Tough week, got through it
I know I am an emotional eater. I planned all of my foods for the week, I did not skip workouts, and I still emotionally ate. My weight loss was okay not that great. My trigger came from a situation I could not control but I tried to control it via eating. While in Ohio this week, my father fell when a friend’s dog jumped on him and knocked him down. He was admitted in the hospital and we few my mom up to be with him. He had to have emergency hip replacement surgery. Surgery went well. He will be in rehab 4 weeks. In the end, I could not control what happened to him but I did revert back to some old habits. I estabilished false eating patterns with my prayers and stress. I ate my food and candy bars, cakes, chips, crackers, vodka sodas, etc…. for about 3 days straight. Then I caught myself. To regulate my sugar cravings, I started putting a little cinnamon on everything. To try and catch up my program, did a couple of 2 a days and wrote my feeling in a a journal to gain control of myself. I don’t want another week like this, it was tooooo emotional!!! Back on the horn. Headed to a SNBF show, will come home and start planning my week again! Woot!
November 7, 2009 at 5:59 am
Things like this certainly make us go looking for the comfort food.The good part is ,is that you realize the reasons why you binge and real yourself in.You go girl!! You’ll reach your goals.Just don’t let the setbacks get ya.
November 7, 2009 at 6:04 am
Sometimes life makes it hard to stick tight to a good diet…….. It is getting back on track and making sure that those periods of time where you give in to the temptation are short lived….. You are focused again now…. Journaling is a good idea……… Hope your dad heals quickly……….
November 7, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Thx for your comments on my blog about the BB’g show. I agree that it’s great when folks have achieved a goal of losing lots of weight, and they have a lot to be proud. But I think they shouldn’t be in a BB’g contest if they’re not yet in the shape to even look the part, much less be competitive. To me, that’s like doing a Triathlon, and walking the entire run & dog paddling the entire swim. Yes, a person can do that & finish the event, but what’s the point? Entering an event is not necessary to prove something to oneself. I hope to give a Triathlon a try next yr, but only if I can "run" the run & properly swim the swim part. Anyway, my 2 cents.
BTW: I’m an emotional eater too. Very frustrating. And my father fell & had hip replacement surgery 2-3 yrs before he passed away (unrelated to the hip). Best wishes & prayers for you & your family.
November 7, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Good points! I think if this the show I went to was as large as the one you went to, I would have been a little more critical as well. Also very strong point about the dog paddling and the triathlon, funny visual!!! I agree the competitor should be at a place to at least keep up with the competition.
November 7, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Thanks BB.com family for keeping the family in your thoughts and prayers….