I've known that stress eating was something I really needed to deal with in order to feel good about my diet. Today was a huge lesson. I got up early and ate a really good, filling, tasty breakfast. I had a guitar lesson at 12:30 so lunch was late and I was very hungry! It felt good to have my stomach growling. I took the time to make a pretty healthy lunch and enjoyed it greatly! Then the stress started. On the Richter scale of stress, this was a 9...maybe that's putting it mildly! At one point, during this very unpleasant meeting I needed to attend, I literally had to put my finger to my lips in order to NOT say what I wanted to say!! Yuck! The fallout from going through this was a emotional grocery shopping trip. Unfortunately I could not wait to shop and it was painful. I really felt like everything sugary or unhealthy or greasy or fatty or just plain ol' bad for me was singing my name! I just wanted to eat it all!
I didn't!
I am disappointed in only one thing. I was going to make homemade pizza with whole wheat crust but opted for an Amy's roasted veggie pizza (it was lovely!). I just didn't have the time or the emotional state to make the crust and get everything ready. So I took the easy way out, but it was a healthy easy way!
Here's the day
Breakfast:
2 ea. homemade breakfast taco's with
2 ea. scrambled eggs
2 ea. slices organic turkey bacon
avocado slices and tomatoes
Lunch:
1 ea. gardenburger
1 ea. orowheat sandwich thin - 100% whole wheat
avocado slices and tomatoes
6 sm. strawberries
Dinner:
1 serving Amy's roasted veggie pizza
1 sm. salad w/tomatoes, avocado, dried cherries and sesame seeds (oh sooo good!)
Snack:
1 med. apple
1 med. banana
here's the breakdown:
1,294 cal. consumed
1,687 cal. BMR
0 exercise (yep! This was another contributor to my stress level. I had a scheduled run that I had to cancel - not good when you're a running addict!!)
another negative differential
-393
I really learned a lot today and feel good that I resisted all those Ho Ho's, Twinkies and potato chips!!
I can do this! I can make healthy choices regardless of what's going on emotionally! The trick is to keep it going!
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