The Stress Diet 93.2k

It´s funny- low grade stress causes me to overeat, comfort eating constantly- this is the kind of stress caused by rowdy kids, a messy house, frustration with life and tiredness.

High grade stress, however, makes me not eat and gives me an upset tummy- easy weight loss... however the causes are of course not nice! Concern about my family´s future, needing to move house soon and worrying about my husband´s job has turned everything upside down for me this week and made me quite ill- but with a kilo off on the scales when I was stalled, can I say that I see the silver lining?

I have just over 5 weeks to go before I take the children to Australia for a holiday (summer here, but winter down under unfortunately) for 5 weeks (school begins again the third week of September). We will be packing up our three bedroom, crammed to the gills apartment in the last week of July and putting it into storage. I know from experience that I don´t eat when this is all happening. But I still have to stay healthy, being on the verge of collapse is not good for my 3 children and I need to get us all to Australia in one piece to reconnect with family.

5 kilos- 5 weeks! I hope. I´m not happy with the way I look.

Finally another post from me...

And in the last month! I have only lost .4 of a kilo- not quite a pound. I´m sad about that however I know that I am still on my journey and that is the important thing.

I spent three weeks of the last month at my mother-in-laws house- explains everything. It was not possible for me to lose there (though I maintained, hallelujah!)- I did not have full control over my food nor especially the times we ate- often sitting down to dinner in the garden (long sunshine hours) at 9pm- not good from someone like me who often tries not to eat after 7pm. I was offered wine at every lunch and dinner as well (this was France after all) and there was always a heaving cheese board on the table. Too much food around all in all.

However, I have been "back" 5 days now and lost that .4 of a kilo- so I´m back, baby!