I'm sure this isn't an uncommon situation, but I do really well with making healthy choices when my life follows a routine. However, when my schedule changes drastically (or even slightly, let's be honest) it stresses me out and I often turn to food to cope. Not only does it cause an issue on the day my schedule is out of whack, but I can fall off the deep end days in advance in anticipation of the disruption.
Knowing that there is never going to be a chunk of time that's "normal" I'm vowing to take each meal as it comes. For instance, my hubby and I are going out of town on Friday and dinner will be a part of it. Yes, I'm worried about the choices that will be available to me for dinner, but I have decided that I can't let it ruin my food choices tonight, tomorrow and during the day on Friday. Because once I get through this week my schedule will be messed up for late nights due to parent-teacher conferences and then the next week I'm out of town for 2 days for a conference. Then it's Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks, then Christmas, etc. I'm an intelligent, capable person who does hard things all the time, I can do this, too.
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