Making Good Choices when you are STRESSED OUT!

I don't know about anyone else, but I am so very much a stress eater, an emotional eater, a boredom eater, and an "eat while watching tv" eater. I will pretty much use anything as an excuse to just say "F*** it! I'm ordering pizza!" .. but I know, these are habits that I NEED to overcome and get under control. I will tell you though, it is SO HARD TO DO! Especially when I am super stressed and frustrated and PISSED OFF!
And today at work... well, let's just say, Baskin Robbins and Domino's Pizza need to lock their doors ASAP!

So, today was the most B.S. day EVER at work.. It's whata I have come to call "Firedrill Friday" .. you know, Friday, the last day before the weekend, deadlines need to be met, and then a project (or in today's case THREE projects) get thrown in the mix and "FU-COCK" it all up!! OMG! I swear this company is going to drive me towards alcoholism or something..ARG! Today was so freaking insane and unorganized and clueless, I was running around like crazy trying to meet my deadlines and NEW-Last MINUTE deadlines, and in doing so, I didn't get to eat all day... I didn't get to take my break until after 5pm, and of course, most of that time was rushing to the bank to cash my pay check so I can ACTUALLY have money to buy groceries and eat, and then I had to go to the clinic and weigh in..

yeah, I know.. Not good.. well, let's put this "strategy" in the weight loss books..

"If you are going insane with stress and frustration and you want to ring people's necks, and you don't get to eat all day, and then you weigh in, you lose an entire pound, get beautiful color on your keto-pee stick and lose approximately 2" from your waist and 2.5" in your hips. Granted your blood pressure is MUCH higher than normal, but hey? you lose weight!"

And that's where I'm at right now!

Now, granted, I know that not eating all day is horrible for your body, ESPECIALLY when you are dieting... I know that I need to eat regularly in order to keep my metabolism going smoothly and I did want to, but I will admit that it did calm me just a tad to see that I lost a pound in one day.

Now, I just need to calm down and not take my aggression/frustration/anger/insanity out on an extra large meat lover's pizza and pitcher of Miller Lite and large, chocolate covered coconut macaroons! HELP!!

I need to do what I did last night.. stop, think about what I want to do, what's better for me in the long run, and make the right choices...

I did make the right choice last night, and when my friend decided to treat me to dinner and starbucks INSTEAD of going to the gym and kicking my ass into soreness and exhaustion, I made good eating decisions, which, is quite difficult to do when your best friend is ordering a burger and french fries. I chose a grilled chicken salad and had the lowest carbohydrates and calorie dressing I could get, on the side and I drank three large glasses of water instead of any soda or alcohol. Granted, I was dying and did munch on a few of her steak fries, but after awhile, I had to do something before I ate an entire basket of them.. I poured ranch, ketchup, bbq mayo, salt, and malt vinegar all over them so I wouldn't touch them anymore. Goodness, they were so freakin' tempting!! French fries, potato chips, bread, rice, noodles, all the salty carbs are my weakness.. So, I was proud of myself for destroying the temptation before it destroyed me.

Afterwards at Starbucks I got a medium sugar-free, non-fat latte.. only 140 calories and 18 carbs (if you drink the whole thing, which I never do). And, what I was proud of the most with myself, is that on the way home, I decided to stop at the gym and get some cardio in. The teadmills were all occupied so I tried this weird eliptical/running/stairmaster, glider machine.. It's really weird, but it kicked my ass... over 400 calories burned in 30 minutes, and my heart rate was through the roof! I was tired and drank an insane amount of water, just at the gym alone (I think almost 48 oz.)..

Anyway, I got my aggression out and fell asleep pretty quickly–AMEN!

It's a shame I had to end my work week with such an insane and stressful and frustrating day, but it doesn't mean I need to start my weekend the same way. Thanks to the bank staying open until 6 pm, I now have a little bit of money and plan to relax and treat myself to a movie (without popcorn) or maybe a good, healthy dinner ... I need to celebrate.. I've done pretty well in the last two weeks.. I have officially lost 5.2 inches and 7.2 pounds in 15 days!

YEAH ME!!