Day 1

It's day one and I haven't been too bad. So far today, I've had toast, coffee, a PB&J sandwich, and a Hershey's with Almonds candy bar. Hmmm....candy bar? Yeah, I know. The one thing I've learned is to NEVER deprive yourself of anything. If you do deprive yourself you're more likely to binge later.

I've been dealing with some things lately that normally would have made me eat anything and everything. Right now, I'm dealing with shingles (adult chicken pox), which is just as fun as chicken pox. I'm also planning a trip to New York for the weekend after Christmas.

So, I'm really stressed these days but that's pretty normal. I've been swamped with work and busy with school, which adds to me stress. I'm an emotional eater and stress is one of those emotions that makes me eat.

You know, it really frustrates me that the healthy foods are more expensive than the other foods. Maybe instead of imposing a fat tax on certain foods, the government should work to lower the costs of the healthier foods. Just my opinion...

Funds are limited these days with Christmas coming and we just don't have a lot of money to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables. I'm making do with the things I do have but it gets tough. I've realized that I'm the type of person who wants all or nothing. If I can't have the healthy foods, what's the sense in dieting? That's where I'm coming from.

I'm trying to get a handle on my eating before I move on to exercising. I've got a treadmill and a home gym. I can't access my treadmill because some furniture is in front of it. We had to do that because we put up the Christmas tree. The home gym is out in my father-in-law's garage. He's out there all the time so I try to stay out.

I have a meeting in about 10 minutes so I had better get going.