Your mind is a funny thing

First off, I want to thank everyone who's been reading my blog and those who have decided to follow me. It means a lot to me! 

Secondly, I wanted to apologize for not updating for a few days. We were getting my husband ready for a TDY, plus our unaccompanied shipment AND car arrived! Great, but busy times! 

So....remember my previous post about emotional eating? If you took my quiz thank you! If not, you better participate next time ;). Anyway.....I found myself in another potential emotional eating trap. There I was, dropping my husband off....not for a deployment, thank goodness.....the kids are crying, I'm choking back tears, and of course every sappy, sad song comes on the radio. And um, on every.single.programmed.channel.....really people?!?!?! I felt the strong...and I mean STRONG....urge to stop at Krispy Kreme and get a few dozen donuts to 'make' myself feel better. BUT............I didn't!!!!!!!  

Now, I wish I had some sort of wonderous explanation for this mild breakthrough, but I don't. I just simply thought...."Is this going to make me feel better in the long run?". And my answer was a very loud "NO!". So I made the choice to take the girls to our local Super Wal-Mart, where we stocked up on healthy foods for our first prepared dinner in our new home. We also stocked up on healthy snacks. BUT, as I was browsing the aisles, my nose picked up on the unmistaken smell of McDonald's. Low and behold, this Super Wal-Mart, where I was confronting my issues, was tempting me yet again. Surprisingly, I walked away from the greasy, processed goodness. 

So, folks, that's TWICE today that I did not give in to my 'need' to emotional eat. 

Nicole-1 Emotional baggage-0

If you're reading, John, I love and miss you. And I know you're going to do great! xoxoxo