I had a horrible day today. I don't know why but everything just felt wrong. I binged on a mini bag of chips, some sour candy, and a piece of cobbler. GAH.

Not as bad as it could be, but it's not about what I ate... it's the fact that I lost control and binged.

I got my haircut today, and my hair was long and I loved it. My mom said I should get it cut "kinda short" and the lady cut it above my friggin shoulders! I'm horrified. I have NEVER had my hair this short and it looks terrible. I miss my long hair. I'm really missing my husband since he deployed almost 2 weeks ago and today was really bad. So, even before I got my hair cut it was a bad food day... then after I just let everything go and made it even worse.

Oh well, tomorrow is a new day. My mom promised she would go to the gym with me so hopefully she lives up to it. If not, I'll go for a run on the treadmill.

I just feel so icky. This binge feels like the end of the world. Tomorrow I'm going to feel bloaty, and horrible, and ugly because of my hair and UGH.

Sorry for my ranting...

Tomorrow IS a new day. And your hair will grow back, though the "growing out" process sucks.

Binges happen. Believe me, I know. Don't beat yourself up over it. Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and carry on. You'll be okay. And, one meal or even one day of unguarded eating probably won't make any difference to your overall progress. Just be sure to drink lots of water to combat the bloat and blahs.

I like to wear my hair long, too. And I am in the process of growing it out after destroying it. (I won't go into the gory details. )Just think, as you get thinner, your hair will be getting longer. And one day, you will be at goal with a head of gorgeous, long, swingy hair.

Good thing you posted. You need some support. First the food...minor crisis, hubby deployed....major sad thing and you need loved ones about. And then the hair. The hair! What more misery can a person take. I say call the paramedics. This is a major emergency.

I was reading a humor book years ago that was 52 meditations for living life dysfunctionally. It had ways to live for every week of the year. One week said make drama out of everyday life. It said make taking the garbage into a Greek tragedy. So you could turn your bad haircut into Oedipus Rex and be crawling the on the floor saying, "My haircut symbolizes the severing of my dreams and strewing them on the floor like tendrils of my once beautiful tresses."

Anyway, I appreciate your sense of humor about your binge. Truth is, in the end all we can do is laugh or we'd be crying all the time. You are doing great and in two weeks, your hair will start developing its own sense of style again.

And I'm sorry about your husband.

Stress is a major trigger for me to overeat. But trust us that one day isn't the end of the world. That's how lots of people get permanently off their healthy eating plans -- all or nothing thinking! So, pick yourself up and try again today!

As for hubby, I can't imagine how difficult it would be to have him deployed. Is there a support network of wives in similar situations nearby? That might nelp. It's good you have your mom around!

It's all in the perspective. From my viewpoint, hair above shoulders is still long hair. My hair is about 1" long. Now that's short.
You know, I have had a number of bad haircuts (although I am not saying yours is bad, I mean "bad" a synonym for "I'm not happy with it") in my life but I always shrugged and said, "eh, it will grow back." It really is no big deal.

Same boat as you - minus the hair issues. Yesterday I binged on ALMONDS. I bought a tin thinking I would eat the recommended amout daily. I was bored and ended up eating half the can.... I feel angry at myself....

I know from experience that right after the man in our life (in my case, my fiance) deploys, there can be a very surreal and almost out-of-control adjustment period. It's like the stable element in our lives has disappeared and been replaced with quicksand. I know that for me, I did a few things that weren't usual. Could the binging and haircut be part of that for you?

Is this your first deployment? Something that I remember from my Army wives groups is to allow yourself "X" amount of days to really lose it, bawl up a storm, whatever. Then, after the time is up, it's time to pick yourself up and go about setting up a routine that will be the new "normal" while he's gone. Sticking to a routine really helped me, as did keeping a special journal about my feelings while he was gone.

Oh, and are you involved in the FRG (assuming you have a good one) or at least a support group/bulletin board/forum for wives in your military branch? If not, you might want to consider it. The help and support was invaluable!!