Emotional Eating
Depression, boredom & stress are just some of the emotions that have triggered me to eat unnecessarily. I have been blaming my extra pounds on how I have been treated by others and how stressful life is at certain times. The realization is that I have turned to food for comfort and this comfort is only temporary. Making me feel good for about five minutes then badly after I realize what I have done to myself.
This week I have had a break through with emotional eating and I am proud of myself for not turning to food. Without going into details, being in an interracial marriage has many challenges and many of my challenges are not with my husband but with his family. I have recently discovered another blog that really hits home. Mo was reading it last night and got freaked out with how similar our lives are.
Check it out:
I started the week planning to gain a little. Discouraged with the .5 & .6 weight losses and thinking maybe I could trick my body to lose with gusto again. I began eating from the basket of chocolate at the office, ice cream sundaes, pizza, tacos, & french fries the basic what not to eats when trying to lose weight. See below for how this worked out for me.
It is finally official canning season is over for me. I finished with the BBQ sauce I mentioned last week. When I got to the point of adding the spicy heat in I called Mo up to the kitchen and he worked his magic. With the end resulting in a slightly sweet & hot smokey flavored sauce making both of us very happy that we took the time to make our own.
Exercise was on my mind and I did manage to walk on the treadmill 3 out of the 7 days last week. My back is feeling much better now and I did try to run some yesterday but there is still a twinge that hurts more when I run. This leads me to believe I need one more week of walking but I am going to increase my time. It has been hard pulling myself out of bed at 6am since it is now dark at that time and there are no birds singing outside my bedroom window to make me want to get up and go. I will have to work on rearranging my schedule to get my exercise time in but it will happen.
Here is the latest results:
Weight: 271.6
BMI: 42.5
C25K: On hold yet another week.
91.6 lbs until the adoption process begins.
Until next week...
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