223 lbs.
I have been underground this week handling a few crazy life challenges that have popped up. My husband has been traveling a lot, and this week's trip coincided with a busy time at my work and some busy events with my kids - requiring me to do some frenetic juggling to meet all of my obligations. Any working parent out there will be able to relate to these cycles of chaos. Heck we all have those times in our own ways. I also received word that my Uncle died, so I'll be flying out to Kansas City this weekend for the funeral. All day between work, soccer games, and my Optifast meeting I was receiving texts from my siblings, trying to coordinate flights (we all live in the West). My husband has been a wonderful help with all of this coordination (especially while I was away for 3 hours at my meeting tonight). So I was thinking tonight that weeks like these would have triggered massive amounts of stress eating if I weren't currently on a strict program. Thank goodness for that.
Although I found it difficult to fully focus during my meeting tonight, it was a pretty good one and gave me something to think about. We discussed our public "mask" vs. our private inner-life. I may project a confident, positive, professional and happy person on the outside, but when I'm in private, I feel the stress of my life, suffer from disorganization, feel rushed and often inadequate. Feeling stressed and rushed has often been the trigger for my overeating, and I indulge in it while in private or in my home. So which is the real me? Maybe both? I left the meeting feeling like it is possible to let the two sides of my persona interact with one another and maybe strengthen my ability to manage my life and emotions, and make a healthy decision not to eat when I am hyped up on stress. After all, the one thing I AM able to control is my eating, and I can learn to feel confident in my ability to stave off that impulse. I can perhaps come home feeling more positive that I can tackle that pile of school papers and find that permission slip that got buried. Maybe even take a few minutes to think of a better system of organizing those things when they come into the house.
In my outside "got it under control" persona, maybe I can learn to make better choices that will lessen the stress an disorganization that trickles down into my private life. I'm starting to do that more, I must admit, and have taken more vacation time to do ordinary things and just rest. But I'm sure there are better logistical decisions I can make that will also help and I'll need to keep working on that. I need to keep practicing this type of self care.
Maybe some of you in the Kaiser Optifast program have some better examples, so feel free to share them in the comments section.
Back to my weekend plans, I will get to test my mettle for staying on the program while traveling. I'll pack my blender bottle, powder, water bottle and my favorite tea. I'm going to set my phone alarm to remind me to drink. My main focus will be to stick to my eating program. Wish me luck.
I have been underground this week handling a few crazy life challenges that have popped up. My husband has been traveling a lot, and this week's trip coincided with a busy time at my work and some busy events with my kids - requiring me to do some frenetic juggling to meet all of my obligations. Any working parent out there will be able to relate to these cycles of chaos. Heck we all have those times in our own ways. I also received word that my Uncle died, so I'll be flying out to Kansas City this weekend for the funeral. All day between work, soccer games, and my Optifast meeting I was receiving texts from my siblings, trying to coordinate flights (we all live in the West). My husband has been a wonderful help with all of this coordination (especially while I was away for 3 hours at my meeting tonight). So I was thinking tonight that weeks like these would have triggered massive amounts of stress eating if I weren't currently on a strict program. Thank goodness for that.
Although I found it difficult to fully focus during my meeting tonight, it was a pretty good one and gave me something to think about. We discussed our public "mask" vs. our private inner-life. I may project a confident, positive, professional and happy person on the outside, but when I'm in private, I feel the stress of my life, suffer from disorganization, feel rushed and often inadequate. Feeling stressed and rushed has often been the trigger for my overeating, and I indulge in it while in private or in my home. So which is the real me? Maybe both? I left the meeting feeling like it is possible to let the two sides of my persona interact with one another and maybe strengthen my ability to manage my life and emotions, and make a healthy decision not to eat when I am hyped up on stress. After all, the one thing I AM able to control is my eating, and I can learn to feel confident in my ability to stave off that impulse. I can perhaps come home feeling more positive that I can tackle that pile of school papers and find that permission slip that got buried. Maybe even take a few minutes to think of a better system of organizing those things when they come into the house.
In my outside "got it under control" persona, maybe I can learn to make better choices that will lessen the stress an disorganization that trickles down into my private life. I'm starting to do that more, I must admit, and have taken more vacation time to do ordinary things and just rest. But I'm sure there are better logistical decisions I can make that will also help and I'll need to keep working on that. I need to keep practicing this type of self care.
Maybe some of you in the Kaiser Optifast program have some better examples, so feel free to share them in the comments section.
Back to my weekend plans, I will get to test my mettle for staying on the program while traveling. I'll pack my blender bottle, powder, water bottle and my favorite tea. I'm going to set my phone alarm to remind me to drink. My main focus will be to stick to my eating program. Wish me luck.
3 comments:
I'm so sorry for the loss of your uncle. Kudos to you for staying dedicated in packing Optifast products to keep your program intact. That is definite strength ;-)
Good luck! But, you are organised and you can do it.
Congrats on your loss this week too. :-)
Thanks ladies. It went surprisingly fine. I was able to stick to the program.
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