I’ve been reverting to very old habits as the weeks have passed with more dreadful economic news every time we turn around. I know it’s not healthy but there is comfort, albeit shortlived, in eating candy and salty stuff instead of making a healthy meal or taking a walk at lunch time.
We are facing budget [...]
Filed under: Emotional eating | Tagged: economy, healthy habits, Stress, stress eating | 2 Comments »
Last night I wrote a blog post on being the fat one. But once I had it out of my system, I saw how overly whiny it was, not to mention self-absorbed. My friend Phyllis calls it navel gazing and she’s right. I deleted the post this morning.
So let’s try this again.
I had an epiphany [...]
Filed under: Attitude, Motivation | Tagged: goals, Motivation, stress eating | 1 Comment »
I’ve been seriously debating whether to stop paying for Weight Watchers meetings since I don’t seem to be very focused on actually following the program. On the one hand it feels like a waste of money – and on the other hand, I know that if I had abandoned the weekly weigh in, I [...]
Filed under: Arlene's Advice, Weight Watchers | Tagged: Control, stress eating, weight gain, Weight Watchers, WW | 5 Comments »
When I am stressed, I eat. I have a difficult conversation coming up with someone that I’ve already had to put off several times – for good reasons, mind you, but the delay is just making me more stressed. Though the Friday and Saturday snow days were really a treat and did rest [...]
Filed under: Emotional eating, Feet, Knee problems | Tagged: difficult conversations, foot problems, knee pain, peanut brittle, stress eating | 2 Comments »
The bad news is that I gained 2.4 lbs this week. The good news is that I went to Weight Watchers and got on a scale knowing that it would probably be up 3 lbs. Considering how much I ate this week, it’s not a surprise. I am a stress eater and [...]
Filed under: Motivation, Weight Watchers | Tagged: Exercise, Motivation, resolution, stress eating, Weight Watcher | 3 Comments »
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