Day Two Hundred and Sixty-One - No More Emotional Eating

I know we've touched on eating based on emotions in previous posts, but I want to talk about it tonight.  In the past, any time I had a bad day or received bad news or was down about something (which wasn't often), I would binge.  I would literally eat junk with a subconscious thought that I was eating my frustration away.  It would be nothing for me to down two or more combos from a fast food joint.  I am so grateful for this life change.

These past few days have been fairly rough, an emotional roller coaster if you will.  I received and answer about something last night that wasn't exactly the answer I was expecting (or wanting) to hear.  While I was sitting at my desk today, I was thinking about how my reaction to yesterday or today would have been so different in the past.  There was a brief moment that I had the desire to stop on my way home, but the self-control that I have learned from my journey kicked in (and the reminder that we don't eat out unnecessarily anymore).  So as I sit here with my family, I feel victorious.  It had been a while since I had that type of temptation, and I am excited to have overcome it.  I'm grateful for this journey and I'm happy to be losing my butter half.

My calories today were great.  Bekah turned the last of our Instant Pot chicken and rice into Fajita Meat over Salsa Rice.  It was amazing!  So I am happy to say that my workout was better today.  I am already improving on my pushups.  I was able to get nine (much better quality) push-ups in.  Hopefully by Thursday I'll be able to do fifteen!