For a couple of different reasons. It sucked around here due to stress being one and I was sick for another. We’ve also gone off program more than a couple of times this past week. Richard was sick as well. Weight-wise I did go up a bit but I’m sitting here in shock right now because I weighed myself this morning and it was 294.50! Damn!
I DO think I’ve changed the way I react to stress. As an example Richard called me the other night and told me that he had to go to another damned mandatory meeting at work the next day. The stress level tripled because we have no idea what the hell they’re going to say in these meetings since his job is basically going to be ending at some point. I’ve also been battling insomnia and I think as soon as he told me Richard knew, without meaning to, that he’d made it worse. There was no way in hell I’d be able to sleep after hearing that. I didn’t sleep. But I also didn’t do something that I might have done in the past.
My first instinct was that I needed food. Stress reaction. BUT instead of reaching for something carbohydrate heavy I thought about it for a few minutes and instead got out the wok at nearly 2 in the morning and made myself a wok full of steaming chinese hell. Broccoli, carrots, bell pepper, onion, garlic, lemon grass, snow peas, and kung pao sauce (hot, hot, hot!). The wok was almost full and I ate the whole damned thing… with chopsticks while I watched the Towering Inferno on TV. No rice. Just veggies. Last nights dinner was really low points wise and after Richard left for work I had some bagel chips and a wedge of laughing cow lower fat cheese so I would have something else on my stomach when I took my meds. I’ve also been swigging water for all it’s worth.
So I’m back to where I was with the weight and I’ll slowly get back to where I was exercising. That will take a little time. But I can do it.
The meeting? Well it was another of their “We haven’t made any decisions and blah, blah, blah” again. Really fucking irritating. Get everyone even more stressed out. But we’re okay for awhile I guess. So back to doing what I was doing.
Today we wait for a delivery of blank dvds we ordered. They were supposed to be here yesterday but after noticing there was a problem with the tracking yesterday I called and after an hour found out that our DVDs were on a train that had had a problem. They arrive today. Richard bless his heart called yesterday while I took a short nap to find out that my table is ready they’re just waiting for UPS to pick it up to deliver it. (Sometime from the 8th to the 14th.)
Then we’re going to Super Cao Ngyuyen. A HUGE asian market here in town. I’ve never been there but Richard said I’d love it. They have Japanese plates and bowls and I am so there it’s frightening! Never mind sauces, veggies, and the fresh seafood (swimming) that they have! lol
But for now I’m sitting back, resting, listening to something I love: Streaming Soundtracks and patting myself on the back for not having eaten my way into oblivion during the past week! 
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