Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one concerned about a few pounds. It's probably 5-7 for me, but very frustrating because I feel like whenever my weight started creeping up before it was fairly easy to change my habits and bring it back down. This week I was eating well, lots of veggies, fruit, yogurt, whole grains, less sugary snacks. And it went UP. I'm with Jess, maybe it's water weight from all those veggies. Grr.

Hi all - sorry, I have been so busy between work and school, no time to breathe! Anyway, after next week it should be better - the semester will be over.

Deb - sorry, somehow I missed the post about your anniversary - so a happy one to you!!!

Jess - hope your birthday was fantastic!

I have been stressing a lot these past few weeks, so my weight has remained stable rather than on that slow downhill slope. Oh well, if I can just keep stable through December, I will be happy (this is always a hard time of year for me with all the goodies everywhere), then in January I can concentrate more on the actual "loss" factor. I think this is a more realistic goal for me than trying to lose weight over the holiday (which always ends badly - so we won't go there this year).

Hope everyone is doing well and is managing to avoid the worst of the winter sniffles. It is so cold here already everybody is miserable - got to 29 below the other night and was still 6 below this morning - ouch! I hate winter. I will be so glad to see a 110 degree day in the summer! Oh well, in the meantime, I am bundled to the hilt in my sweater with my cup of hot tea. :)

Sarah, good to see you around again. This is such a busy time of year for all of us! I think you've got a good plan about just trying to maintain your weight through the holidays... there are so many goodies that losing weight probably isn't realistic and just ends up putting us in a bad state of mind. Stay warm!

Thanks arciedee, glad to be back. :)

Sarah, I just noticed you are back. Glad to hear from you again. Don't stress over the weight. In a few days it will be a brand new spankin year, you will have time to take care of that then. Meanwhile, stay warm and take much care of yourself

hugs,

Jess

Sarah, I don't care how cold it is over there I'm still jealous that you're in Colorado and I'm not!! I know I know you live in the ugly part..........But in half a day you could be soaking at Pagosa Springs! I miss it sooo much!!!!

Been eating soup all day. It's one of my favorite foods, but I enjoyed it. I am so ready for my 2 week break. I am not going anywhere but still, I want to forget about school at that time. :)

This week I have no right to complain. Yesterday I did some major stress eating. As the day went on and me without a break, I caved and ate a donut that one of the students brought in as a thank you token for his preceptorship ending. This way by 2pm. By then I was majorly hungry and majorly stressed from not getting a lunch break.

I did have an apple around 10AM, so I know how to eat healthy snacks. But when the do do hits the fan and I'm stressed, somehow food especially sugar and salty fatty foods.......sigh.

Then I was so whipped by the time work ended, I just told John to swing by and get takeout Chinese.

No excuses but work stress is ruining my diet and attitude.

This week I have no right to complain. Yesterday I did some major stress eating. As the day went on and me without a break, I caved and ate a donut that one of the students brought in as a thank you token for his preceptorship ending. This way by 2pm. By then I was majorly hungry and majorly stressed from not getting a lunch break.

I did have an apple around 10AM, so I know how to eat healthy snacks. But when the do do hits the fan and I'm stressed, somehow food especially sugar and salty fatty foods.......sigh.

Then I was so whipped by the time work ended, I just told John to swing by and get takeout Chinese.

No excuses but work stress is ruining my diet and attitude.

No worries Tweety, a donut cannot do much harm. You can work it out later on. Was it good?

No worries Tweety, a donut cannot do much harm. You can work it out later on. Was it good?

Yes it was good. I'm adult enough not to chastise myself for one donut, but it was the later cookies and french fries and fried chicken and Chinese food that made me stop and take notice that it was pure emotional eating worthy of my analysis. Not worthy of a self-beating, which I did. But not something I should brush off "oh it's just a donut, no big deal, a donuts not going to kill me, no one died from eating a donut, I'm still good person, I can get right back on track....blah blah blah........" :rotfl: :rotfl:

Yes it was good. I'm adult enough not to chastise myself for one donut, but it was the later cookies and french fries and fried chicken and Chinese food that made me stop and take notice that it was pure emotional eating worthy of my analysis. Not worthy of a self-beating, which I did. But not something I should brush off "oh it's just a donut, no big deal, a donuts not going to kill me, no one died from eating a donut, I'm still good person, I can get right back on track....blah blah blah........" :rotfl: :rotfl:

Hi Tweety! You may or may not know that I have lost around 30lbs recently (another 42 to lose) . I still allow myself chinese and the occasional treat - I just choose more healthy options - chow mein instead of deep fried stuff. I look at having enough food so that I don't get hungry, but not enough that I feel 'stuffed'. Does this make sense? I think sometimes we need to allow ourselves 'emotional eating' phases - the important thing is that we recognise why we overeat, and cut down on the times we do it... for me it's boredom and being female, that 'time of the month' that trigger my eating binges. I now refuse to allow myself to eat after 7pm and find other things to do in the evenings when I am not working.

Fonenurse, thanks for the support. I truly allow myselfl the occasional treat and meal out. I'm certainly not about deprivation.

However, an overeating emotional binge is not the same as an occasional treat which is not what I'm talking about. :)

I agree that sometimes we just have to allow ourselves a little of that. Because if I hadn't have had that donut (which unfortunately started the binge) I might have said or done something I might have regretted.

I just need to do something else rather than the eating. Maybe I should become a screaming lunatic nurse who eats their young and is catty and unsupportive of my peers and treats students like dirt and CNAs like they don't have a brain and are lazy. At least I'd be skinnier.