Colleen the Chocolate Fiend's Disney Life (comments welcome)

[mabenoab]

Oh, Colleen, you are too funny!! 5ks "just for fun"

Only kidding, I think you're doing a great job, I just know I wouldn't have the drive you do!! Keep it up, and honestly, I wouldn't even worry about the scale...you are building muscle (and toned muscle weighs more than fat), that you've probably lost inches! I don't remember reading about your inch loss...are clothes baggier on you or have you changed sizes?

Good luck with the family this weekend...I laughed out loud when you wrote: "being with the family is just an invitation for my emotional reaction to snarf food." Being with my family is an invitation to drink!

Hope your weekend is great, and lots of out to your dh, too. I'm sure something wonderful will come up for him very soon.

Beth

 

[C_leen]

Hi there! Beth, thanks for the support! I do crack myself up. Since I am training for a half marathon, running a few 5Ks later this fall will be a snap!

Well I survived a trip home visiting family in MI. The wedding was nice. I didn't eat too badly but not one person told me how great I looked. Oh well. Good thing I am doing all of this for me. Just to be a vile sister, I look better than my sister.

I talked it over with DH and I decided to run my 3 miler Monday run on Saturday so I wouldn't be too tired for the wedding celebration. I had a great run which I ran for time on an asphalt bike route. It was wooded and very cool with hardly any humidity in MI. I felt GREAT! I brought home cherries, blueberries, cinnamon bread, strawberry preserves and even homeade dog treats form the farmer's market. I blew my whole ATM cash wad right at the market, but I was happy & feeling celebratory. As I was stuffing cherries and blueberries into my mouth my mom wanted to know if I made it to the church in the next town as she thought it was about 3 miles. This amused me as it took her some time to realize I only ran about 1.5 miles in one direction --- then I had to TURN AROUND! The sad thing was I had waited around the house hoping my Dad would get up and come biking as he had mentioned, but he didn't get up. Oh well. Story of my life.

I rested Sunday & Monday. DH had a job interview on Monday in Michigan. Thank the stars for Kohls as we were able to haul his blazer in there and buy matching pants. I had a 'feeling' and had asked him if he wanted to pack his suit, but nope he declined. Of course they rang him on his cell when we were half way to Michigan... The interview went well, but he hasn't heard anything and he really wants this job. I took DS to see 'Ratatoulle' and it was cute.

On Tuesday morning I ran the 8 miler on my parent's TM. It really wasn't too bad. I did 5 miles in one hour and 2 minutes, then I ran/walked another 3 in about 38 minutes. I stopped a few times to stretch out and do laundry, go to the bathroom, etc. The rest of the day I was lounging in the truck as we wound our way south back to the misery of August in St. Louis. Wednesday my legs weren't really working right so I walked 3 miles. Thursday I ran 35 minutes on a tiny track (18 laps = 1 mile) and walked the rest of the hour. I was able to watch DS in the gym below at his last basketball drill camp. I am hoping I can continue to just work my exercise into our daily routines. Anyway, I think I am just a mile short this week for my marathon training. Not bad. I have no idea how many times I went around that Y track, but I was so thankful to be in an air conditioned building I couldn't complain about the constant turns. I guess I'll be getting up nearly predawn to manage 9 miles this weekend. We are under an excessive heat warning and it is misery at the moment just to walk outside.

DH was very perturbed last week as he had no bites yet for a job. Then the Michigan job led to a face to face interview this past Monday. He also had phone interviews for 2 jobs in Indiana and one in Minnesota. He is flying to MN late next week for an interview. He has sort of quieted down about moving. I think I'd like a change but I can't say much as this is hard for him to move into the unknown. My stress level is ummm, pretty bad right now. I haven't signed up for any 5Ks yet as I'm not sure if DH will be around to watch DS this fall. And WDW in September? Will I forgive DH if he cannot make it due to a new job? I suppose this could truly happen, but thankfully my parents are meeting us in WDW, so I'll have 2 other adults to corral the 6 yo. Hopefully in the next 10 days DH will have garnered 1-2 job offers and we can decide what to do.

 

[C_leen]

Cheerio!

Well this past weekend I was supposed to run 9 miles. DS had a friend over and I was putting off the run due to the heat. I would wake up around 6 AM and it was already awful out. So Sunday morning I set off to run 3 miles as a test as it was really hot & humid. I wound up walking more than not and the air felt so thick I felt like I couldn't get it into my lungs. So to make up the difference I did 6 miles of Leslie Sansone walking tapes with 2 pound handweights in the house. This, of course, took forever & I nearly died of boredom. But I got the mileage in & since I'll be running & walking the marathon, that is all that counts.

On Monday I was really tired and I didn't run. The heat is bothering me a ton. It is still topping 100 here qd. So this morning (Tuesday) I snapped awake at 4:30 am & decided to just get up. I started laundry & got suited up and headed out at 5:00 am. I swear it is at least 80 degrees out there before the sun even came up! But I did a 4 mile route & I ran about 3 miles of it. I stopped and walked to drink a few times. I rolled my right ankle but it seems OK. I was gone an hour, so talk about snail pace. But at this rate - just surviving August & managing to exercise is going to be a badge of honor. If this heat doesn't break by September, the marathon is going to be a horrendous experience.

Since DH stopped drinking, DH eats snacks and sweets. Having all of this crap in the house is really bad for me, particularly since I am stressing out about 'our future' or DH's job. I have not weighed myself recently as I've been just trying to focus on the running. But I am going to need to cut back on snacking again - at night.

As for DH's job hunt:

Fort Wayne - probably not as DH did not like 'vibes'
Merrillville, IN - pending another phone interview to be arranged
St. Cloud, MN - flying up Thursday for interview

Grand Rapids, MI - haven't heard since F2F interview last Monday.

Troy, MI - Ironically, this company called DH yesterday to set up the next phone interview. OK, it has been a MONTH since this company last neglected to call DH for a phone interview. It doesn't take a MBA to surmise that there are some major problems at this company. However, this area has the best public schools in the state of MI & I think I could get a job in this area that pays OK. So I told DH to just go along with them too.

SO hopefully we'll have a few offers soon to consider. DH gets frustrated & tries to play 'poor me', but I reminded him if we move, I'll be job hunting next so he can't play the total martyr.

 

[C_leen]

Hi-

Well I ran/walked yesterday around 6:20 am & it was already near 80 with full throttle humidity. I did 3 miles. This morning I was up really early but didn't head out until 7:50. Legs are a bit sore today, so I walked 2 miles and ran one (the one in the shade on my route!). Another 100 degree day in St. Louis on tap. Looks like the weekend is going to cool down to 90! Good! Need to do my 10 mile long run. I am pretty excited that I only have 3 more ramp up long runs and then I back down to 10 before the race. Now that I crested that mental 8, what is 10? De nada!

I weighed myself. Up about 2.5 pounds. #156.6 I do not think this is muscle. This is stress snacking.

DH en route to MN for interview. I am praying that they make an offer. I have a green candle lit for prosperity. DH supposed to fly to MI for interview in Troy next Tuesday. To keep myself busy, I am going to lunch with a friend today & have a school meeting in the afternoon. OH- I am working too. DS and I are 'sneaking off' to McDonalds for dinner. Since DH not working, we haven't been eating out. I promise to blow the money on a premium salad. Also going to buy DS some tennies at Kohls. I told him when school started last month he had to make due for a while. We got a 30% off card, so off we go. So after that we can hit the pool and put the cutie to bed.

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

So I snagged DS a pair of light up Skechers for under $20 including tax. Love Kohls. Then, on a hint from a friendly mom, I took DS to Pay Less last night & bought Shrek 'crocs' for $9! DS picked out bright pink 'crocs' for me & 'Hello Kitty". We walked out with 3 pair of shoes for $24. That is less than one pair of real crocs. I've been wearing my hot pink ones at work (I look totally stupid but my arches hurt), & they feel about the same as my real crocs. Today, I bought new luggage on overstock.com. It dawned on me we have never gone anywhere by air for this length of time, so I bought 3 pieces - all silver polycarbonate. I hope they are OK. Our Magical Express docs came and the secret will be out when I toss those labels on our bags. The boys still don't know we are staying at WL. We are down to 30 days on the WDW trip.

In the meantime, DH still not wild about the Troy, MI job. Monday's interview in Troy went very well in some ways but it mostly confirmed it is not a good match for him. Today he has a follow up phone interview and a psych eval with them. Tomorrow he flies out to interview for a job in Northwest IN. This might be a better match for him. MN job remains his top choice. He took a risk today and told that to their recruiter as well as the fact that he is interviewing. The recruiter stated she would work to set up his next interview & psych eval. She also said she'd check his references. I sure hope something breaks soon. Ideally, he'll have a job lined up by our trip so he can kick back and enjoy it before starting in on something new.

DS is really doing great in school though he has learned some more swear words... Then since he was already grounded and had been spanked for his language over the weekend, he just went ahead and asked me about the middle finger... So he is learning just as much social ills out of class - clearly. I told him he could swear all he wants when he was 18 yo. Since he is 6, he thought that was a fair deal.

My running is going pretty well. My arches hurt after my 10 mile long run on Sunday. I think I averaged 13.30 minute miles. Since I am running & walking - I think this is pretty OK. Actually it puts me at a 3 hour half marathon with heat and humidity. I couldn't run on Monday as it even hurt to walk, so I ran today 4 miles. I did 3 miles in 32:25 then walked the remaining. Not bad at all. Under 11 minutes anyway.

I hope to run early tomorrow - like in the dark before DH heads off to airport.

I started curbing my snacking with some success. I lost .6 pounds. Weight: #156.0. I am going to try really hard to lose a pound a week until the trip.

 

[C_leen]

Not so cheerio-

Well DH and I nearly fought last night. He is frustrated with job hunt and I am too stressed to be very supportive. Answer? Cheese popcorn. But I stopped myself and maintained another day of #156.0. I ran the 'fat analyzer' on the scale today and it read back 30.7%. This is an improvement for me, I think 3% overall reduction since I got the scale? Anyway, I am trying to focus on losing those evil 2 pounds I regained... My weight loss has really stalled. I just cannot snack at night!

I am starting to mull over my exercise goals for after the half marathon. I'd like to get back to SPIN and the weight lifting class & maintain running 3-4 times a week. I want to try out the Pilates class at my gym too. Until I get DH settled with a new job, it is hard to sign up for any races or set any definite goals. I am thinking of doing one fall 5K in early October but I have not signed up yet. I am thinking about some future half marathons too.

I did run 3 miles at 4:30 AM. Extremely humid & it had to be close to 80 already. I wore no headphones and ran with the crickets. I didn't time myself either. I felt like I was chewing on air once I got moving. I walked up & down the killer hill this am since it was dark & I needed to catch my breath. Anyway, I didn't see one runner out that early so I decided I was either crazy or dedicated. I noticed when I was awake and in my office that I was supposed to run 4 today... Oops. So I'll run 4 tomorrow. Only 2 more weeks of building before I can ease into the marathon. I am in week 9 of my 12 week trainining program. I am so there! These 5 milers coming up on weekdays are going to be a pain timewise. I'm going to need a new route as my longest route is a little over 4.

Onward!

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

DH interested in the IN job. His interview went well yesterday & the company has already confirmed the next 2 steps and is scheduling the third.

I was not in the mood to exercise this am but I went to the gym & did 4 mi. I walked half and then ran the other half. Amusingly I now get bored walking as it is too slow. Not that I run particularly fast either... Well anyway, I messed around with the incline steadily too & I fried a fair amount of calories.

Weight finally coming down a bit! #154.8 I also looked back and I have lost 3% body fat according to my scale since June when I got the scale. But alas, I am still technically overweight. My goal is to lose 5 pounds by our WDW trip. That would only make me 5 pounds from my original goal.

Well, I need to get back to work!

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

So I 'rested' on Friday. Saturday was also a rest day. We had lovely rains on Friday & it was overcast Saturday morning so I gardened. Basically I was pulling weeds and pulling out dead stuff. My poor gardens look awful. One can tell I have cast them to the heat waves with very little hose time.

Saturday I weighed in for a weekly weight & I think it was #154.2. I took my neighbor shopping & I found a super cool long sleeve running shirt on clearance. I ordered 2 more marathon girl skirts. I am a believer now. I HATE running shorts!! I tried one other skirt with compression shorts, and those just crawled up my legs too. Yuck!! I hate to spend money right now with DH not working, but I got 2 marathon girl skirts for the price of one. I also found another Life is Good running hat at Marshalls on clearance for $3. Love the hat and my other one washed up great too. Whoever said running is inexpensive clearly was a male. I have blown $200 on shoes, at least $200 on various non cotton items. And I have bought all of my stuff (other than my shoes) on sale! Since I am running for the mental kick as much as the physical kick, I suppose this is cheaper than therapy or depression meds...

This morning I hauled myself out of bed and readied for the eleven mile half marathon training session. It was COOL out so I wore the new shirt. I wound up wearing the long sleeve shirt until the last mile. It sucks up your sweat and you can feel it evaporating! No more sweat running down my arms and dripping off my elbows. Clearly this is going to be my layering system for the early morning marathon start. I am thinking about going back to Marshalls and seeking more of these $13 miracle shirts. Also, look very athletic in it! Since I am going to look like a half dead cat fish when the marathon ends, I might as well have on a nice shirt! In essence I did the 11 miles in 3 hours. I walked the first mile for a slow warm up. At this point is was 6:35 am and the track was beautiful. The grass was silver and there was a haze making the track look mysterious and hard to tell where it would lead you (duh! in circles). The only other people were some tennis players up on the courts. To run/walk for 3 hours is watching an array of track users come and go. Anyway, after that I pretty much alternated 2 r/2 w with a few 3/1 for kicks. Every mile I stopped and drank a few sips of water, propel and had one goo thing which made my teeth ache it was so grainy sweet. So my pace sucked - 16 min 36 second miles. I think this is realistic however for the half marathon as it will allow me to enjoy the event and stop and smell the roses. My goal is to be under 4 hours and this pace will get me me right in that range. Not bad for someone who just finished up C25K & is really pushing it super hard as it is on the mileage. I am really proud of myself! On my way home I went into Starbucks and had a treat. I had won a gc, so I had some chai latte & nice chat with a friend of mine who works there PT.

No more energy in my legs. I am just going to lay about today. Perhaps sheme about resurrecting my front garden bed which looks super abused.

DH leaving Wed. this next week for an interview at the job in IN. He is going to drive around and check out the area a bit. I'm not sure when he'll be back as he hasn't decided to head up to visit our family from there or come back home for the holiday weekend. My running will be carefully crafted into the week I am sure. The following Wed. he is flying to CA for another interview for the IN job. He is very upbeat about this opportunity. One of his references reported that they were called too for the MN job. So though he hasn't heard from them for the next interview schedule, they have worked his case a bit this past week. I seriously hope these 2 companies get on the stick and make an offer promptly after their final hoops. I am praying DH has a job lined up to start right after WDW trip...

 

[C_leen]

Hi-

Monday I did some full impact gardening. My garden beds are really overgrown so I am dividing perennials and moving plants around to my home's best advantage.

Two nights in a row of poor sleep. I did not run on Tuesday like I should have bc I was tired & cranky. Yup! It is that moody, food craving week again. This morning at 4 am I just got up and started working on bills (as in how to pay everything in full including the WDW trip month). I had some coffee and a slim fast meal bar at 5, but worked away happily until 7. Got the DS up for school, then put DH in charge so I could run. I only did 4 miles. I was supposed to do 5. It was humid and yucky (again) and it took me an hour! Well the good news is I really enjoyed myself... Anyway, when I got out of the shower I weighed in at #153.4. Probably dehydrated still but I was happy! I just ate Amy's brown rice and veggie bowl for lunch with Propel. Yummy & filling.

Our new luggage came yesterday. It seems fine. DH eyeing the carry on for interview trips next week. I shopped some trip supplies today at Family Dollar. I have a list which I am going to keep checking off. I actually cleaned out the back of my car today. Took a trip to Goodwill. I have several paper boxes stashed under my desk at work hoping that I will be packing up knick knacks and pictures soon... DH very positive about 2/3 job prospects. The third one is actually making him an offer today to review. I am pretty sure we are moving, I just don't know where... No wonder I can't sleep.

DH out of town now for the next week and a half. I have a feeling that I will be logging in to work from home, then running during work hours!

Type A - Make it Happen.

 

[C_leen]

Weight: #153.4
BMI: 26.3

Man oh man, will I be happy to hit BMI 25!

 

[C_leen]

Hi-

Well I can honestly say the last week and half I have run poorly, if at all, & eaten like a fiend. Last Sunday I only made 10 of my 12 mile long outing. I was so getting overheated. I've heard now that this is the third hottest summer on record in St. Louis. Great. Nice time to start running. DH out on constant interviews, I was on my own with DS and had my period. Not a good combination!

Anyway, lots of stress still ahead, but DH got a job offer that he accepted yesterday afternoon! We are moving to Northwest Indiana. We don't have all of the details yet, but the wonderful thing is we can go off on our WDW trip as a family knowing that the job is lined up. DH leaves this Sunday for a week of meetings in CA for new job. Talk about starting off with a bang. Clearly I'll be left here to deal with the house and wrap up our life here. So I am going to need to come up with a regimented plan to allow work, time with DS, & time to exercise. I need a magic wand!

 

[C_leen]

Hi there-

So my left arch is killing me. I'm wondering if I need a arch support insert? I am going to pick up my race packet today & perhaps I can ask...

Busy weekend getting DH psyched & ready for the new job. I've packed up 2 more boxes of de-clutter mission. Some areas of the house look better & others look worse! Called the relocation company and began getting the ball going on temp. housing for DH and a realtor here. Housing market kind of slow, so the sooner the better!

I ran almost 10 miles yesterday. I had bowel issues and hobbled home perhaps a mile short. I weighed myself today, #153.0. So I lost 16 pounds so far but I am rather short of my 24 pound goal for the WDW trip. Well it is still a great start considering all of the stress I have survived too. Of course this lack of not meeting the goal may keep me a little more on track during vacation. In the back of my mind will be starting up again when I get home!

Colleen

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

I had a lot of fun doing the half marathon, but I wound up with a nice case of plantar fascitis on my left foot due to doing the half marathon. I just got orthotics & under treatment from a podiatrist, I am starting to exercise again with less pain. My weight is up due to this and crisis stress level.

Myfamily had the best time on our vacation to DW and WL in September. The crowds were non existent and we just wandered about taking it whatever caught our interest. When we got hot, we wandered back to the WL and swam or took a nap. My parents had a great time too. We loved the dining plan, but we were stuffed by the last night & tired of too much food. We are a family of snackers. Next time we will likely just snack our way around the World.

Unfortunately I could see in my husband during my ultimate vacation that something was terribly wrong with his new job. Dealing with his crisis (again), has made me slip off the earth for the last 6 months. I'm not too happy about that, but I did survive. So he quit his new job in late October & we did not move. He has been job seeking in STL, & just landed a job last week. The past six months has been pretty horrendous for our marriage & I'd really like to just crawl under a rock for about 3 weeks and rest. But some good things have happened too. DS is excelling in first grade. We had a fabulous Christmas in our own home with just the 3 of us. We actually went to our own church for mass and that was a delight too.

I'd love to jet set off to Disney with DS right now, but alas, my budget status is pretty rocky right now. Now my trip was not my credit card issue, it was me picking up many pieces of my family's budget & the health insurance, etc. over the past 6 months.

So here are 3 goals for the next 30 days:
1. Pay off credit card/ Rebuild Savings Account
2. Exercise 30 min qd
3. Start reporting on Dis board food and exercise.

With the plantar fascitis, just moving again feels good and I will focus on the emotional eating by reporting on this site.

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

Well yesterday I did exercise one hour. Colleen's edited version of Leslie Sansone (sans Leslie).

As promised, weighed in this am. #163.0. Not good. But I'm aware and I am going to work on it!

This morning I exercised one hour. I've got to say Denise Austin is way too perky for my taste, but she got me through the first 30 minutes of a rainy morning. It is pouring here seemingly nonstop for 2 days now. Looks like one more day of rain ahead of me.

Breakfast: 24 oz water (also during work out), one diet coke, one slim fast meal bar.

Lunch: 24 oz flavored tea (tons of sugar surely), cup of tomato basil soup, one breadstick, one small serving oriental salad.

Snack: diet coke, cutie, fiber one bar.

Dinner: 1 glass red wine, sm. serving saganaki, miniscule lamb chop, 24 oz water, half serving broccoli, half serving potato, baklava, way too much bread and butter.

Notes for today: Excellent exercise & woke up earlier since time change. Lots of water today. Despite snack, was starving and was ready to kill waiter for not serving faster at restaurant. Hunger made me over eat bread. Should have ordered a salad, though I might still be at restaurant...

10 PM - No arch pain. These orthotics rock! Considering restarting couch to 5k from scratch ...

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

No change in weight. Not surprised. Had a tedious training seminar yesterday which ended in a major headache.

Bx: diet coke and slim fast meal bar
Meeting am: 12 oz water, 8 oz green tea
Lunch: 1 cup beef barley soup, one multi grain roll with butter, green salad, jicama salad, carrot souffle, one half serving chicken breast, 3 oatmeal cookies, 8 0z iced tea.
Meeting: snack, 1 svg swedish fish and diet coke.
Dinner: half serving potato salad, 3 pieces of fried chicken, 12 oz water.
Exercised 30 minutes in pm. That made my HA go away! Drank another 8 0z of water.

Notes: Ate too many cookies at lunch. I did not have anything healthy in house for dinner & let DH deal with dinner. That was a mistake. But I did exercise, got plenty of water and had no evening snacking - all positive.

Today is another day!

C_leen

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

Breakfast: oatmeal, half cup of coffee
Lunch: 1 orange, 2 PB and honey sandwiches, half serving of doritos. 8 oz h2o
Meant to exercise in afternoon, but took a friend to the ER instead. That shot the day & I ate a choc chip cookie and a jones soda at Panera around 3:30 pm while I tried to get friend to eat and calm down. Sent friend off to home around 4:30 - just had enough time to calm down and check my work e-mail before another friend picked me up for dinner!

Dinner: 2 pints beer (thank god for Goose Island taking the edge off one horrendous day!), 8 oz h2o, calamari, one salad, one breadstick, 1 serving pasta.

Snack at Candle Party: 1 gl riesling, 1 strawberry, 2 peanut butter rice krispy treats with chocolate topping.

Horrendous day, but sometimes doing the right thing is not easy. I bought myself a Buddha that holds a tea light. I bought 'relax' scented tea lights. Hopefully future days will be more transcedent.

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

Slept badly last night. Night sweats & insomnia. Too bleary to weigh in this morning. But I printed off Couch to 5K this morning. Looking forward to testing out these orthotics.

Breakfast: fiber one cereal, skim milk, 1 cup coffee.

Well I am at work, so I'll see how the rest of my day goes.

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

Not a good Easter weekend. Ate TOO much!! All of the cooking totally ate into my work out time. I feel yucky & bloated!

So Saturday I walked 1.2 mi. Monday I walked 1.2 mi. Today I walked 1.2 mi and worked out for an additional 30 minutes. DH thinks 1.2 mi walk big exercise. Ha ha. But at least we are together...

Breakfast: 1 cup coffee, 1 sf meal bar
Lunch: 1 svg ham, 1 banana, 1 svg strawberries, 1 piece upside pineapple cake, half can diet coke

H20: around 40 oz so far today

I tossed out the cake. I've been trying to corral DS's easter candy. I will work tonight to get it out of my allowable snack zone... I've just got to get my mind committed to this...

Colleen

 

[C_leen]

Hi-

DH pointed out I am very crabby. This is true. I am disappointed in myself in gaining weight over the last 5 months. I look in the mirror or try on some clothes that used to fit well, and I just want to cry! I clearly have issues with DH that he does not seem to grasp how I feel about the last 9 months. Even before that DH was not particularly dedicated to relationship.

SO here are some good things for today:
1. Woke up early this morning (like 4:15 AM!) & did some straightening and filing in my office. I even started 2 loads of laundry.
2. Paid bills last night - and I think I'll be able to put $800 towards my credit card which is a healthy chunk.
3. I went to the gym and started C25K, did some weight machines, and did 10 minutes on an elliptical for a solid hour work out. I even did jumping jacks between machines/reps to keep my heart rate humming. I ran/walked 90-90 sec segments for my starting point.
4. I do feel a little less crabby due to the exercise high. About half way into the run/walk, I could feel my brain just frying out stress.
5. It is highly possible I am bloated from coming off antidepressants. I am very attracted to comfort food.
6. I started reading, "Does this clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?" & I think I am really going to like it.
7. I've already started purge cleaning which was inspired by finding all of my old gold jewelery to send off to GoldFellow as per the Budget Board.

So, this book recommends instead of documenting every scrap of food you eat, concentrate on documenting what triggers unhealthy eating.

OK- Last night I ate 4 turtles. I ate two even though I had a piece of cake at lunch. I ate them bc they were there and I felt entitled bc they exisisted.Then when I scrapped with DH I ate the remaining 2 because I feel like I get more comfort from food than in my relationship with DH.

Today I have done fine with food so far.

 

[C_leen]

Cheerio-

Well I am still crabby. I have just started reading A Complaint Free World. It appears that I mostly complain about DH in triangulation (meaning I complain to others about him when I should just take my issues directly to him). I've only read a few chapters so far, but clearly I have issues & I know they are related to my emotional eating.

I did work out about 45 minutes on Thurs. Did Walk Away the Pounds and some floor exercises. Sore from weight machines mostly in my arms yesterday. No exercise yet today. Tired.

Still feel bloated. On Thursday I ate fine until about 5 PM. Guess what the trigger was? Argument with DH! Today I have eaten fine so far.

Here's some good things:

1. I got a lot of work done this week at work.
2. DS lost 2 baby teeth this week!
3. I haven't drank any alcohol this week.
4. I am happy it is Friday.
5. DH starts new job on Monday!

So tomorrow am I will try to weigh in.