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Stressful Day and Binge Eating

Today was one of the most stressful days – even though I have flex points left, and I plan to eat “normally” tonight, I am not really going to count today (I am going to write everything down though). Mr More (my cat-child) went in for VERY EXPENSIVE tests today and I was a basket case all day. I actually lost it at the vets office and was “ugly crying” in front of the vet. So not cool. Mister is home now and is kinda pissed at me for all the drama this morning. The tests will be back tomorrow. The vet did tell me that Mister MUST lose weight to help some back leg pain. He equaled his weight to a person that weighs 350lbs. I told the vet I am on WW and that Mister can join me :)

ETA: Let’s just say I went overboard tonight. I added what I ate below, but did not count any of the points. )I did remove all of the rest of my flex points though, for the rest of the week) Ack. Stress + almost TOM + boredom = eating. Atleast I realize I am stress eating. That sometimes is half the battle.

ETA again: OK, I changed my mind again. I AM going to count the points. I went overboard and I need to take full responsibility for my stress eating actions. I had 26 flex left before I decided to take them in the earlier post above. After actually fessing up to my binge, I still have 10.5 points. I am actually really proud my myself for counting these points. I guess it is not a “no counting” day after all.

June 29, 2007 – Points goal 26
Slim Fast 3
2 McDonalds cheeseburgers 14
Medium French Fries 5.5
diet soda 0
Peach 1
pixie crinkle cut french fries 3
3 1/4 cup servings of cheese 9
full fat microwave popcorn 5
strawberries 1
Total Points for Day 41.5
Day 4 of week-Flex points remaining: 10.5
Daily Activity-5000 steps

Weekend = Oy!

Well, my fears were confirmed this weekend – I ate ALOT on my trip away. I won’t post everything, as it would take me 2 hours to type it all in, but I want to post my victories and pitfalls.

Victories:

1. I wrote everything that I put in my mouth down. That is not only a victory, that is a historic moment for me. Usually when I overeat, I think “well, that is it. I ate a ton, so now I will keep going.” Every meal, I would find an excuse to go write down the things I ate in private (I went with work people and I am still not openly discussing my plans to lose weight). I did not bring my food guides, so I didn’t count points right then, but I did keep track of what I ate. More on what the point value was later.

2. I weighed myself when I got home. Some would think that was counter-productive, but actually, it helped me realize that my over the top eating was not ruining everything I had worked for the last few weeks. I gained 2 lbs. At least I didn’t gain 6lbs! :-) “Real” weigh in is tomorrow, so we shall see.

3. I came home (To a clean-ish house, thank you very much!) and immediatly made my lunch for today. I realized I had to get right back on plan.

4. I ate TONS of veggies and fruits, many more than I would have if I would not have been away. I let myself have fun, and really “Vacationed”. That is diffcult for me to do sometimes.

5. (see #3 of the Pitfalls before you read this victory) I ate about 1/3 of what I would have had I not been on WW. Though I ate ALOT, I ate actually very healthy 95% of the time. It is not like I sat and ate a birthday cake, or ate tons anything. I just ate bits of carbs and salty things, my downfall. Actually, the only “sugary” item I ate this weekend was 1 smore. Yep, only one. GO ME!  :-)

Pitfalls:

1. Chips. and dip. ALOT of Chips and dip. I really love them. 50 pts alone came from doritos, ruffles and ranch dip. OUCH. Could I have doen without them? Of course. Did I? well, obviously not….

2. I was with friends that do not watch what they eat. They by full-fat everything, which I am now not used to eating. I need to remember to just put my foot down and get low-fat and fat-free things.

3. I alloted myself 74pts this weekend – my leftovers from Friday(dinner)+22 flex+26 Sat and 25 Sun. I added up the points I ate (give or take) and I ate 121 for the weekend. EEK! OUCH! WOW!

All in all, I had a blast with my friends and I ate too much. I have learned from my momentary lapse (and my stomach still hurts!!) and this was a gret learning opportunity early in the game.

More later!