Enough!

I talk about wanting to have a health/life balance, but then I totally ignore self-care and stop taking care of myself in terms of food and exercise. So how balanced is that? I'm annoyed with myself because I've been going to Weight Watchers since October and have lost a total of 10.2 pounds. The plan works when you work it, but I'm obviously not working it. I have been gaining and losing the same 5 pounds for 6 months now. I know in the past month things have been hard for me emotionally, which means I'm medicating with food. But that doesn't account for the previous 5 months of games. Then I stopped going to the gym. That was a legitimate excuse originally - my plantar fasciitis issues flared up big-time, and it still persists to a certain degree, despite a cortisone shot, which is annoying. And I did get incredibly busy at work. But it was 5-1/2 weeks since I'd been at the gym! The irony is that I love going to the gym and it would've helped with the stress from all the emotional stuff I was going through. So what have I been doing to myself?! Yesterday I woke up and said ENOUGH! I got on the scale, saw what damage had been done, and opened up my Weight Watchers Tracker to start tracking my food again. And I packed my gym clothing in my bag to take to work. The gym really kicked my butt. And I did a very toned down version of what I'd been doing. I also had a perfect Weight Watchers food day, despite eating out twice! It really wasn't that hard. One day at a time, I guess, and try to string those days together.