Stress......

I didn't weigh in today. I decided to try very very hard to stay away from the scale for a few weeks and try and eat better. Mainly those fruit and veggies. Also I had a HUGELY stressful week with my husband being life flighted to the hospital after a snow mobile accident. And I think I ate to pacify that stress.

I had my OBGYN appointment this past week. I played the sympathy card, my husband being in the hospital, so she didn't get mad about my weight. And actually my blood pressure was only in the hyper-tension range so she said I did not need to take the medicine anymore. Yeah! I do have to go back in a month to have my blood pressure checked again to see how it is doing. She also is doing a test on my thyroid to see if that is why I am so tired. I told her I was tired because I was overweight, had small kids, and stress. But she still wanted to check. She did notice that I commented about not exercising and not getting in those fruit/veg on her health questionnaire. Told her I hadn't been exercising the last week because my leg and back hurt so bad from that fall. She took x-rays to see if my leg was broken. That is a no. Yeah again! After the appointment I noticed how little I have been getting the fruit/veg in. I can go the whole day and have 1! I used to be very good at eating those. So this week, minus today, I will try and get at least 5 servings in. That is a start. One bad thing I noticed lately......when I go somewhere with the kids. I pack healthy snacks for them. I pack candy and soda for me. What is up with that?!? I also went to the chiropractor for my back/leg today. Turns out the fall threw my hip out badly. Boy that hurt getting that fixed! Here's to hoping I finally feel better with that.

So here goes to trying to eat my f/v servings this week! Anyone else having trouble with those or have any advice? Thank you so much for the cheer leading by the way. I think I need that and I think it will help me be successful at this.