On Thursday I emailed my friend Cate telling her that I was stressed out, waking up at 3am in a panic, and generally on edge. I said that I was worried about bills, work, and having enough time to study for a certification test I'm taking at the end of August. I said I was so worried that I was thinking about skipping a birthday boat cruise we were going on, and I asked her to remind me not to skip it.
She, being a sane and wonderful person, agreed that if I were to skip the boat cruise, I'd probably spend Saturday night watching TV instead of studying, and that it's in fact important to do the fun things especially in times of stress. And of course, she was right.
I'm now on the other end of the weekend, and I've paid some bills and done some studying. The whole episode had me reflecting on a thing I do when I'm trying to get healthy/lose weight/accomplish some goal: I tend to try and opt out of things. I think if I just turn down the happy hours and family dinners and brunches with friends, I'll be able to stick to my eating plan.
That's not much fun tho'. On the other hand, I've never been capable of doing what the ladies' magazines promote: go to the party, but eat only crudites! Have a small amount of the fatty stuff and drink water for the rest of the evening. Abstain from alcohol cuz it'll make you eat more!
So what do I do? As always, the compromise, the happy medium, the all things in moderation concepts are my friends. I went to the lamb chop family dinner but didn't eat the potatoes. I went on the boat cruise and had some booze, and then ate pretty moderately on Sunday.
I did turn down a mac'n'cheese dinner offer for tonight from my dad. I have no control around mac'n'cheese and I've been great about avoiding pasta and dairy - so I'ma keep that up! There's a fast coming up in our church; I'll join them for a lenten dinner. :)
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