I - LOVE - this thread! Hehe.
Technically this happened in October, but since I haven't been on 3FC in a while, I suppose I'll have to post it on here. It's a bit of a long story but it made me feel sooo great. WELL, this week was a bit of a downer (or, should I say,
upper) scalewise... I had extreme school-related stress, so I was much more relaxed with my eating habits than usual. Nothing too extreme, but I did gain a little bit. So, I was generally feeling a bit down about having gained, and then on Thursday I had one of the the
worst days ever, and I was complaining to a really close friend. I was telling him that I was really stressed and feeling like s***, so I made plans to have dinner with him at one of my favorite restaurants in order to unwind a bit. Then I was immediately like, **RED FLAG** emotional eating alert!! And because I was already in such a bad mood, I couldn't stop thinking, ugh, why do I do this to myself?! I randomly mentioned something like "Yep, clearly I'm an emotional eater, and that is why I look like this..." Normally I'm
never the type to put myself down like that, but again, I was having an AWFUL day. But my friend, who is so incredibly sweet, replied (something like) "Actually, I was thinking earlier that you look really thin today. I didn't want to be weird and ask [weird voice:] 'What have you been doing?!?!?' but yeah... That shirt looks really good on you."
I can't even tell you how much that brightened my day. Even on those days where you just feel like a big disgusting slob, it helps so much just to remember how far you've come. And since that friend is pretty overweight, too, I know it couldn't have been easy for him to say that. That definitely helped me look forward to getting back on track!