Bill Phillip's | Transformation

Day 12 - Secret Eating

During the work week, I have no problem sticking to my tranformation diet and excersise plan.  I get in a routine:  Get up early and hit the gym, come home and make a healthy breakfast, shower and drive to work.  Mid-morning I have a Myoplex Ready to Drink Shake.  At noon, I eat a healthy lunch...then at 3:00 or so I have a Protein Bar.  I drive home from work around 4:30...when I get hom I start getting dinner together for my family...we usually eat around 5:30 or 6:00.  After dinner I relax, fill in my food and excersise journal, and check in on this good website.  At about 8:30 or 9:00 I make a Protein Shake and then hit the hay shortly thereafter.  It's really very easy...I just go on automatic pilot.

My problem kicks in about 5:00 on Friday, when the weekend finally gets here.  For the past 10 years or so, I've used food as a was to relax.  After a hard week of solving problems and counseling with my clients, taking care of my 3 kids (my wife does most of this), and being involved with church committees and other things in the community...I feel like I'm shouldering a world of responsibility.  To escape that pressure, I order a huge pizza, make some popcorn, and get out a 1/2 gallon of Rocky Road, and blop down in front of the TV for about six hours.  I block eerything else out and just make myself forget all the pain in the world.

Of course, what I'm doing is using food as an escape...and that is a very destructive habit...one that I am going to break.  This weekend, if I get restless and ancy, I'm going to try and find relaxing things to do that don't involve food.  Maybe I'll take a walk, listen to some music, watch a movie, or write a letter.  I may just have to close my eyes and pray!

This is a major challenge for me, but one I feel I can overcome.

I hope your day is going great! Thanks for reading.

God Bless!