Stress eating

I have a co worker who I love dearly, seriously love her but hate the fact that she loses weight when she’s stressed.  Why?  Because she says she can’t eat when she’s stressed.  I’m the complete opposite.  Stress makes me want to eat so that I’ll feel better.  It makes all the bad stuff in my life disappear; just for a little while.  I know, that’s not helping my problem it makes it worse.  It makes my waist go away is what it really does.  I seriously wish I could have a get out of jail free card when I’m stressed.  You know like in Monopoly.  I’m already stressed, why do I have to gain weight too?  

Any way, it seems work has been more stressful these days than normal.  I don’t think I’ve shared what I do before so here it goes.  I’m a Recruiter for a large healthcare organization in NM.  If you live here you know what I’m talking about.  Anyway, I have a fairly large workload and most days I’m so busy I can’t even think straight.  Because of this heavy workload and stress I eat more.  Why?  Because it makes me feel better, my coworker says she does not have an appetite so has to force herself to eat?  What?  Really?  That is like saying I have to force myself to breathe.  I don’t get it.  I know to each his own….I’ll leave it at that for now.

I want to lose weight

I want to lose weight so that I’ll feel better and most importantly look better.  I’m vain I know it.  Who isn’t?  If you haven’t figured it out already I am an open book, you can ask me anything. So if you ask me why I want to lose weight it is because I want to look better.  No, I want to look HOT.  I’m not concerned by what people think anymore, I’ve had two babies and had 50 people walk in and out of the room while in labor, what people think does not matter any more.  

So how am I going to lose weight?  I am going to get motivated, get off the couch and more importantly I am going to burn more calories than I eat.  I’m going to do this by tracking what I eat, how much I exercise and also blog about it. 

I’ve tried “shakes” and diets and points and yes they work for a little while but than I lose my motivation and then I gain it all back and then some.  So instead of being frustrated I will continue to eat what I like just learn to eat in moderation and also burn off what I eat.