Good morning everyone!! It's a bright sunshiny day in my part of the world...what about yours?
My week started out on a good note and I did great...My husband and I went on a fun train ride on Friday and had a great day. I ate a really healthy lunch in a good Italian restaurant, etc. I was, actually down by 1.5 lbs and was feeling so proud of myself; I was looking forward to making this post this morning...Unfortunately, the week didn't end on that positive note. :-(
I started off my day yesterday in a great mood... My daughter has Lupus and they were having a walk-a-thon, so I was planning to attend that with her. She had done an excellent job of raising money for the cause and was supposed to be awarded some prizes. Unfortunately, her estranged husband picked this weekend to be a jerk (putting it nicely) and turned the entire day upside down.
Although I did spend the day with her, which was good, since I hadn't seen her for a couple of months, it wasn't the fun, light-hearted Mother/Daughter day we'd planned... After we got done dealing with necessities, we had to get something to eat, since neither of us had eaten all day and it was way past lunch... Of course, because of the upset and stress, I opted for "comfort" food instead of healthier choices I would otherwise have chosen. To make matters worse, after I'd polished off that comfort food, I ordered an apple crisp with ice cream, "drizzled" with caramel sauce (more like "smothered" in), while my daughter downed her mudslide... yeah, we really did it, but then she's not trying to lose weight either, although she needs to, also.
Anyway, we never did make it to the walk-a-thon venue, because by the time we were done dealing with the things her estranged husband presented to her, it was too late to get there, which is why we ended up at the restaurant, eating like a couple of "starvin' Marvin's"... She does work at Disney World so she gets a discount on shopping, so we took advantage of that and got in shopping therapy, but I didn't find a lot I wanted to buy - I guess I just wasn't in the mood for shopping because there are ALWAYS things to buy at Disney... lol
Anyway, all said and done, my 1.5 lb loss at the beginning of the week turned into a 2 lb gain for this morning... I do have a bit of swelling in my feet/ankles and hands, but that can't account for enough of it. I have to place the blame squarely on that comfort food, the apple crisp, and ice cream from yesterday... oh, the trip to my daughter's is 1.5 hrs each way, and I did stop and pick up some brews on my way home. I drank a couple of those when I got home last night, which is something I haven't done in months, so of course, that added insult to injury!!
So that's my story -- stress by itself can cause weight gain because of the cortisol, but add all that "not good for me" food and drink on top of it and there's a real recipe for disaster. This just goes to show how one event can turn several lives upside down... I'm glad this is a new week and I can start over again...
I hope everyone else had a much better week than I ended up with... I'm ready to hear some positive stories so let me know how your week and weight loss went...
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful week~~