Sick Days and Listening to the cues from our body.

Sick days...great when you are in school.  Lay around eat soup and watch cartoons.  But not so good when you are mom, wife, and a dieter.  For last week I have been fighting something and Wednesday my body finally said NOT HAPPENING!!!!  So Wednesday I caught up on my Hulu shows, finished watching Rescue me on Netflix.  Played with Abbie and did a little housework and made dinner.  Thursday I felt great but a workout was almost too much because the body was still mending.  I also made a huge mistake.  I got so caught up in catching up...I forgot to eat.  The water and the coffee were there, but the calories were not.

So after thinking about my mistake and the fact I cut my workout kinda short....I decided to own up to my mistake and hopefully help other people from making same mistake.  From about 1 yesterday afternoon between texts and phone calls from friends and family, trying to recover the house to full "clean" state, cleaning kitchen and all the baking I had to do, I never stopped.  I normally have a mommy moment in the after noon with a cup of coffee and a sit down spell at the computer with a premeasured snack and play a few rounds of Face Book Games.  Never happened yesterday. I learned first hand the body sends out its cues and when you don't listen you get a big "HEY STUPID" in the form of a headache and almost passing out on the treadmill.

4 days away from finishing a No Binge Eating Challenge, and I forget to eat...only me. But I also realized, my life is no longer centered around food.  Crazy feeling when you break that habit.  I eat when hungry not out of boredom, emotional state, or because I can always not eat tomorrow because I over ate today. I have a handle over the calories I intake and have learned portion sizes.  Best part is I am still losing weight every week.  I have one goal between now and January 1st....that is to be at 266...to finally break 270...almost did this week.  I have got it next week,  my no workout Wednesday kinda derailed being under this week...but I had to listen to body.

Well I am gonna wrap this up as I head into another busy day.  Weirdly enough, is it Monday yet?  I have a busy weekend ahead of me, but armed with Coffee and my water bottle I will be Ok.  Almost through the holiday season....

Happy Dieting