I try not to be a whiny person. I mean, I don’t have any qualms about expressing my distaste for something. I have a regular need to vent and have even been known to just plain ol’ complain from time to time. But I try not to whine.
Today, I’m whiny. There’s just no way to get around it.
After my great mini vacation this past weekend, getting to cross whale watching off of my bucket list and celebrating two great milestones on my weight loss journey, I woke up on Monday morning with a horrible kink in my neck. It’s the kind of kink that is just a little bit annoying when you first wake up, but as the day wears on….oh man. The more I tried to stretch it, rub it, pressure point on top of it…the worse it became. By the end of the day, I had one big solid knot all down the right side of my neck and into my trapezius.
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And it hurt. A lot.
I don’t know about you, but when I’m sick, or in pain, or just straight cranky, I find it a lot harder to stay focused on healthy living. Part of me just wants to throw up my hands and go straight for the chocolate chip cookies because hey…if I’m going to have to lay here with my whole neck seized up in one big spasm, I should at least get to eat something while I’m laying here. Right?
Anyone?
You’re right…giving in to the “soothe me” eating habits of the past are not going to make my neck feel any better. In fact, I’m sure I would be frustrated and disappointed in myself for giving in to the emotional eating, in addition to my neck hurting, if I did cave in.
I’m happy that I resisted the temptation and stuck to the salad I had planned on for dinner instead of having something else that would have tasted good in the moment but I would have regretted eating later.
Now if only my Advil and heat pack would work a little magic, I’d be set!
So tell me, what do you do when you’re sick/injured/crabby and you feel like straying off the healthy living path?
xoxo,
~Melissa
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