I do not expect a good weigh-in. I am amazed how quickly the stress eating has come back with a vengence. The mindless nibbling to cope with anxiety.... Not good, not good.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 37 lbs to go!
My weigh-in day is Saturday morning. I did not lose any weight this week, BUT....
Friday night I came home from work and was so tired and stressed. My husband was upstairs having a bad day -- didn't even see him. He didn't come down to meet me and then he went to bed about an hour after I came home. And I was very hungry.
So I had a larger dinner, but it was very very salty. I think these two items combined, plus the fact that I weighed myself after having 2 cups of coffee and toast for breakfast, led up to the bad weigh-in.
This week is a more "normal" week as it is a full work week, so I can space out my 3 work days M/W/F instead of Tu/Th/Fr. Those consecutive days zap out my energy for sure. Now they want me to come in on Saturday OR Sunday mornings to do misc. work on the foreclosure files??? I don't know if I can justify that with a 2 hour round trip commute.... PLUS, with classes starting in 1.5 weeks..... But the extra money sure would be nice.
But all of this is an example of why I am working at losing weight this year: Because stress will always been there.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 37 lbs to go!
i hope that you are feeling better than you did on friday, after this weekend! wishing you the best, always!
I didn't get the job.
Needless to say, I was disappointed. I was so looking forward to a short, local commute. And more independence and responsibility. I have to think that this was for the best, for whatever reasons it worked out this way.
I was very upset last night, though. Not so much that I didn't get the job, but more so because the interviewer told me (on the voice mail message she left me) that she felt that I belonged at a large firm. I really resented that. And I think that just proves that she either wasn't listening to me or didn't understand me at all, because I've already done the "large law firm downtown Chicago" thing and I'm done with that.
But this was my first major "diet test" of the year. This exemplifies my purpose for "starting over" and trying again. I could not keep putting off trying to get back to a healthier life --- or remain at the point where I continued to GAIN weight -- as a response to the stressors in my life. If it's not school and tests, it will be the internship/commute, or the learning a new job with new responsibilities, or whatever.
Believe me, after listening to that voice mail, and then sitting down to dinner (probably not the smartest choice of order to do things), I wanted to eat seconds and thirds of dinner, topped off by an ice cream dessert. And I ain't talking about no Skinny Cow dessert either!
But I didn't. I had a little extra cabbage and then I called it an early night. I'm glad I did.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 37 lbs to go!
I had a good day today, a great way to start off the new year... Mostly drank more water and watched what I ate. The wind was just wickedly cold here today; I had to cancel my gym membership for financial reasons last year. But I'm OK with starting off with small steps.
Tonight my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary by going out to dinner. Our anniversary was a few days ago, but this was the best day to really have time to go out and enjoy ourselves. Unfortunately, I spent most of the evening talking about my job dilemma. I'm glad I did though because I felt better afterwards, like we were on the same page. I realize that I have more questions to ask if I am indeed offered the job. And if I'm not then I will be content with where I am at right now.
"Things that must be done are best done cheerfully."
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 37 lbs to go!
Most disappointed but not surprised with my weigh-in today. I knew that it was going to be bad by the way my clothes were fitting on me. Frankly, with the holiday, I did not do much to continue the direction of the scale. Actually I'm OK with this in respects that it brings me (almost) to my Start Weight, and if this is going to be my journey in 2012 then at least I'm starting at the very beginning (minus 1/2 poumd).
It has not been a good week. It has been very stressful. And this is the time where I should be relaxing and recharing in between semesters.
I had a job interview this week, and it went well. I would say that I think I am going to be offered the position. The problem is that it is with a lawyer who is just starting to grow her practice. I currently work part-time at a small law firm, but they are well established. They have a solid base, more benefits, etc. The problem is that I'm not very happy there. I really need to sit down and write out a list of pros and cons and then pray on the matter.
The details are not important. It's been stressful trying to decide which is the path for me. I think I would be happier in the new position, but then, maybe not, as it could end up being just as stressful as the job I'm at now. I have to be careful that I am not changing jobs because I am afraid.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 37 lbs to go!
Donkey is making a comeback! :-)
LOL, OK, it's been a tough year, which by the looks of the scale, you can probably see that. Most of the stress-eating has come from being in school. This is an excuse, because it didn't have to be that way, but that's how I chose to deal with the stress, and I'm owning that. There have been ups and downs this year besides, but the main constant seems to be a couple of really tough semesters and an internship that feels like I've been thrown into the deep end of the water.
I started trying to get back on track about 2 weeks ago, and it worked, but the the holidays came so I've indulged again. I came to the point where I realized there was gonna be stress all my life -- probably constant, since I've chosen a stressful career to jump into -- and that stress could not become a permanent reason for being overweight forever.
It's very uncomfortable for me, physically, to be this overweight. However, psychologically and emotionally, I like it. Maybe I even love it. Which is quite a switch for me, because I used to judge my self-worth on what I weighed. I'm thinking it's another step forward in the positive journey of self-acceptance.
Progress as of today: 2.5 lbs lost so far, only 35 lbs to go!
Progress as of today: 2.5 lbs lost so far, only 35 lbs to go!
I took a sneak peek at the scale this morning, and I can see that the holiday bloat (water weight) is gone. Now it's time to buckle down and get the actual WEIGHT off.
People.com (People magazine online) has an interview with Drew Carey about his weight loss journey. It's very short, but he spoke briefly about not obsessing about the number that he weighs but making permanent changes to his lifestyle. I know that he does a strict low-carb diet but he has diabetes so maybe he needs to do that. But what he said about not focusing on the numbers is exactly how I'm looking at my journey now too.
I want to thank everyone who stopped by to welcome me "home" after a long hiatus. I can't tell you how encouraging and inspiring it is to know that there are people here that care, who are willing to forgive (me) and accept me for who I am.
I recently came to the revelation that a LOT of my depression over the past couple of years, stemming from a legal incident involving a motor vehicle accident, is not because I think that I am a bad person who doesn't belong in society. No, most of the depression is a manifestation of my disappointment in my fellow neighbor and human being, in their quickness to judge and condemn, rather than to seek it within themselves to forgive. Now I know what Jesus meant by saying that it's easier to ask a dead man to walk than it is for people to forgive one another.
I see now (thanks to an episode of the Sopranos) that "good" and "bad" are really the same thing, and not polar opposites. That is to say, that we all have good and bad (yes) within us, and that we are not "good people" or "bad people" (contrary to what my neighbors think) but part of a flawed humanity.
What the heck does this have to do with losing weight? Well, a lot of it, for me, is about forgiving oneself. Not so much absolution but rather acceptance. So think about that when you "slip up" or binge. And another part that has to do with diet is that the concept of no "bad" or "good" foods, but rather, a tasty array of cuisine that exists in the world and that we have to learn to co-exist with and accept within ourselves.
Progress as of today: 9 lbs lost so far, only 24 lbs to go!
I like how you compared good and bad between people and food. How imaginative! As soon as I read "tasty array of cuisine" I imagined a plate of the most colorful combinations of foods; made my lower lip tremble a bit, it did.
Have a great day today Donkey!
Somehow, I made it back here. Not quite at what I re-gained LAST winter, but certainly higher than where I was at the end of summer.
I'm not even sure what kind of plan I have as far as weight loss, but I do know that it has to come off, because where I am at right now is physically uncomfortable, especially in the hips area, where the excess flesh has compromised movement.
Not good.
But I do know that this year, I am going to work very hard on taking care of myself. Making better choices for myself. (I guess you could call that my plan.) More so in the eating and spiritual sense.
Since I canceled my gym membership (for financial reasons, mainly, but also because I no longer felt comfortable going to that particular establishment), my exercise has been nil. Nada. Nothing. I do know that once the weather turns nicer, I will have to work up the nerve to get myself out the front door and walk again. I enjoy walking but my neighbors are downright hostile. The ones at home during the day anyways.
I spend too much time on Facebook, playing those stupid games that give a person a false sense of accomplishment. Curtailing this had been one of my main desires for 2011 but so far it hasn't happened. At least not to the degree that I had hoped.
Progress as of today: 9 lbs lost so far, only 24 lbs to go!
After gaining 2 lbs last Wednesday, which I knew were temporary, I am back down to 148, and now I am ready to continue the trend downward.
Last week's weigh-in (which I did not record here) was another speed bump in the road: Cheez-Its, not walking enough, not drinking enough water. Throw in some monthly water weight and there you have it.
I see now that it is nearly the middle of the month and I have not made any progress towards my October goal of 145. (I think in some places, I have it recorded as 144 or possibly even 143; this is unrealistic for me at this point, I can see.)
I cannot even begin to describe the level of stress I have been experiencing the first two weeks of this month. Most of this is in regards to the Old House that we have been trying to sell. (see previous entry)
We had a buyer, but they gave us a ridiculously low number. They came up and we had an agreement --- that left a bad taste in our mouths but you do what you have to do. Then we had the home inspection and the roof needs replacing.
Well, a new roof is thousands of dollars. We are already selling the house for more than $20k than we paid for it 10 years ago. So the buyers said that not only would the WALK AWAY from our deal, but that they would also start bidding on the house NEXT DOOR to our old house.
I told the husband, "Good, they should. It's a nicer house." And it is. But I didn't want them to walk away from our deal. So we took an even greater loss and gave them $3000 towards a new roof.
In the meantime, I had my court date. I did not bring papers I was supposed to bring (that I did not know I was supposed to bring). So I had a continuance, which was generous, but still just drove me down a downward spiral that I'm still trying to crawl out of. It did not help that I was served with papers a few days later on a related matter.
So that I gained only 2lb during PMS/TOM is actualy quite an accomplishment.
Progress as of today: 20 lbs lost so far, only 13 lbs to go!
stay well and keep at it!
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stress eating sux :(
supercheese on 01/11/2012:
everytime u want to eat something because of stress, grab a drink instead. like a diet coke or water. that works for me!
Umpqua on 01/11/2012:
Good advice from supercheese - also, St. John's Wort helps me destress, I have it in capsule and tea form for those super tough days.
h82bfat on 01/11/2012:
Curses stress eating! Oneof my downfalls as well. Hang in there! I was so mad at my "friend" yesterday, I found myself with a piece of OPENED Laffy Taffy in my hands & I didn't even remember picking it up.....
grumpy on 01/11/2012:
Donkey, I am back too, but private for now. But it's nice to read about you ladies. I was thinking it's funny that your current weight is my goal weight. :) Keep your chin up, girl. Love, grumpy!
WII on 01/12/2012:
I know all about stress eating! It does more to underpin us than anything. Saying prayers for ya!
moogy on 01/12/2012:
Anxiety is a sure fire trigger for eating the stuff that we know will satisfy the little monster inside. However, feeding him will not help the weigh in go any easier:) I am sorry about the snow, growing up in England I know about snow, digging in out, trying to get to school in it. Snow is lovely for holidays as is hot weather. I hope you have a better day donkey:)