Set Backs

This week I am on vacation and am finding it more difficult to stick with my regular eating schedule. Plus, I am home more so am tempted to eat more frequently and indulge in higher calorie foods. Any suggestions on how to keep control when one is on vacation?

Also, I have not been able to increase my exercise this week as I got a wicked cold so I'm feeling frustrated by that as well.

Sick and headachy yesterday and today. No excercise because I was too tired. Large family gathering with lots of goodies means too many calories to count :)

This is the week where I will need to put my strategies into practice. It's very easy for my to try to "eat my way" into feeling better. Taking a tylenol and a walk instead of a handful of chocolate!

Well, this morning all of my diet friends and I got on the scale for the weekly weigh in.

They are a dysfunctional and noisy group of friends and prior to getting on the scale, i hear one of them saying"you'll be lucky if you lose anything this week...these diets never work for you"...there is another smaller voice that says"well you felt pretty healthy last week and your jeans seemed a little baggier, so maybe there is hope".

So, on to the scale and then the noise really started....I stayed the same as last week, but rather than looking at that as a "win"for a week filled with social events, the monkey chatter started, more loudly than I've heard for a long time.... Read more...

So I decided to go for it and I was really happy about the decision. I was feeling really good yesterday morning, I did a good workout and then Jake and I headed over to a playdate.

The mom had a few snacks out and I snacked very little, but then after I came home I had a binge, yuck. When I was done I wanted to order pizza for dinner, but I journaled about it and let myself come to the conclusion that the new me really didnt' want pizza, but wanted a light snack before bed when I got hungry again. I was happy with that, a little peeved that I had binged, but at least I wasn't making it worse by eating a lot of pizza too.... Read more...

I make a plan and then it goes bust.

People say lets go out to eat, I say OK!

People say have a piece of pie and put it in my face I say OK!

What is my proplem why can't I say NO!

UUHHGG!

Today I am having a very un-energetic day.

I still plan to engage in my activities but I am doing them with less enthusiasm than I have had in the past few weeks. It is not about discouragement...it is just about energy.  

Here is Carrie's Insider Story. Like all Insider Stories, you will see my personal feedback as the first comment below. Carrie's story is well worth the read, but if you are short on time see the high lights in bold.

I seem to self sabotage allot.  I get on a roll, feeling really well, then "boom" I slide off the path and can't seem to get back on track for anything.

I am aware of what's going on at the surface - I have somehow disconnected my head to the rest of me.... Read more...

I try and write positive experiences in my inventory - I find reflecting on positive keeps me in a positive frame of mind.  ... Read more...