I am having a crappy day.  I am coughing and wheezing, my head hurts,- most likely from high blood pressure, I have gained weight again, in spite of staing on the straight and narrow for five weeks.  It is so demotivating!  Having a bipolar mood swing doesn't exactly help, but it isn't too bad either.

I am staying at my mothers house again, dog-sitting, and I do go out with him, but that was all I did today.  And of course, her first words to me was" you have gained weight again!"

I tried to watch some body transformations on YouTube, and ended up crying my eyes out because I cannot seem to do it.  I want this so badly!!  I am so sick and tired of being fat and out of shape!  I want to go the distance.  I really do.  Still, my first response to my emotions is: " I want chocolate!"  I am NOT going to eat my feelings.  They taste like crap anyway.  But the old impulse is still strong.

I resisted today. But I ate bread for breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner today.  I had an insatiable craving, and ended up with like seven open sandwiches with margerine. I felt like an idiot, but I was so hungry, the bread was there and it smelled like heaven.  I have decided that this is a cheat day light.  When my hunger was stilled, I didn't get hungry again until now, an hour or so before bedtime, and I had a little baked fish with baked salad(!) and was satified with that.  Together with three fruits I am still under two thousand calories, maybe down to 1500, but I cannot be bothered to figure it out properly.  At least I didn't drive to town to get loads of chocolate and other no-nos as I really wanted.

I didn't work out today either.  Every time I start, my head starts hurting again, and I worry about overdoing things when I am this out of shape.  And I cried a bit about that too,- wanting to exercise, but not feeling confident enough with my own body to just do it.  Maybe I should reconcider my decision to refuse the medication for my blood pressure?  The doctor was rather strict with me, and gave me a lot of warnings, and it seems they have creeped up on me and makes me worry... 

I really have to imply all my coping strategies when I feel this low.  The voices inside are screaming at me to give up, and I have been at war with them all day.  Talking to myself is not a problem, but when I almost get into fistfights with myself, there is a good reason to be suspicious...  LOL  

My coping skills are getting better.  My motivation is strong most days too.  Today was a really crappy day.  I am going to allow myself to snivel for ten minutes more, then I will dry my tears and sing a song, take a walksie and go to bed.

All in all I did good today.  Tomorrow is a new day.  I will get through tomorrow too.