The past two weeks have been very difficult. There was a lots of personal conflicts/attacks within the legal arena. It's still on-going, but it got pretty intense last week. For an emotional binge eater like me, this situation was a 9 on the 10 scale.

Over the course of the week, I checked the scale a couple times. This morning I'm five pounds higher. I wish it were water weight, but I'm doubtful. I've been four pounds higher all week, so it's probably the real thing.

Now that things will be settling down (at least for a couple weeks), I'm regrouping. Looking back there are both positives and negatives:

Positives:
I didn't eat any chocolate, pizza, burgers, or chips.
I continued to work out during the stress times.

Negatives:

I think I ate more in general
I had a bunch of mini-binges on breakfast cereal and peanut butter (not at the same time)

It's a new day and I'm looking forward to getting myself back on track. Thanks for listening.

Good luck!

what a positive attitude, go you!

I think the biggest part of us do that same thing once in awhile! It's just catching it while it's at 5 lbs & getting back on the wagon! Good Luck!

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. What's really strange is that I didn't beat myself up when I knew I was eating more than I normally would or refilling my bowl for the third bowl with Raisin Bran. That knowledge, in itself, would have been the catalyst for going completely off the rails.

Somewhere in the back of my brain I knew what I was doing was temporary, normal and, most importantly, not backsliding.

Woah..Could I really be changing? Hmph, me? Go figure.

HAHAHAAH

Good for you and I love your attitude. This slips happen & aren't permanent.

April was really stressful for me & after my work event, I crashed and had a binge. But then I took care of myself and went back to my plan.

Now that we aren't comforting ourselves with food, we must take care of ourselves in other ways. And for me, that is taking a vacation in two weeks. Woot.

Motivated Chickie, I'm sorry your April was rough too! That's terrific you're going on vacation. Where are you headed?

I decided to "take care of myself" with an iPad since my upcoming vacation will be visiting family