Stress Level

So, my stress levels were SKY HIGH this last weekend. Friday night, we find out that my hubby has lost his job. We are without his income, and all of the finances have now fallen on my shoulders until he can find something. He's going to try a couple of temp agencies to try to help and see if he can bring enough in to help with our rent.
Saturday, I had a lot of stress going on at my work. I'm a manager, and I had two employees who weren't getting along. I'm not going to go into the details of what and why on that subject, but I came home from work on Saturday, and my hubby didn't know what to do to help me. He is a good man, and he let me have a moment in his arms, and then I was so exhausted from all of the stress of the previous couple of days, that he let me take a small nap. Once the work stuff was all resolved, I felt much better about things, but I still wasn't eating a lot, so I'm glad that I was too exhausted to work out all weekend. I ate like a bird, just kind of picking at my food. Usually in this situation, I would have eaten everything I could get my hands on.
So, even though my stress was high, I didn't emotionally eat, which makes me proud of myself. I know I need to be careful with that, and make sure that I am eating enough. I know better than to intentionally starve myself and kill my metabolism.
So, here's to a week where I can handle stress better! (And find ways of extra income!)

EXCITED!!!!!!!!!

I am happy to announce that I have lost another pound! I'm really chipping away at this extra weight that I have been carrying around! It makes me very excited to see that on the scale. The more exciting thing, is that I am feeling it in my clothes! I'm about ready to buy new pants for work, because I have been wearing skirts all summer! A couple more pounds, and I should have to buy a new pair of pants! :)

Rice Cakes

Ok, so lately I have totally been craving rice cakes! My hubby spotted his favorite ones at the store this last week, so we picked those up, plus a bag of my favorites. I took some for breakfast the next day, and it was so tasty! I could hardly believe it had been that long since I had bought them! They are a wonderful calorie controlled meal/snack for me on my plan, so believe me when I say I will be buying them fairly often! My hubby devoured his in the first night! I could hardly believe it! He usually takes a couple of days with them at least, but he scarfed them down! It was crazy! I guess my healthier food choices are starting to rub off on him...but now we need to work on his portion control! ;)

Costa Vida

Dear Costa Vida,
I'm sorry to inform you, but we have to break up. When I eat one of your delicious Smothered Sweet Pork Burrito's, I can't stop myself in enough time to have portion control. When I eat all of it, I am consuming 1100 calories in one sitting, and 113 carbs, which is insane! I can't succeed on my journey, and continue to eat you on a regular basis. Once I get a little smaller, I may be able to come and visit you again, but for now we must part ways, and move on with our lives. I hope you can handle it better than me. Don't Cry for me Costa Vida, I will be back further along my journey.
Lots of love,
Shae the Fat Minnie

Weekends

So, I have to say the weekends are the hardest for me to stay on track with my eating and everything. It just seems to be so hectic when it comes to my schedule, that I don't know what to do to stay on track! We also usually eat dinner with my parents or my in laws on Sundays. I'm not always in control of what is offered for the meal, so I try my best to not pig out on anything, but sometimes I don't have enough of what I should.
What are your tricks to staying on track over the weekend? I always feel so sluggish and flabby on Monday morning when I do my workout...

WAHOO!!!!!

I am so proud of myself! I jumped on the scale this morning at work, and I realized that I had lost another 3 lbs! YaY! I couldn't be happier! That makes my total weight loss 30 lbs so far, and I couldn't feel better about getting there! It's been a long 2 years of losing weight, but it has been worth it, and will continue to be so!

Cruelty

This morning, I found out what a couple of people on my facebook really thought of me, and it was heartbreaking. I can't believe that I thought they cared about me, and they thought other things of me. Maybe I always look for the best in people, but I have never truly felt that I was better than anyone, or that someone would ever say the things these people said. I'm still in shock over it as I type this post.
The first thing I wanted to do was run across the street to Burger King, and not care what I ordered. I realized that I have done that a lot in my life when I felt someone was being cruel to me. So I stopped myself, and instead of running over there, I did 2 things. First, I blocked these cruel people from my facebook so that I would never have to know anything else their cruelty would ever want to tell me. Second, I wrote this post. I feel like I don't want to pig out on Burger King anymore, so that's a good thing. I'm also glad to get their negativity out of my life. I can't have the negativity if I want to be successful on my journey!
So, here's to a better rest of the day! It's only 6am, and I have a long great day ahead of me!