Health Stuff

[olivermoss]

I had a bad migraine hit on Monday. I kept not going to the store for food, so one night my dinner was literally pretzels and chocolate mints.

So, I decided to take a week off from Weight Watchers. WW does a weekly points system, so I threw out the whole week and am restating today. If I tried to do points while not feeling well and tried to only eat as many pretzels as my points would allow that would have stressed me out. Long term, that kind of stress is a health / healthy eating killer. I knew skipping a week was the right move.

I wasn't stressed out about it because I am already down over 30 pounds. Having a migraine screw up my week sucks, but this tripping up my diet didn't bother me. It's hard to be bothered when my clothing hangs this differently. My shoulders are very broad, so my shirt size hasn't changed yet and isn't going to even if I lose another 30. My shoulders don't get skinnier. So, I am mostly wearing the same clothes, they just look a lot different.

I went off plan, but I didn't binge or have a bunch of beer. I did make and eat a lot of rice with chicken and cashews because I have a bag of cashews in the house. I didn't eat great and also I maaaay have had a big dinner and desert last night since it was going to be my last off plan night for a while.

And I am still down a pound anyway!

Thing about diets is that they need to be able to work with the real world. Keeping stress low, not winding up with food stress, messed up ideas or feeling towards foods, getting sleep, it all important. Dieting / food stress that can give people long term eating problems, aversions and ... I am not sure what I call it. I don't want to use the term 'disordered eating' but it's ... food issues? Whatever the word is for the middle ground between a bad habit and actual disordered eating. Like the illogical bad complicated feelings I get when I add a full 1/4 teaspoon more oil than is strictly needed when cooking.

But I do need to have a better plan for not feeling well than just eating pretzels, especially since the vaccine can knock people out for a bit. My doctor actually has recommended against me getting a flu shot the past few years because of how strong my body reacts. So I need to plan for those speed bumps as well.