EVERY WEEKDAY his diet is really similar to every other weekday. Growing up, Saturday nights we always ate ice cream and watched Lawrence Welk. He is just as disciplined about working out, but I won't go into too many details. After all, this post is about me, right?
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So, I really believe that a winning plan for me is to automate my own eating and (eventually) my exercise. I go back to work Sept. 13th (I am a teacher) and so things are still a bit random, but I'll be looking for automatic breakfasts and lunches, then whatever my husband or I make for dinner.
Struggles for me are mindless eating.....and emotional eating! I've only noticed this in the past year or so. If I get mad, I walk over to the counter and will eat any junk that may be there. Sometimes I won't even really taste the food and suddenly realize what I've just done!!
I work full-time as a teacher during the school year, my husband also teaches; we have two boys (7 and 4), and I also somehow fit in homeschooling our 7 year old. So we're busy.
I was extremely athletic and busy in competitive sports until college. I didn't gain weight until I had kids though. Before my first child, I was 115. I think my weight gain is due to a variety of factors: 1. stopped walking every day (our dog died); 2. HIGH stress when my husband went back to grad school when our firstborn was still a baby; and 3. Degenerating into more and more disordered eating with our busy schedules.
So, I am tinkering with the idea of walking to/from work this year to add back in exercise; and obviously I have chosen the No S diet as a way of regaining some routine to my eating.
Thanks for listening. I wouldn't be posting here if I didn't truly feel that using these message boards will give me a greater likelihood of habituating my eating. BTW, I am using my home calendar and RED, GREEN and ORANGE markers to visualize my journey (rather than habitcal). One full week green!
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