Brea Getting Fit

You have to realize that life happens and move on. Today I ate about 600 calories worth of Easter candy (Snicker’s and Hershey Kisses to be exact). This wouldn’t be too terrible, except that it put me WAAAAY outside my normal BMR. I realize that I can workout, which I will do tonight, but it’s still frustrating to have one little indiscretion throw your plans for the day. There are a few things that I’ve learned about caving for “trigger” foods:

1. Figure out what caused you to reach for that particular food. Are you stressed/happy/hungry?

2. Think about better options that you have available so that this doesn’t happen again (at least anytime soon).

3. Make a list of other ways to deal with stress/depression/anxiety/happiness/sadness….basically any emotion that would normally trigger you to eat. Do you like to write? Create a blog. Exercise? Go for a walk. Cook? Make a casserole to freeze for later in the week.

4. Be honest with yourself. What you ate needs to be written down in your journal so that you can go back and figure out WHY you gained that .5 pounds (or didn’t lose).

5. Perhaps most importantly, you need to realize that fitness is a daily journey. It’s very important that you learn from your mistake and then…

6. MOVE ON! Do NOT let one little indiscretion completely derail your efforts. Just because you ate ALL the Pringles does NOT mean that you can continue to be a human vacuum cleaner.

All that being said, I ate the candy because I was bored sitting here at my desk. I feel slightly guilty, but I’m more uncomfortable, since my tummy is NOT used to this! LOL I think that I would rather play Solitaire in the future than feel my tummy be all puffy again any time soon. We all have these kinds of days…for me they usually follow holidays (especially ones where candy plays a larger role)…in this case, a friend gave me some chocolate…so I thought “why not?” In the future, any candy that I recieve will go in the office candy dish so that I can share my sweet disposition with others.

Here’s to a fresh start (and no more tummy aches)!!