gone by 7ish this mroning.  Just finished some sf hot apple cider, and starting to work on my carbmaster yogart and fiber one. 

QOTD - I am a stress eater - and emotional eater, and it is one of my biggest obsticles to overcome.   I am also a problem solving eater - which is not good being an accountant.  I learned a long time ago, that if I I had a problem to solve, if I munched on popcorn while I was working on it, it would resolve easier.  BAD HABIT.    I get away from my desk for a while now, step away and take a walk and come back refreshed.  If I use the popcorn technique it is no longer the heavy butter/salt, it is either air popped or 94% ff microwave.  

As far as the stress and emotional part of it, I seen a counselor for a while that helped me develop some techniques that reduce my stress level substantially in under 10 minutes.

Looks like another wonderful Michigan day.  I am striving to get back to a mile walk uninteruped by pain breaks.  My doc told me to take a pain pill, wait 20 minutes and the just do it.

 

Pam

 

 

Good morning!  Decaf and protein powder (vanilla today)

QOTD:  I also am a "stress non-eater".  When I'm stressed my neck and back lock up and my chiro (who is on my payroll) then has to try and work it out of me.  Yep - its definitely stressed this week!!

 

Good Afternoon!  I'm just now drinking a s/f caramel, s/f vanilla decaf latte from the coffee shop in town.  I braved a quick run to town BY MYSELF!!  Left Western at home with daddy for a bit.  They were fine when I returned....whew!  LOL!  Right now, everyone but ME is asleep....the baby, hubby and both dogs.  I may actually get to take a quick shower!  

Our goal this week is to get our pool open, so I'm running into town again later, by myself, to get chlorine.  Another quick test. 

QOTD:  I find that I want to eat the wrong things when I'm stressed.  But I don't let things stress me out too much.  Now, the month of May was PRETTY stressful and I lost weight and I ate crappy!  But there were LOTS of extenuating cir****tances so it's hard to judge by that month alone.  I guess I just figure that I don't eat as MUCH as I did before when stressed, so that's a good thing, but I do need to work on WHAT I eat at times.  

Wow...I got to type this with both hands in a timely manner!  LOL!  Most of the time when I post, I am feeding the baby or something and only have one hand free.  One day it took my over an hour to type my post (kept getting interrupted)!  LOL!  

Enjoy the day!  Tina

Hey all,

I have a hard time getting on line on my days off.  I was on Sat. am for a few min's and haven't been on since then...I took off yesterday to get my carpets cleaned (boy that's work!) and it's taken me almost an  2hours to catch up on e-mails and these posts! WHEW!!

Q:  I try to pay attention to stressful situations.  If I catch myself just snacking, I'll think about what I'm doing.  My defense now is to occupy myself with something else, exercise, walk away from my desk....  Ironically my first hunger pang post op was at 4.5 mo's when my receptionist put in her notice.  It was pretty bizarre to make that connection, I thought, hey my stomach's growling, that's a first post op.  Then I thought hey I wonder if that's related to this situation and I'm not really hungey, because prior to that I would have just went into the kitchen and found something to nosh on, but because I couldn't it really opened my eyes.

Have a great day all,

Edie

Hi, everyone.  I haven't been on line the past week or so, as I have been crazy busy at work.  I am having a very bad day today-water coming back up and not sure why. 

I still use avoidance as a coping mechanism, as you can probably tell by the fact that I have been avoidable seeing if something is wrong with this band.  And I still eat when I shouldn't though not nearly as much.  But i do find there is so much less stress in my life now that I am at  a healthier weight.

Good Afternoon!
My home computer is sick again .  and off to the computer doc so I had to wait until I got to work
to get on line.

This is my last afternoon shift and I start vacation tomorrow for the next 5 days . . . it's more like a "workcation" I have a ton around the house to catch up on but I'm planning on taking time everyday for me.

QOTD- I thought I had the emotional eating thing licked until my son went to Iraq - I knew he was going to see battle and I thought no one would notice that I was eating myself sick - I gained 20lbs.  It has been a battle trying to take it off but I'm working at it everyday.  I now go for a walk when I'm stressed . . . I try to live a "drama free" life!

Enjoy your evening all!