LONG, CRAPPY DAY...STRESSED OUT EATING...Forgiven!

I have been sitting here at this computer for over an hour now, trying to write about strawberries, black bean burgers, Smart Ones brand entrée’s and other food I love, and the good and the bad about them…but I just can’t do it. I had a very stressful day at work and it’s on my mind so I am going to blog about it so you all can see for yourselves the reasons that I over eat.
5:30 am…..Cooper is howling in his cage because he is awake, and now so am I.
6:00 am…..I get out of bed
6:30 am….I am outside watering the plants, eating my oatmeal, watching Copper play and smiling, knowing it is going to be a great day.
9:00 am…. I arrive at work to discover a customer waiting for me. This customer received a chemical service from me close to three weeks ago and came back, dissatisfied (after three weeks). She wanted a woman to style her hair (a usual Gaffney thing). There was more to this situation, but I feel like it would be unethical to go any further. Needless to say I did not start my work day out very well. I went and bought a four pack of yogurt and ate two granola bars and a banana.
12:00pm…I come back from my lunch break to discover that a very sweet coworker had been mistreated verbally by the manager of our salon’s bank.(this is the second time this week someone has been treated badly by this man, and I am not even slightly exaggerating) The girls I work with are all much younger than me(so I get overly protective of them), they are all also very tough and for the most part will not back down from anyone, but this bank manager had one in tears today and another shaking three days ago. This sets me on fire, to the point where I cannot function. Women being disrespected is completely unacceptable, especially in a professional manner. I wanted to break this man’s nose.
1:00 pm….stress and blood pressure is continuing to build.
2:00 pm….still angry but the girls are calming down and I am feeling a bit easier about using this man’s face as a punching bag.
3:00 pm….our district manager comes to diffuse the situation and is treated the same way by the manager of the bank.
4:00 pm…. I realize that I have no memory of any of the work I have done all day…
6:00 pm… I am home, exhausted mentally, tired and hungry, I eat 16 ounces of chicken, two wedges of laughing cow cheese, five slices of Canadian bacon, two granola bars, two yogurts, some whipped cream, a bag of popcorn, a whole can of peas and a whole can of carrots….
9:00 pm….sitting at laptop wanting to blog, but not feeling very proud of myself…I write some stuff, then I erase it, write some more, erase some more…
9:30 pm…. I kick myself in the butt (figuratively) and start typing this post to hold myself accountable.
I spent over fifteen hours today in unhealthy situations and wonder why I did so poorly with my food.
I stayed within my WW points, but that is not the point of the journey. My stress eating is part of the life I want to change.
I made the decision to blog this because I need to be held accountable for allowing the stress to take control today. The world is full of angry customers that don’t see your vision, or don’t realize what it means when they tell you they want a loose curl, or a body wave when what they really want is kinky perm ( sorry I had to get that out)! It is also full of impatient men that think women are ignorant and they know nothing and that men should be in charge (could be why I made a mistake on a deposit slip last night, I dunno)! I am going to get angry sometimes and I am going to be stressed sometimes. I also need to walk away from it, for my own health, and when I can’t walk away, I just need to smile and go to my happy place…I am open to suggestions here folks.
I guess my point is I am on this journey to better myself, to become the healthiest person I can become, both mentally and physically, and some of the roads I will be traveling are going to be tough, some will be smooth sailing. The key to making it to the next intersection is to stay on the road.
How do you handle your bad days? Do you stress eat, become a crazy person and scream and shout at everyone. Do you go to sleep? Do you take prisoners?
Let’s try to be more patient and understanding in these situations. Let’s also forgive ourselves when we go off plan, Betting on yourself is the ONLY way you can be sure that your bet is safe!
Love to all and better day tomorrow to me!