Overate and paying the price!

[Guest guest]

Boy, I haven't done this in a really long time! Last night, not

sure why, but I ate way too many Pringles chips. It is that time of

the month, and I know there has been a lot of discussions on how the

monthlies can cause one to be a bottomless pit. I can be that way,

but often times, I am the opposite and don't want to eat at all. I

was that way yesterday and didn't have any breakfast. I finally had

lunch around 1:30 - a pastrami sandwich from the Spciy Pickle. It

fully satisfied me and I felt good all afternnon. After work I ran

a couple errands, went home and did an exercise video. I still

wasn't hungry afterwards so I waited until I got a clear message

that I was hungry. I knew I wanted something lite and hadn't had a

lot of vegies lately, so I steamed some brocoli. While the brocoli

was cooking, I started munching on Pringels potatoe chips. And I

couldn't stop. As I look back on it, I realize how mindless I was.

I call it elbow to mouth disease because it's really the hand on

auto pilot shoveling the food into the mouth. I am totally doing IE

very well. But what always gets me is NOT BEING MINDFUL. For some

reason, I have to work at being mindful all the time. If I start to

relax and think that this is coming so naturally, I stop being

mindful and do what I did last night. It was like I was falling

back into an old habit/pattern. I know it's what I've done for

years. it's how I " deal " with stuff. It truly is the way I " drug "

out. And I guess I've had a good reason to fall back into this as

I've had a lot to deal with my 15 yr old son who last week

dissappeared/ran away for 48 hours with a kid that had a warrant out

for his arrest. I had been doing really good in handleing

everything and I think finally my mind said ENOUGH! and needed to

be " drugged " out in order to cope. But boy did I pay the price

later! All night I had the worst indigestion on top of feeling

extremely bloated and crampy from my time of the month. Today is a

new day. I am grateful for this reflection and being able to be

honest with myself and recognizing why I did what I did. Thanks for

letting me share!

Alana

[Guest guest]

You are doing great on reflecting ... some people never stop to

reflect. Its all a part of this intuitive journey we are on. I

will keep your son in my prayers. Peace Carllie

>

> Boy, I haven't done this in a really long time! Last night, not

> sure why, but I ate way too many Pringles chips. It is that time

of

> the month, and I know there has been a lot of discussions on how

the

> monthlies can cause one to be a bottomless pit. I can be that

way,

> but often times, I am the opposite and don't want to eat at all.

I

> was that way yesterday and didn't have any breakfast. I finally

had

> lunch around 1:30 - a pastrami sandwich from the Spciy Pickle. It

> fully satisfied me and I felt good all afternnon. After work I

ran

> a couple errands, went home and did an exercise video. I still

> wasn't hungry afterwards so I waited until I got a clear message

> that I was hungry. I knew I wanted something lite and hadn't had

a

> lot of vegies lately, so I steamed some brocoli. While the

brocoli

> was cooking, I started munching on Pringels potatoe chips. And I

> couldn't stop. As I look back on it, I realize how mindless I

was.

> I call it elbow to mouth disease because it's really the hand on

> auto pilot shoveling the food into the mouth. I am totally doing

IE

> very well. But what always gets me is NOT BEING MINDFUL. For

some

> reason, I have to work at being mindful all the time. If I start

to

> relax and think that this is coming so naturally, I stop being

> mindful and do what I did last night. It was like I was falling

> back into an old habit/pattern. I know it's what I've done for

> years. it's how I " deal " with stuff. It truly is the way

I " drug "

> out. And I guess I've had a good reason to fall back into this as

> I've had a lot to deal with my 15 yr old son who last week

> dissappeared/ran away for 48 hours with a kid that had a warrant

out

> for his arrest. I had been doing really good in handleing

> everything and I think finally my mind said ENOUGH! and needed to

> be " drugged " out in order to cope. But boy did I pay the price

> later! All night I had the worst indigestion on top of feeling

> extremely bloated and crampy from my time of the month. Today is

a

> new day. I am grateful for this reflection and being able to be

> honest with myself and recognizing why I did what I did. Thanks

for

> letting me share!

> Alana

>