Day 190: Nothing to say

Blah blah blah :-P

Day 189: More of the same

No progress to report. Ciao

Day 187: Like a hamster stuck in a wheel

I feel a bit like a hamster stuck in one of those revolving wheels.....

Day 186: OK for a weekend day

Today was ok for a weekend day. I was trying to avoid highly processed food, and I did an ok job until later this evening (as usual).

Tomorrow's aims are:
- walk or run
- snack-box free

Day 185: OK day

Did ok today. Had lots of cravings in afternoon when kids were asleep, and my usual post dinner time. Decided to go out for a run this evening (running after eating usually gives me stitch), and since it had been so long since I ate it wasn't too bad (stomach-wise - lack of fitness and carrying lots of extra weight is a whole 'nother story!

Day 184: OK day

OK day today. Listened to my hypnosis recording again last night.

Day 183: No lunch not hungry

Had a kightbulb moment today - and didn't eat any lunch because I'd had a large muffin at morning tea, and I just wasn't hungry!!

Hooray!

Day 182: Headache

I have a headache this evening. It stopped me riding home, and now I am munching on Valentine's chocolates to see if it will help.... it isn't.

Day 181: Some progress

Well I feel like I had a little more progress than yesterday's junk fest. I listened to my hypnosis recording last night before I went to sleep and I felt a lot calmer today. I took a good lunch to work, and did ok with eating there.

I am struggling a little this evening again, but am off to do a quick 15 min flylady de clutter, and then will do some painting to distract myself.

Day 180: Junk food frenzy

I had my office to myself for the day, had a sore (OOS related) wrist, was stressed about work, and so I had a junkfood frenzy. I feel yuck...

Must meditate on this tonight.

Day 177: Should I bother?

After blogging for 177 days I feel I am no further on. Is it worth it?

Day 176: Day OK, Evening Away

My evenings just turn to custard! (or should that be chocolate!)

Day 174: Out of the house and exercising with family

It was an inspiring crisp sunny morning this morning, so we headed out to Te Puna Quarry Park for a walk. My 4 yo did well walking most of the way herself, and hubby and I got extra exercise carrying the 13kg 18 month old!!

Did ok for eating today, right up until my usual weak time of the evening... Tomorrow night I am going to work on one of my projects instead of browsing at the computer (although Lost is on tomorrow so that will be an hour of TV time, but maybe I can do something else while I am watching).

Day 173: So much for my goals

I did crap at my goals today - I didn't run in the morning because it was pouring with rain. I ate sugar all day (3 trips to the snack box at work!) and had my usual piggy evening....

How do I snap out of it?

Day 172: Lazy day

We had a lazy day here today as it was yucky and wet - I had lots of mini naps and now I am wide awake at 11.30pm!!!

Goals for tomorrow: feel hunger and choose fruit over sugar

Day 171: Not much fruit today!

Oh dear - looking at my diary I see I had haredly any fruit today....

I need to take some time to think about what I am reading in the rules of normal eating book

Day 169: Babysteps

Small steps of progress today. I gave blood this morning, and had the afternoon off to take my daughter to kindy induction day.

Eating was ok - I thought about hunger and fullness a bit.

Day 168: Oops

Ok, so I didn't get off to a very good start of "blogging every day" - I had a pretty big eating evening yesterday... I felt like I was in a sugar coma!

Today has gone fairly well, at least until while I was cleaning out the pantry I found a bag of lollies and ate the lot!!

When I woke up, I didn't feel up to a run, so I grabbed my yoga mat and did some yoga poses before breakfast - that felt great and I will try to keep doing that.

I did IE at work today - not eating at my desk, eating the lunch I had brought in instead of getting sushi, no lollies. And I thought periodically about my hunger and how full I was. I even had a bit of a rumble going before lunch and dinner!

I guess my positive thought of the day is " the daytime went great!"

Day 166: Reading books, but not yet changing

Well it has been a while since I blogged... I had my trip away for work and it actually went quite well, and I didn't need to be as nervous as I was. I ate well when I was away (apart from getting through a six pack of chocolate hot cross buns! :-P)

Since I have been back I have been stuck in my old problem of evening eating (days have been mostly ok, with a few times when I have headed for the dreaded lunchtime lollies)...

The "Rules of Normal Eating" book that I have been reading is pretty heavy on beliefs and feelings, and I need to work my way through it and spend the time on it. The basic premise of the changes that need to be made are very similar to HUGS - thinking about hunger and satisfaction.... But it also talks about cravings. It also focussed not only on reformed dieters, but also overeaters - and I definitely fit more into the second category, as I have never had much success for long with diets.

I haven't started reading the IE book yet....

My main goals for the next week are to:
- blog every day
- keep in touch with Jenn my accountability partner
- keep reading and starting to apply what I have learned.

On a positive note, it was a stinking hot day so we headed to the beach yesterday. I let my inhibitions go and went in swimming with bearly a thought about what people must think of my thundery white thighs :-). It was a fantastic swim.

Day 152: Books arrived today

Woohoo! My books arrived today - just in the nick of time.

Have been thinking that my eating frenzy has probably been related to some work stress. I have to travel tomorrow for a couple of days and am in a bit of a stressful situation, so it is weighing on my mind.