Yesterday, I woke up super cranky from a sugar-dairy-and-wheat bomb I had the night before. It is not just digestive problems that I have with those foods but also the lethargy, headaches, mood changes, etc. That is why I laugh a little when people say that a food doesn’t bother their stomach – it’s not always just the stomach where you need to look for symptoms. But I digress.
The crankiness and other events over the last month are what triggered my blog post yesterday about just being healthy. After I posted it, I went through my day almost relieved. I didn’t have to track or stress or worry about weight loss. I could just be me all day and not really think about my health.
In the past, this would have been more scary. The biggest concern was that I might go down a slippery slope toward weight gain. Well, I stressed over health for the last year and I did gain. It had nothing to do with if I was tracking or not. It had everything to do with my lack of healthy decisions and a whole crap ton of stress. Now that the stress is being handled, it is much easier for me to follow this very lax plan for health.
So I went about my day, eating when I was hungry, eating what I felt was appropriate, moving about my house as much as I could (it wasn’t much though!). I went to bed happy with my day. I hadn’t given much thought about my food choices between meals. I didn’t have to worry that my lack of measuring my food was causing me to eat too many calories. It was just relaxing!
Today, I woke up feeling much better and more alert (no lethargy-inducing foods for me yesterday). I also knew I could do as pleased again today within reason of course. I didn’t work out yesterday so I have to today. It is part of my “deal” with myself. I shouldn’t miss more than 1 day of exercise. Serious movement every other day. It can be just a walk if I’m not feeling more. Easy and stress free.
I weighed myself this morning mostly because it had been a while and I wanted to just check in. I’m about the same so that is good (considering I haven’t been working out). I never freak out over the exact number just the general trend (its been going steadily up the past few months – eek! I’ll take a plateau!!).
I guess my point is that all of this weight loss stuff shouldn’t be stressful. It was once fun to track and count and micromanage but then became a chore. I had too much other stuff going on. Of course, there was not much to stop me from going the wrong way which I did for a while but life happens. I’m happy where I’m at right now with my relationship with health, even if I’m not the fittest I can be. That can be changed though and I’m just going to take it day by day!