Stress eating
I've been off plan for about 2 weeks now. I'm not proud of it, I've tried to "get back on" but it's just not happening. For a while I wasn't eating at all (stress causes me to not eat) then I started eating foods that weren't part of my plan but still paying attention to portions, and then today I want to eat everything in sight. So far I've had a cheddarwurst (no bun), a salad with italian dressing, a tbsp of peanut butter, a girl scout cookie, two bunless turkey burgers with mozzarella/mayo/mustard/jalapenos, a few drinks of milk, two pieces of sugar-free gum, a glass of diet snapple lemonade and a few bites of potato salad and I just woke up 4 hours ago. I have a tri-tip salad planned for dinner but I don't know if I can wait that long because I'm not physically hungry. I'm just upset and want to fill the void with Thin Mints (which I'm about 2 seconds away from doing).
I'm still very focused on losing weight, and I know that I'm completely capable of it. I REFUSE to slip back into old habits and gain the weight back. I'm just not being rational right now.
I also know that this is probably mostly due to me eating high carb foods after being on Atkins for 6-7 months. I know once I go back to low carb eating and quit having sugar (the girl scout cookie mentioned above) the cravings will stop. I know all of these things, so what is stopping me?
What do you do to stop this behavior? Someone yell at me or something, LOL!
Last edited by Linsy; 05-27-2011 at 03:27 PM.
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