Life has been a little hectic lately. Was laid off from one job...found and accepted an offer at another...and in the midst of it all I tossed a lot of dieting caution to the wind. I guess I was of the mindset that "damnit, I have too much on my mind to worry about every morsel that goes in my mouth."
How'd that work for you, Scalemistress?
I suffered the consequences, of course. Too much sugar (i.e the dreaded Oreos) and random eating led to quickly (and I mean REALLY quickly as if by magic) gaining 7 or 8 pounds.
Happily the crisis was averted. Got a new job. Stress eating immediately stopped and I'm back on track. This week, as I settled into my last week at the job I've held for nearly 8 years, I took off 4 of those extra pounds. Hurray for me.
In the process, I had one of those A-HA moments...
My daily vitamin regimen is this: a multivitamin, 600 mg Calcium and 200mcg of Chromium Picolinate. But there are days where I was forgetting to take them and on those days I noticed that my tendency to make some bad food choices increased. However, when I did remember to take them... I found I was less likely to do any random eating or make bad snack choices. Personally, I think it is the Chromium Picolinate. I started taking it back in July when I read about it's effect (in some) on appetite suppression and the effective processing of insulin. Turns out that this appears to be true for me (YMMV).
Who knew?
I'm happily back on track so stay tuned for less of me.
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Girl - I HEAR you LOUD AND CLEAR.
I myself slacked off on the vitamins and the Chromium and the same things started to happen to me.
Very interesting tie in. I noticed if my iron is down I react more strongly to stress in terms of emotion and eating. So I make sure that if I am not getting enough from food, I use a supplement there too.
Hope your T-day went well and congrats on the new job!!!!!
Miss you - and hope you and yours are well!!!
I hear ya too! With a blink of an eye (and some irresponsible eating) I gained 7 lbs and got to a weight I haven't been to in years. Stress is the worst diet buster ever!
I have been trying to take my multi this week but I often forget too. I haven't tried the Chromium but I am off to the store today to get some and give it a shot!
Congrats on the job!!!!!
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