Let's hear it for distractions!
My job.... is boring. My house... is a disaster. My boyfriend... is working late. My dogs.... are trying to make confetti out of the phone books. When I've been SO GOOD at work (it's easy to be as shocked and suprised as everyone else that I got fat on steamed veggies and organic popcorn!), my worst time of the day is when I get home. I'm sad that the cute boyfriend is working late, that the house is a mess, that the dogs are rotten and (honestly) I'm a bit bored.
On the way home I make a list of things I could do besides binge. I could walk the dogs, I could clean the house, I could read a smutty romance novel, I could write an even smutty romance novel. But it never fails, I feel overwhelmed and tired and well... give up!
Until recently! So after work on monday, I have no distraction. But tuesday and wednesday and thursday I have classes that start promptly after work. Deep Water Aerobics (with women MUCH larger than me in swim suits) on tuesdays and thursday, and Ballet on wednesdays (they don't call me Graceless for nothing!). I don't get home until two hours later and feeling much more in control and happy.
I totally lucked out having a class that started right after work, but how cool!!!!!
Anyway, it's not flawless... the house is still a mess and I feel a bit guilty not taking the dogs for a long exhausting walk but it's a start!
--GJ