Liz, Brianna, Harmony - thanks for stopping by! Yes, the support of people on this board is to a huge extent what makes No S work for me, and for a lot of people here. It's awesome and I have learned so much.
One of the big things I learned was not to beat myself up so much over mistakes - on so many other diet programs I would make one mistake and I would be done, never to return again, feeling like such a failure. Here, I have learned to mark it and move on, even though I still do feel bummed about it. Like yesterday. I was so glad it was Monday, I was feeling positive and in control of things, went to the gym...then my youngest came home from school sick and I started feeling stressed, worried, nervous...my three biggest triggers. *sigh*
I had a big dinner with my older two kids (pasta, so filling, right?), hoping I would still be able to hold things together ...but even though I was full I caved for a big soft cookie, purely from being worried and nervous and wanting to squash those feelings down, and then felt bad about it, briefly considered eating more but knew that would only make me feel worse...thought about the board here and the habitcal and knew even though I would have to mark a red, I didn't want it to be terrible...
Luckily my sister called me and I was able to get out of the kitchen and change gears...and so it ended up being a not very terrible fail, but a fail nonetheless.
My son is staying home from school today and I think he will be fine, just a tummy bug, thank goodness. It's just that I've never done well with my kids being sick, I get so anxious about it! So I am going to get a run in while my husband is still at home this morning and then spend the rest of the day at home with my son. I'll try to keep busy and out of the cookie jar...
