I know we post a lot of our successes and also our challenges in losing weight. I have to say that I have been greatly challenged the last couple days. TOM hit and everything fell apart. I got hungry, then hungrier, then hungrier. I ate and ate and ate. I ate even when I wasn't physically hungry but I was emotionally hungry. Now I will say I ate a couple bad things but most things were within my own personal program. I am up 5 lbs in the last couple days and even though I ate poorly (possibly 3000 calories/day for 2 days), I know those 5 lbs aren't 5 lbs of fat.
So I decided to nip my poor eating in the bud today! I decided to do a day of a liquid diet which I've done before when I needed to get myself on track. Basically I'm drinking lots of fluids, as well as an organic, vegan, balanced shake that is designed to be a liquid meal. I am doing this for a couple reasons but basically I need to get back in touch with my eating and I need to control my eating since I could not be trusted the last couple days. I am not sure I will continue with this tomorrow but for today it is helping.
Beyond eating, I need to exercise more often. I have been doing yoga as well as hiking when the weather is good but I need daily or almost daily vigourous exercise.
It does take a lot of my pride to admit my past couple days as they did make me feel like a failure. For me, I have to admit my failures as well as my successes.