Day 3

So day 3 of....what shall we call this, the 2010 Reset Button Project?  Sure!  So, day 3 of the 2010 Reset Button Project has started off well.  Weight Watchers is such a great system for me, though it does involves numbers (calculations are done by the site!) I find that really being clear on how much I'm eating is helpful in being present with the idea of 'fueling' my body vs. using food as a coping mechanism. 

I picked up a cool magazine yesterday called GOOD and the whole issue is about slowing down.  Pretty good stuff and one of their suggestions about how we can slow down is by eliminating something (TV, sugar, cell phone, etc).  But what I loved about the advice, is that they focused on replacing that something with something else.  Since food is how I 'manage' or maybe, in other words, 'don't manage' I'm kind of left without skills.  Or maybe I'm left having to rely on dusty skills I neglect to use because I numb out with food so often.  Hmph.  This is tough - tough on my husband too!  My crankiness is tripled because of coming off of sugar AND not having that stuffed-full feeling to 'make it all better.'  And there have been 3 headaches so far this week, I'm sure that's the no-sugar feeling my body isn't quite used to.  But I'm hoping that will end. 

I AM feeling overwhelmed though - at home and at work, so the desire to escape is strong!  I'm hoping that some working-out at the Y.  I brought all my stuff to work today - we'll see if I can get there.  Have a bit of a busy day.  But I know it would help.