Wednesday
 

Hi All

Summer,

I think you are right about all the stress eating. I read an article on dietwatch that tied stress eating to the tragedy of Sept 11.
They gave a list of 20 things to do when you wanted to eat. If you wish to have food they said that you can have it, but only after doing 3 things on the list. The list consisted of things like trying on old clothes-- those too small as well as too large, gardening, exercising, household chores, mowing the lawn, reading a book, soaking in a hot bath. I figured that by the time I did three of those things, it would be dinner time anyway.
I, too, have been having trouble sleeping. Sometimes I go to bed at midnight and wake up at 4:30 am and just can't go back to sleep.I believe that is why I'm always tired. I was having this problem before Sept. 11, so it isn't tied to that. I think I'll try some Tynol PM. A friend said that helps her.

Sherri... You are doing great. The dietician had some good advice about getting your 5 fruits and vegetables daily. Most veggies are free and we can fill up on them.

I stayed on my plan again yesterday, except I didn't get my exercise. According to my scale, I have lost a pound of the vacation gain. Still have 14 to go before Christmas. Will work on it again today.

To everyone else....Hello and hope you are doing great today.

Nita

Nita Just wanted to tell you I use tylonol PM and it does help. Sometimes it leaves me a little groggy and sometimes not.. But it beats no sleep. It affects people differently. It certainly shouldn't hurt to try it. I do not use it every night.
I find it interesting that once again many of us have things in common. Not sleeping well seems to affect several of us.