Stress Eating

I am officially a stress eater.  I didn't want to be on several of my calls today and I definitely had the munchies.

I started well with an English muffin for breakfast.  During the lunch time calls I grabbed a few cashews until I could get something else.  Around three I gave up and put the phone on mute and made a grilled cheese sandwich.  I grabbed a few cashews while I was waiting.  The good news is that I counted everything and I didn't eat as much as I used to, but I was still snacking.

It was so hot here today (68 at six - that may not sound like much by in San Francisco it's a heat wave!) so I didn't want to turn on the oven or the crock pot.  I ended up heating up some of last night's baked sweet & sour chicken.  It's just as yummy the second time around. 

Unfortunately, it just didn't hold me over.  I had some popcorn (the individual popcorn packets are wonderful!).  Then I had a craving for some ice cream.  Maybe I need to stop buying the small, single serving ice creams!  It just felt like I'm snacking a lot.  It's better than I would have done in the past, but it's still snacking.

When I looked over the healthy routines, what I'm noticing is that I'm not getting enough fruits/veggies in during the day.  I think that's why I'm not full.  How do you guys do it?  Did you start by setting goals like having a fruit or vegetable with each meal?

I've hit my ActiveLink goals everyday for the last week (except for the days where I've forgotten it for most of the day!).  So I think that will be my new goal - a fruit/veggie with each meal.

On another note - my last open wound from my surgery is almost closed!  That means I can start swimming!  I've looked up the PacMasters swim clubs and have the hours/training times, so I'm going to put on my big girl panties (or swimsuit in this case) and just go to one of the trainings.  I used to swim as a kid and that was my favorite part of my tri training so I can't wait to pick it up again.  I just hope they are as welcoming of slow people as the web-site says!

I really need to be diligent tomorrow since we have a work dinner - Chinese.  The specifically chose Chinese so we could eat family style, which will make it hard for me to focus on the healthy options that I choose and not feel like I'm "hogging" them and not sharing with others.

Wish me luck!

xxoo

Deb