Day 24 and 25 - The struggle continues

I've been so busy playing catch up for the last week, it's been hard to keep up with this.  So, it's another double post today.

Friday went pretty well.  I ate according to my plan and got all of my exercise in.  Later that evening, though, things changed.  I have GERD and I take omeprazole daily to keep the heartburn at bay.  Well, when I filled my pill boxes for the week two days before, I forgot to put it in there.  I ended up with wicked heartburn.  I took the omeprazole as soon as I figured it out, took several rounds of Pepto and even used my essential oils (2 drops of lemon, 2 drops of peppermint and 3 drops of sandalwood in 1 tbsp of fractionated coconut oil - rub clockwise over breast bone). Surprisingly, the essential oils worked better than the other meds but still didn't knock it completely out because I had missed the omeprazole for 2 days at that point. Another trick, I was taught some time ago was a vanilla milkshake.  It has to be vanilla.  For whatever reason, it works every time.  So, definitely not on plan but I'm being a little lenient on this one because I couldn't lay down to sleep because it got worse when I tried.

Yesterday, didn't quite go as planned.  I wanted to do a second day of strength training because I only did it once for the week instead of twice, like I had planned.  I couldn't do it, however, because the first day I pushed too hard and my left elbow hurt.  I couldn't even straighten my arm yesterday.  And, I woke up late again so breakfast was at about 10:00, which threw me off for the rest of the day. Then, instead of getting chores done, I ended up chatting with my son's girlfriend for about 2 hours.  I do not regret that though.  I haven't had a chance to get to know her but she is super sweet and has my son's best interests at heart.  So, yeah, I like her.  But, I forgot lunch until it was too late.  I ended up snacking on melon instead of eating something real for lunch.  This always leads to bad choices and I need to learn to stop doing that.  I stuck to my dinner plan but, after that, I ate 6 cookies.  Definitely not the plan and, definitely, all on me.  I didn't have to do it.  And I actually screwed up my sleep because of it.  Dumb move!

So today it's back on track.  My plan is:

Breakfast:  4 strips of bacon and 2 eggs

Lunch: leftover enchilada casserole (every time I eat this I eat smaller portions to see hw much I actually need to feel satisfied)

Dinner:  Chicken and veggies

Snacks: cherries or melon

Sunday is my day of of exercise so, whatever I get in is a bonus.

Day 21 of the Emotional Eating 30 Day Journal Challenge

I feel most at peace and connected when I...because..

I feel most at peace and connected when I have time to just chill out with my husband and my dogs because it lets me recharge after a busy day/week.  If you can't tell, I'm really into animals and my dogs and cats are my fur kids.  And, of course, I like hanging out with my husband. We love finding movies or shows to binge watch when we just want to relax.

Day 22 of the Emotional Eating 30 Day Journal Challenge

What advise would I like to give younger me?

I could go on forever with this one but the big ones are, quit eating so much junk food.  Learn to cook more healthy for myself and my son. You're not as fat as you think.  Don't stress about every little thing or you'll destroy your poor body.  Spend more time playing with your son because it goes by too fast.  Think before you act and on...and on...and on...

If only we could actually do that but, I guess, since we can't, we can look at it as gaining wisdom as we get older.

Alright, so I'm off to the races again.  I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and always remember...Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.