Thanks for reading and your positive comments. I'm still eating too many syns and fall off the wagon on a daily basis but I am doing better than I was pre slimming world and although my journey may be a long, scenic one at least the weight is beginning to come off instead of on!
I think the for and against list has been the most powerful thing I've done to motivate me. Yesterday for example I had a big argument with my husband, stomped out of the house fuming and my first thought was food and bingeing. I drove out of the driveway with my mind full of thoughts of McDonald's drive thru and stuffing my face to feel better and stop me feeling so angry when I suddenly thought to myself....what if I don't eat anything? What if I take some deep breaths, go and see my dad, have a nice cup I coffee and try to deal with my feelings without food? And I did! I coped without food and bingeing and had a nice day with my dad and ate lunch and then dinner on plan. It felt weird as I am so used to using food to cope but I felt very proud!
I have 3 small children who are 5,3 and 2 and this in itself creates a lot of stress. A huge amount of my weight gain has been due to the stress of having small children so close in age and using food to cope with stressful situations. My youngest starts nursery next week for 2 mornings a week so I will finally have 2 mornings to myself. I'm hoping this will help my journey as I'll finally have some me time! Yay!
I hope everyone is having a good day. I'm throwing a children's halloween party tomorrow Morning for my children and some of their friends so there will be lots of temptation but I've also planned to make some sw friendly food. I'm off now to start my preparation! X x
I think the for and against list has been the most powerful thing I've done to motivate me. Yesterday for example I had a big argument with my husband, stomped out of the house fuming and my first thought was food and bingeing. I drove out of the driveway with my mind full of thoughts of McDonald's drive thru and stuffing my face to feel better and stop me feeling so angry when I suddenly thought to myself....what if I don't eat anything? What if I take some deep breaths, go and see my dad, have a nice cup I coffee and try to deal with my feelings without food? And I did! I coped without food and bingeing and had a nice day with my dad and ate lunch and then dinner on plan. It felt weird as I am so used to using food to cope but I felt very proud!
I have 3 small children who are 5,3 and 2 and this in itself creates a lot of stress. A huge amount of my weight gain has been due to the stress of having small children so close in age and using food to cope with stressful situations. My youngest starts nursery next week for 2 mornings a week so I will finally have 2 mornings to myself. I'm hoping this will help my journey as I'll finally have some me time! Yay!
I hope everyone is having a good day. I'm throwing a children's halloween party tomorrow Morning for my children and some of their friends so there will be lots of temptation but I've also planned to make some sw friendly food. I'm off now to start my preparation! X x
