Between daily life, quitting my job, helping my grandma find a house in Springfield, and getting ready to start a new chapter in life.... April kind of disappeared on me.
I had posted on Facebook last week that my last day at Springfield Van & Storage will be this Friday, April 29th. I am going to finally be able to be home with Carson during the day and I am thrilled about that! I will then start working at Hy Vee a few evenings a week just for something to do and a little extra income. It will be a nice change for our family and I cannot even being to tell you how excited I am about it.
My grandma is moving to Springfield very soon and she will be moving in up the street from me. We are going to be super busy getting her house all fixed up the way she wants it but it is going to be nice to have her closer and be able to help her out more. And when I say up the street from me, that's no joke. Her new house is on my street and within walking distance.
I really don't have much else to update other than the fact that I decided to not be a Beachbody coach anymore. That was short lived, huh? The reason I made that decision is because I had a really good couple of weeks staying on track and then the inevitable happened..... I binged and I binged BAD. That is what happens to me every time I restrict my diet and have foods that are "bad" and "off limits". It triggers something inside of me that makes me crazy and I always snap and go off the deep end.
Recently I read two AMAZING books that have helped me tremendously and the past week and a half I have never been happier or felt better. I am eating what I want, when I want it, and ONLY when I'm hungry. Crazy thought huh? I stop eating when I'm full too. NO WAY! Alert the press! The new diet fad is in! Hahahaha. I have successfully been losing weight and feeling the changes in my body and I am not depriving myself of anything. It's amazing that when you listen to your body's hunger signals and cravings and eat what you want that you don't feel depressed, angry, deprived, upset, or guilty when you eat something you're "not supposed to".
You would think all I crave is sweets and junk, right? Wrong. The first two days I probably did go a little heavy on the baked goods and chips - but that's stopped now. I want fresh foods, salads, whole avocados, fruit, nuts, whole grains...... I'm eating better now than I have on any "diet" I've done.
The best part about this? I have rekindled my love of baking. Oh how I love to bake. I have missed it. I stopped baking so much because those were "no-no" foods and bad for me and if I made them I'd surely binge. I have made two huge batches of chocolate chips cookies and an amazing layer fudge cake with chocolate butter cream frosting and have controlled myself with ease. It's amazing.
If you're curious about the books I've read, here they are:
Josie Spinardi's Thinside Out
Kathryn Hansen's Brain Over Binge
Both of these books were insanely eye opening to me and I am so glad I read them. They have officially changed the way I think about food and my relationship with it.
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