Sorry for the following vent... I don't know where else to turn.
So, I've got a question for you all: once you realize that you're an emotional eater, how do you BREAK the habit?
I've just returned from vacation to a huge pile of work. People are late delivering necessary data for me to do my job. My diet/weight loss have been all up in the air since I left for vaca a while ago, resulting in no loss (but no gain) in the last month. My house is a wreck because I've just moved and I still have cardboard boxes sitting everywhere. I can't find time to sort out my bills and my running log (both Excel projects that I'd hoped to get done last night). I can't find time to exercise because, while people are late on their deadlines to me, my boss still expects me to meet my deadlines. My dog escaped from his outdoor pen today and a neighbor retrieved him, so my boyfriend had to drive my car 20 miles back to our house to deal with the dog, only to find that the cat (!) crapped on the floor. I am reaching the end of my frayed little rope. And what do I do? I eat.
Yesterday, I tried hard to have a "WW Perfect Day". Where I get in all of my water, my milk, my veggies, my exercise, etc. I didn't quite make it, but I did fairly well and I FINALLY made it to a meeting, which I'd been trying to do for a month. I desperately
need my diet to stay under control, because, as you can see, it's the
one area of my life over which I can still have control. But when I get overwhelmed like this, I EAT!
I do have a good plan for the rest of the workday (i.e. I brought my lunch and I have already accounted the points there). But when I get home, if I'm still feeling this way, how do I BREAK THE HABIT of just wanting to pull up a chair to the open fridge?