PMS

So, being a girl has its disadvantages. Normally I enjoy being a woman. But when that time rolls around, I literally feel like a different person. This is something that I really need to work through, because too much junk food is consumed. First I get super tired. It takes all my energy just to take a nap. Last week I took hour long naps everyday and fell asleep between 11-midnight. Did I workout? Sure didn't. Then I get emotional. Little things irritate and frustrate me sometimes to tears. Cute little things make me tear up. Then I get cravings for all kinds of snack food (basically anything high in fat, salt, or sugar). I just want to constantly eat. NOT good for weight loss. Then I feel restless! I feel like I need to get out and do things, yet I don't want to go anywhere. Is there a period of time that is more frustrating than this? I seriously doubt it. This is one of my down falls. (I have a lot of downfalls, lol) I am sure that one day, when I have my children I will be grateful that my body has the ability to create them. But for now, it just causes frustration.
So I decided to google PMS and how to reduce the frustration. This is what I found:
1. Improve your diet. (what!? no....I don't wanna!)
2. Exercise. (ok seriously? seriously.)
3. Make sure you get your vitamins. (I think this may be partly the cause for extra tiredness, since your body is using extra nutrients)
4. Get enough sleep. (yay, I did one thing right!)

Those were the most important ones I thought. They had some other like medication, but I just don't really care about medication... But that's a different subject. So, I may have failed this round.. but now I know I will just need to buck up and try even harder! :) Yay for being a girl! Haha

Conquering the Monsters: #1 = Sugar

I love this. It is actually a shirt. The cookie monster binge!
shirt can be found at shirt.woot.com

I do love chocolate, and cookies, and ice cream, and brownies.. but I love them a little too much! I have come to realize I have a serious sweet tooth that needs to be tamed! I tend to turn to sweets when I am extra stressed or bored or happy or sad.. basically whenever I want. Its not a good thing! My husband tells me all the time I am going to get diabetes if I keep eating sugar like I do. Even though I never tell him he's right, sometimes I really am scared that he is! So here's the thing. I am going to try to tame it. Yeah. Good luck!
When you grow up with sweets all around (I still love you mom and sisters!!) it is hard to say no. But the fact is, I don't want to end up with diabetes. It is also not contributing to my weight loss much!
So week one of getting this sugar monster conquered, I am going to track every little sweet thing I eat this week. I won't be doing that here, however. It will be on sparkpeople.com. (This is a fantastic website if you ever wanted to start keeping track of your progress, and it is 100% FREE!)
You can however look at what I am eating here:http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_tracker.asp?id=%2ACRYSTALICIOUS%2A&dte=9%2F5%2F2012

Scary! I doubt many of you would seriously want to study what I am eating, but if you want to, feel free. And tell me if you see patterns or have any suggestions... with that said. Just be nice about it.. hahaha! ;)

My hope is that I can turn this sugar/cookie/sweets monster into a healthy one! I love that there is still a cookie in this picture. :) Which also means, that yes, I am not giving them up entirely! I think it is still perfectly okay to have something sweet now and then. At least for now!