Thursday, October 20, 2011

Oh food...

I've got so much going on lately that it feels overwhelming some days. Lately I've just had crazy cravings, I'll get off work and come home and all I want is a hamburger, or chocolate bar. I've discovered a lot about myself in terms of my eating by just being more aware of what I'm doing.

This is what I've discovered:
1. I don't eat enough, and then I get crazy hungry and eat everything I can get my hands on. This then brings me to over eat, on an empty stomach.
2. I never plan anything, this then results with us not having food in the house and then we eat out. If I saved receipts from all our restaurant visits in any given month I'd probably be disgusted by the number.
3. I'm an emotional eater, if I'm sad or had a really hard day at work then I want to come home and eat something. And not something good for me. If I'm happy or something great happens then I want to go celebrate, with good food of course.

Yesterday as I was driving to school, I realized that I need to do things that I may not want to do at the moment because I care for and respect myself, my body, my life and my future.

This means that I need to:
1. meal plan
2. exercise which means waking up earlier in the morning
3. kick sugar and junk food out
4. keep track of what I'm eating in a food journal or my phone app
5. drink waaay more water

There are probably more things I could do, I already stopped drinking caffeine. Anyone have any other ideas?

I'm glad I'm finally respecting myself enough to make changes, even when those hamburger cravings are overwhelming. Like tonight I had spaghetti with veggie sauce, whole wheat noodles and a pear for dessert! Even though all I wanted was fries :)

Off to college now, got a presentation today.

N.


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