FYI: my husband got a job & we're moving to Washington!

We're moving to Vancouver, Washington.  It's official.  My husband found a job, and we couldn't be happier.  We celebrated last night.  Cake was involved.  It was the BEST slice of cake I've had in a while.  Come to think of it, that was the only slice of cake I've had in a while.  I need more cake in my life.

After the cake eating was over, the dread of yet another cross country move set in.  What if this house doesn't sell?  How will we afford two mortgages?  Should we just rent a house while we learn about the area and find something new?  Would it be nicer and easier to just build a new house?  The west coast is notoriously high in housing costs...will we end up living in a tiny little shack of a house?  Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep last night due to all of the wild thoughts floating through my head.  Even though we knew this day was coming at us in warp speed.  Even though ______.  Even though ______.  You can fill in the blanks a million different ways.  Once everything is set into motion, the stress level goes up 10,000%.

Now is the time for me to not let stress get the best of me (or my weight management journey).  I'm looking all of you square in the eye & saying, "GAME ON!".  I've done it before (the cross country move thing). I'll do it again (obviously). I will live through this without gaining back the 80 pounds I worked so hard to lose. No move or life change is worth going back to that unhealthy sloppy mess of a life I had before losing the weight.  I can do this.  My plan is rather basic:



#1.  Be Accountable: I will be more attentive than ever with journaling.  Even when we're stuck living in a hotel.  Even while we travel to our new destination.  Even while I have no measuring cups to rely on.  On some level, I will need to rely on #2, 3 & 4 in order for this to work as planned.

#2.  Manage My Habits & Emotions: I will be fully aware of my emotional status.  I know emotional eating will be involved.  That's why #1 (see above) will be so important.

#3.  Stay Active: I will rely on running to provide me the emotional release I need.  

#4. Eat Wisely:  There are healthy choices to be made at pretty much every restaurant.  Until we are settled in, I will make sure to follow the Good Health Guidelines (by Weight Watchers) to the best of my ability.  Because when you follow those, it's a tad more difficult to get carried away with the whole crappy eating that landed me in Weight Watchers all those years ago.

{Side Note: Funny thing happened.  When we got the "official call" with the offer last night, I wanted to go for a run.  As I sit here spilling my guts, I feel the need to run.  Not in a "I wanna run away from my life" kind of way.  To be honest, there are lots of times I would like to run away.  Moving doesn't push me any closer to the edge of that cliff than any of my day to day stressors. lol  This is more of a "I have all of this nervous, emotional energy that I have no clue what to do with" kind of thing. I used to sit in my car and eat burgers and fries all alone when faced with this kind of stuff.  Strange things are afoot.  You might want to look out of a window to see if pigs are flying.}