I, LJ, have learned something about myself

I learned yesterday that I eat when I am bored. I told my husband this and he responds, "There's plenty to do around here". Nice, right? Funny thing is, I was cleaning the house from top to bottom yesterday and was bored out of my mind! I took out all the window screens, took them out to the car wash area at our condo and washed all of them, did at least 5 loads of laundry, 3 loads of dishes, vacuumed, mopped the back porch and washed the outside windows. All the while, I kept thinking, "All I ever do with my life is clean!" Now, I know that's not entirely true. That is definitely a dramatization, but that's what I feel at times.

On the flip side, I'm thinking about how my oldest child will be starting kindergarten on Monday, how my middle child will start preschool in a couple of weeks and how I cannot believe how quickly the past almost 6 years has flown by! My babies are not babies anymore. I'm going to miss them terribly!!!!

While I plan on missing them for the few hours they are at school, I am also looking forward to strapping the baby into the stroller and getting my butt down to the workout room by the pool. I'm mentally gearing up for it like you OJ. By they way, girl, I'm really proud of you!! I know how much you love your soda. I'm cheering you on, girl. You can do it!

Anyway, all this to say that maybe I'm not so much bored, but I realized that I think about food a lot! I feel like I use it the same way I used to use cigarettes. When I was bored or wanted something to do with my hands, I would smoke. Well, I think I do the same thing with food. When I wasn't doing anything yesterday in between all the chores, I was thinking about food and what I would eat next. This is why I need to STOP with the over eating! I am starting a food journal today and will post it shortly. Stay tuned.