"birthday week" lol
I like your idea about adding in the good stuff. Yesterday when I was toying with the idea of eating chips and a coke I thought about what Dr. S said about that kind of idea. She said if you have to binge just make sure you do it around your balanced eating. Sounds like you did that.
I avoided the chips/coke pitfall, but fell into a pit of valentine junk the boys brought home from school, then pizza at night as a response to a mildly stressful situation.
At least I'm identifying boredom and stress as my emotional eating triggers... Well, that and anytime hunger hits when I'm unprepared.
The pizza tipped the scales on the adrenal overload though and I had the full blow hives last night. (hives is what has brought me around to this point of trying to find an answer in the first place) It was so bad that I had to take the medicine for it, which I'm sure only makes things worse internally. I'm mostly a zombie today.
Historically this is when I would just eat whatever I can find, but I'm really going to try and stay on the right track today. I'm in the midst of starting a new job, so it's a little difficult especially since I haven't been to Whole Foods yet and I'm working with a limited pantry.
You know, maybe I should start a journal for all of these thoughts I'm working through. It helps to have someone to bounce things off of, that's for sure. My DH is as supportive as he can be, but he hasn't read the book yet and he's seen me go on and off 'the answer' for the past 3 years now. I don't blame him for not being convinced. Especially when I struggle so much.
Also, wondering about the feelings I was having yesterday re: eating chips and soda. It was like a longing almost. Eating a real lunch helped and I was able to resist it fine then, but I wondered about the root of what I was actually feeling there...
On a positive note! Here's what I've accomplished this week:
I passed up offers for candy/chocolate/sweets a couple different times.
I subbed green tea for coffee/pop a few times.
I added many, many healthy meals in place of unhealthy ones.
Jenn is making a conscious effort to change the way she eats for life!