Horrible day, but managed a ns victory
I just discovered this site and in reading through the posts have been completely floored by all of the positive energy and support that is in nearly every post that I read. I was so excited to find this site because I feel like it's a place where I can get the support and inspiration that I am not able to find in my every day life. I'm just starting my weight loss journey again, having gained back nearly all of the weight that I lost the last time but now I'm more determined than ever to move in the opposite direction and start losing again.
So today I had a pretty terrible day, starting with having to go to a funeral for the woman who was like a grandmother to me after my own passed. I feel like I knew mostly what to expect emotionally and so I was able to get through that OK. Unfortunately, my day managed to get worse. While we were driving to pick up my car, my sister and I got into an accident on the highway, ending with my sister's bumper planted in the driver's door of another car. Luckily no one was seriously injured but we were both pretty shaken up, and I still had a two hour drive to get home! By the time I got home at 5, my shoulder had started to ache from where it had been jammed against the door in the accident and I was super hungry since I hadn't eaten since breakfast. Here's where the NS victory comes in: rather than do what I would normally do (and what I really wanted to do) which was eat the entire container of frozen yogurt along with half of the contents of my freezer, I managed to stop myself and think about what I really wanted the food for. Ok, so I ended up eating a piece of veggie pizza, probably not the healthiest thing, but I DIDN'T eat the whole pizza, or anything close to it.
Sorry for such a long post, I just wanted to share my little nsv with some people who might understand. I'm feeling much more positive about my ability to eat healthier foods in reasonable quantities and really think about eating because I'm hungry and not for other reasons. We'll see how the exercise goes with the amount of whiplash that I'm feeling but I'm sure that I'll be able to at least get something in, even if it isn't what I've been aiming for.
Even though I don't post often, I read many of the posts on this forum and I wanted to thank everyone here for providing so much support and inspiration to me.
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. That's a lot... I know I probably would have had the same dilema as you, and probably would have talked myself into the pizza! Good job!
