Stress has always been the main cause of my overeating. Along with happiness, sadness,joy, worry...you get the picture. This diet has been going extremely well, except when I am overly stressed. Because I still have to feed my family, I generally make one meal for them and my food for me. This hasn't been a problem unless there are leftovers, which was the case last weekend.
Tucking the girls in has always been a balancing act of prayers, making sure everyone has their water bottles, retainers etc. It is also the time of day when the really serious talking gets done. Depresha had a lot of deep thoughts to share last weekend that left me shaken and you guessed stressed. Enter the left over meatloaf. I will never claim to be an expert cook, but I do make an exceptional pot of chili and a decent meat loaf. The girls had not finished the meatloaf I made them for supper, and the leftovers were still warm in the oven. Granted I could have given it to the dog or thrown it in the garbage, but I cracked. I didn't just cut myself a taste, I got out a fork and ate it right out of the pan. I didn't eat all of it, but enough to make myself miserable. Then to get right back on program I had to drink a shake. Needless to say I was miserable both physically and emotionally the rest of the night. Thankfully the occasional screw up does not ruin the overall weight loss.
I am proud to report that I am down a total of 18 pounds in 3 weeks. Even better than the weight loss, my blood sugar and blood pressure have been normal for the most part.I am anxious to have my cholesterol checked next month. I also lived to see another birthday. 48 feels great!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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