Day 16 - Almost Broke Down Today

Today was THE day that I almost broke down and cheated...threw it all away....went for the candy....got the fast food for dinner.  It was the WORST day so far only because of the stress at work and in my life that has been building up.  The first of month is always super busy for me at work and today was no exception.  I worked for about 6 hours on a specific task and realized when I was finished that it was wrong and had to redo everything I had done.  As I've mentioned in earlier posts, Monday and Tuesday were already stressful for me so today was just building.  My normal stress reliever is to workout and because I can't do that, I have no where to release the frustrations of this week.  All I wanted after 3:00 (when the sh$# had hit the fan) was to go get some chocolate and then started thinking about what I could grab for dinner.  I was frustrated, mad, hungry b/c I hadn't eaten my snack yet, and just tired of dealing with everything.  Thankfully, I pulled myself together and remembered my WHY for doing the Reset and made it through the afternoon until I could come home.  All this just reminded me again that when I get that stressed out, I turn to bad food for the comfort.  Unfortunately, after I've eaten it I feel awful because I know it wasn't part of my overall fitness goal....lose, lose situation.  No one wins when I allow this to happen.  I'm happy that it has been so recognizable throughout this process and that it registered in my tiny little brain!

Meals for today were all repeats from before.  Breakfast was watermelon, but I wasn't as satisfied with that as I had been by combining different types of fruit together.  I'll stick with a mixture from now on.

Lunch was leftover edamame/corn recipe and a few almonds.  Still just as good as the first time!

My snack was grapes this afternoon.

 

Dinner was supposed to be curried cauliflower....but I RUINED it!  I was so proud that I had done so well on cooking all of the recipes so far, but today my streak ended lol.  It was so bad I had to throw it all away without even eating it.  Luckily I had a little sweet potato leftover from last night so I repeated last night again.  Still loved my veggies though! 

In the final stretch.....only 5 more days!!!