Poor Choices
Well, this time around it looks like I am just too busy trying to accomplish too many things to post as regularly as I would like to. However, I am going to make it my goal to post at least once a week from now on. That said...
Last weekend I weighed myself to see how my first week of the new diet & exercise had effected my weight and.... I LOST 5 lbs IN THE FIRST WEEK! Woohoo! The first week went very well. I stuck to my diet, felt my stomach shrink so that I didn't feel hungry after a few days, and got in all the cardio & strength exercise prescribed by SparkPeople. :-D
However....
This past week has not gone nearly as well. I started off pretty good, sticking to my diet pretty good & even impressing myself with my exercise accomplishments on Monday. But then... my oldest child suddenly realized he hadn't truly lived up to the legendary "terrible twos" and decided he could make up for it with the "terrible threes". At least that's the only explanation I can think of. He has been a total terror for the majority of this week and has really pushed my stress level to the brink and beyond.
So, being an emotional eater... I then caved and in 3 days I ate a very large slice of cheese pizza from Costco, 3/4 slice of totally fattening Carrot Cake, 14-16oz of full blown Coke, 1/2 a whole beef hot dog (it didn't sit well), and I ate far larger portions of the healthy stuff than I should have.
In addition the stress, I also caught a cold that has given me an insatiable appetite while keeping anything from being truly satisfying. Thus rendering me unable to exercise & too tired/ambivalent to think clearly enough to even measure my portions let alone write them down or enter them on SparkPeople.
My husband had this cold first and if his experience is anything to go by, I am still just on the front end of this cold. :-( Never the less, I am determined to stop eating the junky comfort foods and start trying to measure at least half of my portions and write them down. If I can't exercise I can't afford to eat crappy or else I'll just gain back whatever I've lost.
That said, I did weigh myself this morning and.... I actually managed to still LOSE another 2lbs this week! I would have been satisfied with not having gained anything after the crappy choices I've been making. Losing 2lbs? I WILL TAKE IT! YEAH!
Now, back to my sick bed... but with a glass of juice instead of the bag of veggie chips keeping me company yesterday (90% of which is now gone anyway). I'd take water but this cold makes it taste awful.
Last weekend I weighed myself to see how my first week of the new diet & exercise had effected my weight and.... I LOST 5 lbs IN THE FIRST WEEK! Woohoo! The first week went very well. I stuck to my diet, felt my stomach shrink so that I didn't feel hungry after a few days, and got in all the cardio & strength exercise prescribed by SparkPeople. :-D
However....
This past week has not gone nearly as well. I started off pretty good, sticking to my diet pretty good & even impressing myself with my exercise accomplishments on Monday. But then... my oldest child suddenly realized he hadn't truly lived up to the legendary "terrible twos" and decided he could make up for it with the "terrible threes". At least that's the only explanation I can think of. He has been a total terror for the majority of this week and has really pushed my stress level to the brink and beyond.
So, being an emotional eater... I then caved and in 3 days I ate a very large slice of cheese pizza from Costco, 3/4 slice of totally fattening Carrot Cake, 14-16oz of full blown Coke, 1/2 a whole beef hot dog (it didn't sit well), and I ate far larger portions of the healthy stuff than I should have.
In addition the stress, I also caught a cold that has given me an insatiable appetite while keeping anything from being truly satisfying. Thus rendering me unable to exercise & too tired/ambivalent to think clearly enough to even measure my portions let alone write them down or enter them on SparkPeople.
My husband had this cold first and if his experience is anything to go by, I am still just on the front end of this cold. :-( Never the less, I am determined to stop eating the junky comfort foods and start trying to measure at least half of my portions and write them down. If I can't exercise I can't afford to eat crappy or else I'll just gain back whatever I've lost.
That said, I did weigh myself this morning and.... I actually managed to still LOSE another 2lbs this week! I would have been satisfied with not having gained anything after the crappy choices I've been making. Losing 2lbs? I WILL TAKE IT! YEAH!
Now, back to my sick bed... but with a glass of juice instead of the bag of veggie chips keeping me company yesterday (90% of which is now gone anyway). I'd take water but this cold makes it taste awful.
posted by KMD at 10:45 AM
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