I was going strong all month until yesterday. I didn't skip a single work-out and I didn't let emotional eating get the best of me. Yesterday I skipped my work-out, didn't follow my calorie range for the day and snacked all day and ate a large bowl of ice cream. I went well over my day's worth of calories all because I had a bad day at work. Now I feel like I've hit a brick wall. Complete lack of motivation to exercise and the emotional eater in me is trying to come out...with only 7 more days to lose 0.6 pounds. Not good!
Why do I always do this to myself when I am so close to finishing something? It was just a few days ago that I was so excited about the fact that I lost 4.6 pounds. I've never done that before in only a month's time. Just two days ago I tried on some of my clothes that I couldn't fit in anymore, and they actually fit. Perhaps there is something to learn here about myself. It seems like every time I realize my effort has paid off and I that I can be successful, that is the precise moment I step back and stop. I do not understand.
I have always known that my weight was about the emotional side for me. When I get frustrated, I eat. When I am sad, I eat. When I am angry, I eat. When I am tired, I eat. I have been successful in keeping the emotional eater in me at bay, but I know that I will still have to deal with her. I am still trying to figure out how exactly to do that. I have something pondering to do, to get the bottom of this, but until then, I need to find discipline.
When motivation wanes, there must be discipline. Today is a new day and I cannot let yesterday define me. I am too close to my goal to stop now! Time to get moving.