Today's Journey

WOW So I ate about an hour ago and I am already hungry.  It's a good thing don't get me wrong, typically I overstuff myself by eating scraps off the girls plates and tonight I ate smaller portions and didn't eat off of their plates.  But OMG I am HUNGRY!!!!  I feel good about this one small step.  So some of the things that I am learning about myself:

1. I eat out of stress!  When I am super stressed at work the first place I go is the snack machine.  I need to start keeping carrots or a healthier snack at my desk during work. 
2. I eat from my kids plates - a ton of empty and unnecessary calories here!  
3. I have a lot of baggage around my self image, I continue to put myself down and that has to stop!  
4. I will never look like I did before I got married.  I was in my early 20s and way before kids. 
5. I have to stop comparing myself to the "old Erin" or the pre-kids Erin

So I have a lot of hard work in front of me but I am determined and I know that if I keep writing about it all of you will keep me in check!

~Erin