Journey to Slimsville ... again

Well I had my first hard few days this week...
All the stresses you could think about hit me in one week ... I was sick, had my period, financially stressed, kids starting back at school, baby teething (lack of sleep for me), work going crazy (I work with stressed out brides), no healthy food in the house, and trying to lose weight .... WOW is all I can say.
Actually now that I analyze it and see it in writing I'm amazed I came through as well as I did. When I am stressed and busy I don't eat. This is a big no-no on ww. Normally I can go all day and not eat until late afternoon/dinner, choosing to stay focused on getting my work done. And since the ww meals (or anything healthy for that matter) takes time and preparation to make I found myself putting eating off until I got to the end of the day and had 15 points still to use. As soon as I got busy I found myself flipping back into my old habits. I very seldom have a problem of overeating but in fact have the opposite... I don't eat or drink enough. I tend to put myself last on the priority list. This lack of eating actually slows my metabolism so much (along with the lack of water) till its virtually at a standstill, then when I finally do eat at dinner time I am so hungry I eat a large meal, only to go to bed with it going nowhere.
It's funny, I know all the rules and that what I am doing wrong and on a good day I am fine and concentrate to get my eating and drinking right, but as soon as my focus has shifted onto work, kids or whatever else I can't seem to do it. I see this is something I am going to have to really work on.
No one at ww seems to understand my dilemma. They say to have instant healthy snacks to nibble on during the day, but the problem with that is, they are expensive and we are on a very tight budget too.
After having 2 days of nearly starving myself and my period due anyday I was not looking forward to my weigh in ... 400gm loss. At first I was disappointed as my exercise had been up and I had not gone over my points but after having time to digest it, I am very pleased. Given it was the TOM for me (Time of the Month) I seem to retain water then. So I have had a sleep on it and ready to tackle my bad eating habits again with a fresh new day. It's funny what a good nights sleep does to a huge dilemma. I heard a saying once... "The best way to make your dreams come true ... is to wake up!" So true, each day is a new day and a good one if you can get yourself out of bed.
Today went very well, I managed to track and eat all my points wisely, drink all my water and for the past 2 days have started walking my kids to school and picking them up from school. A total of 45mins walking each day. This is working out well for my exercise and gets me and the younger kids out of the house twice a day. The only problem is the organisation of it all. Making sure the younger two aren't having their sleep at that time of the day and fitting it in to my business work. It worked great today and yesterday but I am not very busy with work at the moment, so we shall see. The weather is great at the moment too to will have to reassess the situation when winter comes along. One day at a time tho... for now it's working great.
I did my measurements today ... yay! I have lost a total of 16cm around my body. 2cm off my upper arm, 2cm off my waist, 1.5cm off my hips and wait for it .... 10.5cm off my thigh (I find this last one a bit suspect ... but hey who's complaining not me! lol
I am only measuring myself once every three weeks so this was a nice surprise and comfort considering my slow weightloss this week. All in all I am very happy with how things are going. I have lost weight every week since I started 3 weeks ago.
I did grocery shopping last night when I was tired, hungry and had just had my terrible weigh in (not a good decision... lol) hence I spent up large!! But all on good stuff, made sure I had the pantry stocked up with healthy snacks and lots of low cal sugar substitutes (I crave sweet things at my TOM) The only problem being the poor budget, I feel sorry for the ol' budget at times like this, he takes a hammering... oh well... tomorrows another day.
Till then ... chow
Lyn
SW 107.4kg
CW 103.8kg
GW 65kg