Catch Up

Holy Moly! I cannot believe it has been a month and a half really, since I have written anything here. Things have been incredibly busy on my end but so much the better! I did get the job I had been interviewing for which is awesome! I love it and so far so good... I get a little bit more money, I am closer to home and it really is an awesome place to work... even the hubby has noticed how much I enjoy it which makes him happy. I have already been to Chicago for a week of training, meet & greets and just general getting to know my team- who are great. We came back to my last payout from my previous job, income tax return and hubby's bonus... not only was this awesome but also a huge blessing! We are now caught up on our bills and have enjoyed some of the money as well... unfortunately for me, when I am happy, I like to celebrate and I do it with food. So let's just say, the month of March has been HELL for me as far as weight loss goes... now, if I was going to win a medal for maintaining, or heck, even gaining that medal would definitely have my name on it. Not only have I been eating more but so much more and a lot of it was not healthy so here I am... beginning this week, I knew I had to get serious about getting back on the wagon, which I did with some success as I lost 2.5 pounds in the first two days- that just goes to show how unhealthily I had been eating- I relapsed yesterday but have climbed back on today. Heck, I can even tell I relapsed yesterday because the tummy is totally rebelling. So here we go again...

But I will say this, I was on the 3-day.org site because I had seen my aunt in one of their commercials so I wanted to send the commercial to my mom so that she could see too (my aunt passed away this past fall, she was a 9 year breast cancer survivor but unfortunately the cancer returned in her spine and she lost the 1.5 year battle due to infection). Well, they have this one clip called inspiration and half way thru I was bawling at the computer... all this before I went into work yesterday. But the video makes a person appreciate their health and it was very moving for me. It made me realize that by staying overweight, I am taking my health for granted which isn't fair to anyone, especially me... followed closely by my family. So the video entitled Inspiration has become my inspiration and I am even considering doing the walk this fall... what a great reason to get active & healthy!!!

I also read an article this morning called Why You Really Eat http://www.prevention.com/article/0,5778,s1-2-67-682-3558-1,00.html
What an awesome article. If anyone out there is an emotional eater, this is a short article that speaks to that and gives some tools on thinking your way out of it... I know I am going to give it a shot because I am an emotional eater, when I am stressed, bored, and happy... anyhoo- take a look at the article and let me know what you think!

So there's my catch up for the last month and a half but am looking forward to trying out the exercise from the article, which I will do here!!!