Today was a rough day for me as I wrestled with some issues. Basically I had a meltdown over my fundamental belief system changing (and accepting that), not having enough money to pay my bills, and a few other minor stressors. It was an extremely rough morning that led me to some emotional eating. It wasn’t the best solution but it was soothing and it’s done now.
Anyway, the morning started off with an awesome squash omelet made by Kepa. There was no cheese so I’m not sure if it’s technically an omelet, but it was yummy and sweet.
(Kepa took the omelet photo… Yay!)
Then came in the emotional eating. Enter: triscuits.
I ate a few of those with some cream cheese. I also ate a bowl of raisin bran. It was the best part of my morning by any means. I took a perfectly good food morning and ruined it. Just like I let the stress of certain situations ruin my mood. I wish that hadn’t happened and I had tried to think it through first. Oh well. Live and learn. Tomorrow is a new day!
For lunch Kepa made a thin crust sicilian pizza and I ate two slices.
(Kepa took the pizza photo… Oops!)
We went to walmart while we were waiting to go to an event and Kepa took a photo with Ronald McDonald! It’s actually just a statue, but it’s a bit freaky that it’s always there.
At the event we went to the food was a Memphis favorite: BBQ. So I ate a pulled pork sandwich with BBQ sauce and baked beans. I also drank SWEET TEA! Oh my goodness!
I rarely drink sweet tea but when I do I enjoy it oh so much!
After dinner I had a bite of Kepa’s biscuit and gravy that my mom had left for him.
Le sigh.
Tomorrow is Kepa’s last full day in the US. He flies out on Saturday. Sad day. But I’ve got so much to do in the next week that I think I’ll survive. Maybe.
Ah. Sometimes I’m just glad when days end. Anyone else ever feel like that?
And here ends the post.
Ever tried squash with eggs? It’s rather good!
What do you do to stop emotional eating?
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I just roll with emotional eating. Because when we are sad or upset we will do something to make ourselves feel better. If you want chocolate, eat it. Avoiding it will only make you think about it and want it more.
I hope things are happier for you- this is an amazing time in your life and I want you to enjoy it!
<3
I WANT EGGS AND SQUASH!!!! Sorry to yell, but that looks amazing.
I definitely have days once in a while where I’m glad they’re over and I can go to sleep and be unconscious for a little while and forget about my troubles. You’re not alone there, don’t worry.
It’s so hard to avoid emotional eating completely…I don’t know that I have any strategies for avoiding it, but in terms of dealing with it afterward, exercise always makes me feel better. If I can work up a good sweat and exhaust myself, it clears my head and kind of resets everything. Any bad feelings about succumbing to emotional eating disappear, as well as uncomfortable stuffed sensations. Also makes me less stressed about whatever was bothering me in the first place.
I typically don’t give my opinon unless asked and since you asked… (who am I kidding, I’m a blogger — I’m ALL ABOUT sharing my opinon, ha!)
Lady Lady Lady…you are on quite an emotional rollercoaster the past few months. Kepa is visiting, you took a road trip, an amazingly beautiful proposal (which comes with some serious emotions) and your upcoming trip. Now, you add some MAJOR thinking & reflection about your fundamental belief system? The best part is that you made it through yesterday and stopped to take time to reflect. That truly is key. Continue to allow yourself to experience all of those feelings and to be vulnerable in the rawest definition. Tis the only way you’ll make it through to the other side!
And the emotional eating crap? Eh. I didn’t see anything HORRIBLE there. You didn’t binge on dairy queen or KFC. I’m sure it felt like you went crazy overboard but today is a new day so smile DAMMIT!
True. At least when I eat now it’s not nearly as bad as it used to be. Even when I feel “out of control” now it’s not nearly as bad as it once was.
Might be off-base here, but I honestly don’t see a huge difference between what you ate yesterday (quality/quantity-wise) as compared to past days. It seem that ‘intent’ has to do with whether or not you consider your consumption ‘emotional’-based because honestly, I wouldn’t have considered this menu out of the ordinary if you didn’t mention it… weird?
It’s not the menu, but the intent and how much I ate. The stuff I didn’t photograph was actually quite large amounts. I ate so many triscuits and cereal that I felt almost sick. I guess I left that part out… but yeah, that’s why it was pretty miserable. But other than that the food is the same.
Do all omlettes have cheese? I never noticed that before. Yes, I definitely have had lots of days that I just want to end and go to sleep and forget about them. I don’t think ive tried squash with eggs. Wait, I think my mother has made a quiche before with summer squash or zucchini, which is eggs.
No they don’t, but I always think of an omelet having cheese.
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