We had some family stress/trauma yesterday. Our 14 year old doggie, Blake is not doing well. He is at the vets having some tests run, and then we shall see. It was stressful/sad for me because he is my first baby...not only is he my first baby, he's Michael's first baby, our first baby as a couple. We got him about 5 minutes after we kissed. I'm very persuasive. Michael was very sad, as was Hannah. Every time Hannah would cry, Michael would cry and vice versa. I broke down once or twice, but mostly I just gave him love. Jordan is Jordan. She's still little. It's so funny because she's such a drama queen, but when it comes to legitimate sad stuff, she's sorta fine with it.
So, why is this on the weight loss/fitness blog? Because I think I stated in one of the earlier posts that I am a stress eater. So, true confession time. Deep breath. (I'm learning how to breathe at the centering prayer sessions. Good thing.) Hannah and I went to lunch at the Olive Garden- trying to take her mind off Blake, and I needed to run some errands. I got soup and salad. I got the zupa (sausage potato soup) and should have gotten the minestrone. I ate two breadsticks, ate the croutons that come with the salad, and then.... promptly ordered the black tie mousse cake to 'share' with Hannah, knowing full well that she was full. side bar: The one thing I've done right with my kids is to teach them to 'listen to their body' when it comes to eating. Hannah is really good at that. What's that saying, 'do as I say, not as I do'.
So, we ran our errands and came home. I then proceeded to eat a piece of pizza and a bite of a breadstick that we had brought home with us. The rest of the day is a blur, but I know I ate a sloppy joe (on a multigrain 1 point roll) and some coconut gelato, oh, and I ate my weight in almonds.
Today I had a donut from D+D and a coffee with cream and sugar. I am having a Lean Cuisine for lunch. I am getting back on track. My point to all of this? I am going to forgive myself the 'food meltdown' and get back on the wagon.
P.S.- Full disclosures suck.
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Just keep on keepin on friend. You can DO IT! How's the running?
ReplyDeleteIt's going well. My knee started hurting a couple weeks ago, so I went to my chiropractor (also a sports medicine doc) and he said he thinks I just need to build up the muscles around it more, so I've been doing the nautilus at the y too. you know I blew out my knee when I was a senior in high school, right? skiing accident. anyway, I'm keepin' on keepin' on fo sho!!
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