So I've realized these past two weeks that stress is better managed when you can workout, it hits a lot harder when you can't find time to make it to the gym or have time in between commitments to do something at home.
Last week I was busy with work and working on school projects in preparation for a competition. I'll be away at a school competition and am not intending to over indulge in any foods that will be available.
But tonight I binged I ate low fat baked chips and peanut m&ms without any thought, way over my calories for the day, tie this in with excessive amounts of sleep from the past three days this is how my body is coping and my mind is the hardest part to battle.
I intend to not let this derail all the work and weightloss I've managed to achieve, it is just a blip, I am only human and Rome wasn't built in a day.
When my schedule goes back to normal next week you can be assured my butt will be in the gym, and the program I have been wanting to start will begin and I WILL finish it.
My imagination allows me to think of what I'll look like and feel like when I achieve my overall goal, but when stress like the past week gets in the way sometimes I forget that you have to actually do the work instead of just imagining it.
I don't know if anyone else gets caught in these mind traps, but I'm trying to break habits and keep the motivation high, I just need to be stronger than the cravings and the binge urges sometimes. After years of not caring the amount of calories of what goes in and burns off I'm trying not to overthink it and bring myself down. I also need to find better reward systems and distractions, I love food and it has been a huge aspect in a lot of my emotions from happy rewards to depressed / stress binges.
To be stereotypical, it all starts (again) on Monday!