cleaning out the junk…and my binge April 15, 2009
well, its been a busy few days. also stressful. Easter was nice. I ate candy and all the yummy food dh cooked. I was ok with that. I had planned to indulge on easter, and I did. I enjoyed it. It would have been great if I would have stopped there. So monday I woke up planning on going right back on track. breakfast was good. Then I had to go to our new house and paint with the kids. The kids are on spring break which is really bad timing with the move and painting and packing I’ve been doing. It’s very hard to get things done with them home. so honestly I think the stress of the day just got to me, plus all the carb craving I was doing from the day before. The easter candy was still abundant in the house, along with all the left overs, so you probably know what happened next….yup, I caved. there went day two of over eating and eating the wrong stuff. today was a little better, I worked out…but still didn’t go back on plan like I should have. Its been a very bad few days for me, I’ve probably gained a few lbs and set myself back a week or so just because I couldn’t control myself. All I have been doing is cleaning out closets, dressers, drawers, and cabinets, painting, scrubbing, washing. I am so sick of it! I just want to get back to my normal routine. After my workout tonight, I felt much better. I am ready to get back on track and back to focusing on working out. I can’t set myself back just because I am stressed out right now. gaining weight and eating crap will just make the stress 100 times worse! so, I promise to eat right, work out, and get all the other stuff done that I need to do. Its only a couple more weeks and this move will be behind me. I hope you all had a wonderful easter.
I think you are still doing really good. You are right, it was mostly those carb cravings getting to you.
I don’t envy your having to move at all. I am spoiled by living in the same place for 14 years. If i had to move, it would take me a month just to pack my closets. That’s the thing about staying in the same place so long, i’ve gathered too much stuff, there’s never any reason to sort and throw out stuff i don’t need anymore.
Anyway, i think you are still doing really good with handling the stress. When i had my thesis show last month, i just let myself go: no blog, no exercise, no watching what i eat at all.
You are going to be fine!
I don’t understand why one day can’t be just one day. Why does it almost always turn into 3 or 4 days? I’m currently on my 3rd day of not eating right. I woke up and had the breakfast of champions today: Coke and potato chips. I’m surprised I bother to get exercise, but I do know this is not going to continue. My husband is home from work for a vacation and we’re being ‘bad’. He’s a pretty determined guy though and he is serious about getting back to a diet on Tuesday. I’m looking forward to it because I remember how it went the last time he did it a couple years ago while I was pregnant. He was supposed to do this 6 months ago when I started this whole thing, but somehow he didn’t. Over the past 6 months, he has gotten his belly back and gained about 25 pounds. The same amount I have lost in that time!
Hang in there. This will pass and things will settle down, eventually.