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Scatterbrained!

Let’s catch up, shall we?

I haven’t done a post in a few days, but my fingers have been itching to let you all know what’s been going on these past few days!  First off, I got violently ill with Sour Stomach.  Have any of you ever had this?  It is ridiculous!!!

I had mentioned Wednesday that I wasn’t feeling so hot, and I forewent the gym in order to not throw up all over the place.  Let me just get to the nasty details I am sure you want to hear nothing of (too bad for you).  Sour Stomach brings on sour burps.  I have never burped so much in all. my. life.  And they smelled REALLY bad.  I have experienced this before once when I had the flu, but it was after I had been throwing up non-stop for 2 days.  Then I had the runs (yep, I went there), for 2 days straight.

After doing a little research online I found out that Sour stomach can be brought on by stress (none of that in my life, right?).  This happens after we are in the thick of renting out our current home, Dustin’s job title change, and looking at homes to buy in a new part of the state (more on that in a little bit).  I can’t imagine why I would be stressed out right now (insert sarcasm font)?!

Anyway, when you have Sour Stomach the acid in your stomach creates air (putrid air I might add), and you get extremely bloated (and burpy, and gassy).  On Thursday night I thought I was starting to feel better and after eating nothing but toast I decided to get some greens and have a salad. With Beans.  Bad idea.  My stomach bloated so big that I couldn’t get comfortable.  I felt like I was pregnant all over again (with gas kicking like a baby).  I didn’t sleep almost at all that night and had to get up to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes.  Just when I thought I had gotten rid of everything in my intestines, the acid in my stomach started to make me feel painfully bloated again.

Finally on Friday night (after eating nothing, but plain toast and noodles) I started to feel a little better.  I had 1/2 of a sleepless night and then took some baking soda in water, and the pains in my stomach started to finally disappear.

Just in time to go look at possible homes to buy.

Fueled on Gatorade and water, we headed up to our soon-to-be home, to look at some homes.  Let me tell you.  It was bleak.  Everything that we had seen online that we liked was already under contract.  We drove around the area and got a feel for our options.  In the end, we found a home that will be great, and an even greater price (and by greater I mean cheap).  It has a lot of potential and is basically a blank canvas for me to get creative with.

When we moved into out current home 4 years ago, it was completely painted and decorated so if I wanted to change one thing, I had to change everything.  I’m pretty excited about the opportunity to make this new home my own!  Now I just pray that it all works out, and goes smoothly!

One last thing:

No weigh in today.  I missed almost the entire week at the gym and ate nothing but what my stomach was asking for. I did get on the scale and the number was lower than last week, but I don’t think it is a realistic number, and I don’t want to set myself up for failure next week.

Ok, are we friends again?  Good.  Back to regular posting this week!  Happy Monday!

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by Shrinking Carrie on February 6, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in Random, Sick, Stress Eating, Whining

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on February 6, 2012

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The Winds of Change Are A Comin’

I am impatient.  I want instant gratification, so when I found out that changes in my life might be happening I want to get through those changes as quickly as possible so I can get back into a routine.

There are some things that are “up in the air” with my hubs’ job.  And since he is the main bread-winner we go where he goes.  In December there was some talk from his boss that he needed to move 50 miles East so that he could possible advance with the company.  They said that this should happen by the Summer.  January hit and now it has been mentioned twice more that he needs to relocate.  Dustin really likes his job and we also like the people he works for, so when they start hinting that he needs to move to accommodate the company, we want to oblige.

Dustin says I am a mover.  Once something has been mentioned, I tend to run with it at warp speed.  I instantly started looking into possible housing and started thinking about the changes that may take place this year.  I don’t like being out of my routine, and if I know it is going to cause a bump, I try to make that bump as little as possible.

We have been feeling some stress these past few days.  You learn a lot about yourself in stressful situations, and I have learned that I don’t get stressed very often, but when I do I want to eat.  We are waiting on some news that could affect our housing situation, and all I could think about today was “we should go to lunch because I need to not think about this”.  So we went to lunch.  At Olive Garden.  I got Minestrone soup, and salad, and I have no idea if there was any animal products in what I ate, but I know that I am 3 days away from finishing my vegan kickstart, and I feel like I should give it a longer run.

My hub’s usually works an extra 3 days on his off weeks, and they are usually at night.  This week he has been off all week, which has been GREAT!  But we are such enablers to each other.  I will say that we have done a lot better this week than other weeks.  He even watched the documentary Forks Over Knives (which I think EVERYONE should watch this documentary.  It is so truthful and informative) and decided that he needed to cut out some meat products.  I think that we are going to have to do some baby steps.  He fully supports me in my journey to be healthier, and he has even gone to the gym everyday this week with me!

Anyway, my point of this whole all over the place post is that I am learning to eat better in stressful situations.  And I have learned that stress is a bi part of my over eating.  I still have 3 days of this challenge to make it count so I am going to keep it together!!!

Do you eat when you’re stressed?

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by Shrinking Carrie on January 19, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in 21-Day Vegan Kickstart, Stress Eating, Vegan

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on January 19, 2012

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ARGH!

What a frustrating day this has been!  Last night Hanna cried for 5 hours straight and wouldn’t sleep until I finally put her in my bed.  I think she has another ear infection. Needless to say, I started off the day going on almost no sleep.

Secondly, I called to make an Optometrist appointment so that we could have Hanna’s clogged tear duct looked at.  Come to find that in order for us to get it unclogged she has to have SURGERY!  Like, real live surgery with a general anesthetic and everything.  As if its not bad enough that my poor 8 month baby has to go under, but it will cost over $2500 to have the procedure done.  All due at the time of surgery.  I feel like its just one thing after another.

I’m driving home going past Carl’s Junior, Wendy’s, McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants feeling hopeless and that I just can’t catch break.  I wanted to eat.  I wanted to drown the days sorrows in a milkshake and fries.  Wouldn’t that just make it all go away?  No.  And that’s the issue.  Instead of going through a drive-thru I came home and had a healthy eating binge, and calculated everything I ate into my points.  I have no points left for the day, but I did feel a little better.

I have always questioned the reason I eat.  I never thought about connecting the dots between eating and my emotional state.  I have come to terms with the fact that apparently, I am a stress eater.  When I feel a lot of stress I figure “one more thing like food couldn’t make any of this worse”.  Wrong.  It’s amazing the things you can find out about yourself when you take a step back and ask a question like “why”.  Sheesh, I guess one more thing to work on.

Weigh in days have changed to Thursdays so that I can take Hanna to the Mommy and me Weight Watchers meeting.  That means I have an extra day to try and salvage the last week of vacation eating.

Still trying to find two new recipes to make this week.  The only problem is that I don’t want to make something that I have none of the ingredients for.  The search is on…..

Do you have an easy healthy recipe that you’d like to share?


How do you handle your stress?
I would go to the gym if my child would quit being sick!

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by Shrinking Carrie on July 13, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Frustration, Stress Eating

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on July 13, 2011

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