Starting Over...Again

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Registered: 05-03-2004
Starting Over...Again
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Mon, 05-03-2004 - 10:52pm
Holy Mudder what a day! Started with the virus, then we had a power outage, then there was the fire, then all the servers dropped...

(Shaking Head) I picked the wrong day to start a diet.

And yet...

I did manage to not eat over the insane amounts of stress washing over me. I kept to my plan - 1 peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, a few handfuls of almonds and banana chips for lunch, and half a bowl of rice and veggies for dinner. When I get home I can have a HUGE dill pickle.

Before anybody tells me this is a bad food plan, let me explain that I am extremely poor - I literally had 4 dollars for groceries for the next 2 weeks, so I'm making the best of what I have.

But I got through most of day 1 YYAYAYAYAYYY ME!!!!!!!!

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Tue, 05-04-2004 - 12:25am
Well, I certainly understand being broke as a joke...lol. I have been there too. And it's really hard to eat well/enough when you have to ration your food...so I think you did just fine all things considered!

Sounds like you're making good choices despite the stress (and yeah, wow what a day!)...congrats to you!! :o)

Sarah (oh and welcome to the board!!)

Sarah


 


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 05-04-2004 - 3:50pm
So glad to hear that you made it through all that stress and mess!

  Shawna-- Proud Cl for 100 Pounds or More to Go 

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Tue, 05-04-2004 - 7:33pm
I don't think I've seen you here before, so if you're new, welcome! I'm sorry you had such a stressful day, but I'm glad you're eating is going well for you. Just take it one day at a time and you'll do great.

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 05-03-2004
Tue, 05-04-2004 - 10:09pm
Well, day 2 was not as outwardly stressful, but turned into an eating disaster anyway. About 1pm I lost it. I dug the emergency stash of quarters out of my desk drawer and went to the vending machines got chocolate and Coca Cola and ate myself happy. I was feeling not so good about that, but figured - hey one slip ain't gonna kill me. I lasted til just about 6pm. That's when I remembered I still had a couple dollars for laundry money...

(shaking head)

So, day 2 ... ACK!

Tomorrow we're scheduled to have free pizza at work. I've asked them to get the personal size for me. I'm a vegetarian and I eat the meat-free sauce, so I had an excuse. I probably shouldn't even have that, but this pizza place doesn't serve salad (believe it or not - the last time I asked for salad the woman who ordered the pizza made the delivery man go back to the shop and get it cause she thought he'd just forgotten it. He went to the grocery store and bought me a bagged salad) and I'm in no position to turn down free food.

I flubbed today and I'm vacillating between thinking "It's fine, I'll do better tomorrow" and "OMG! What a LOSER! You stupid freak! You couldn't even get through 48 HOURS!!!!"

Well, I quit drinking 14 years ago, I quit smoking 3 years ago, I quit overeating once before, I can quit it again. And this time it's gonna be for good.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 05-04-2004 - 10:13pm
I dont ever want to read "stupid freak" come out of your posts again...hear me?

  Shawna-- Proud Cl for 100 Pounds or More to Go