Saturday, March 29, 2008

3.29.08

It's been a murderous 3 weeks at work. New computer system, lots of O.T., lots of stress. I have been exhausted, and haven't wanted to think about what I've been eating. So I haven't been. I've been using food as solace. The good thing is, I've been hovering around the same weight, so I haven't done too much damage.

I started back with mindful eating today. And I'm doing an experiment with my beloved cottage cheese. Maybe if I make it more common, I won't feel the need to gobble it all down so quickly. So I bought 2 cartons yesterday. I can have a little every day. It's going to be there, so I can always have more. One of the girls in the ISU study suggested cottage cheese on an english muffin with jam. I don't like sweet so much with my cottage cheese, so this morning I had a lightly butter sourdough english muffin with 2/3 cup cottage cheese. A little bland. Tomorrow, I will add something else. Maybe some bacon, or perhaps some pasta sauce. I know, sounds weird, but I like weird.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

3.13.08

We went for another walk today. This time around the outside of Collett Park, which is about a mile. I really enjoyed it. It has been SOOOOOOOOO stressful at work, and it was good to get outside and walk it off. Shake off all the work ickies. Plus a nice time to reconnect w/Sean.

And it was a beautiful day today, although it had started clouding up by the time I got off work. It was starting to rain at the end of our walk.

I think we will continue to walk at Collett Park this spring. It's just a few blocks from work, and once we get home, we tend not to walk. As it gets warmer, I can take shorts to change into.

We saw 20 squirrels today! The squirrels at this park are pretty used to people, and don't get too excited.

Eating has been better today. Not so much last night, though. Still feeding the stress.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

3.11.08

Well, my husband yelled at me recently for not updating my blog, so here I am.

Nothing much (good) to report. Although we did take a nice walk at Collett Park tonight. It was the first nice day in a long time. Today wasn't so much about distance as it was just getting out and getting started.

Eating was HORRIBLE last week. I've been stressed out at work, tired, and was PMSing. Bad combo. Haven't even cracked open my mindful eating stuff. I've just been medicating with food.

Haven't been doing many stairs, either. They are hard! But I need to get more in.

That's pretty much it for my excuses.