When life happens … we need to rebalance!
Remember our guest blogger Erin? After her tremendously successful metabolic balance® journey last year, she shares here how to get back on track when life interferes with the best laid plans:
One year ago, I successfully lost 30+ lbs with metabolic balance®.
I felt great, looked great, and was a testament to the positive lifestyle changes that I hoped to make permanent in my life through the metabolic balance® Program.
Well, until ‘life’ happened.
Life changes such as divorce, deaths, moves, new jobs, etc., come along when we least expect them. These unanticipated life events have the potential to derail all of our best intentions when it comes to our well -being. Maybe this has happened to you?
Last year, my husband decided to pursue a job 2,402 miles across the country- away from our family, friends, everything we knew.
I am a stress eater. When life gets uncomfortable, I turn to sugar and carbohydrates. This turns into an addictive cycle, both psychologically and physically. This vicious cycle is difficult to break, each day making the commitment to ‘do better’ comes and goes with each stress induced eating frenzy. The scale never lies. We can tell ourselves that we didn’t eat too badly, or make excuses, but those numbers staring up at us remind us exactly what we have been up to!
At the time things started to pick up steam with the potential job, we were training for a half marathon. I let myself slide, reaching my ‘alarm weight’ and hovering just above it. I was more ‘free’ with my choices because I was running long distances.
The race came and went, and we were flown in for interviews, eating on planes, fast food meals in airports… dining out. .. In the South no less, so you can see where this is going.
My husband moved first, with the kids and me following 3 months later. Homeschooling, packing, and parenting alone was difficult. Adding to the stress, I had stopped running and was dining out with friends often.
Food was my comfort, my stress relief after long days. I would tell myself each day, “Tomorrow I will get back on track”… I am sure you have never used that excuse!
Driving for 6 days across the country didn’t do my waistline any favors. By the time I arrived in my new home, between all the eating out and stress eating, I found myself taking back 15 lbs of the 30 Ibs lost.
So now what? I started my rebalance one week ago, and am so happy I stuck to it. Each day I gain more energy, and have lost the sugar cravings. Not to say I haven’t been tempted by platefuls of cookies, and stress filled days, however the physical cravings have been diminished which allow me to better fight off the emotional cravings for detrimental foods. Being down 7 lbs is motivation as well!
Life happens, however we do not need to allow it to hold us captive in unhealthy habits. Be encouraged, and consider- is it time to rebalance?
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- 2live-vibrant reblogged this from metabolic-balance and added:
Such important example. Life is hardly ever a straight road.
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