2011 January 28 | I'm An Okie

Recently, I started my very own quote book. I’d always read quotes I liked, touched me, or inspired me. I’d right them down in random places and then I’d lose them.

So, I decided to just get my very own book where I keep quotes that I like.

On rainy days, I go looking for quotes that will make me feel better. When I need inspiration, my quote book is there. Where I need comfort, it’s there.

I plan on sprucing each page up with pictures, but I just haven’t gotten that far yet.

I have pages for some of my favorite TV shows, movies, and broadway show quotes from Six Feet Under, Felicity, Sex and the City, Rent, etc. If a quote inspires me, I jot it down.

These quotes in particular spoke to me last night in between stuffing my face…

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to leg go, things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they are right, you believe lies so you can eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”

Never regret anything you’ve ever done because at one point it was everything you ever wanted.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right, forget the ones who don’t, and believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Take chances…a lot of them, because no matter where you end up, it always ends up just the way it should be. Your mistakes make you who you are. You learn and grow with each choice you make. Everything is worth it. Always be you…and know that to anyone who truly loves you, being is yourself is more than enough. -Sex and the City

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.

Do you enjoy quotes? If so, let me hear your favorite quotes?

PS: Check out Melissa’s TWO giveaways. One is a Health and Fitness Book giveaway with about 5 or 6 AWESOME books and then a Cookbook Giveaway with 5 or so amazing cookbooks.

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Honesty is always the best policy, right?

Well, in that case, let’s get honest.

1. I really want some pajama jeans.

I saw a segment on these on Good Morning America yesterday. It was how to make them as stylish as possible. Stylish or not…all I could think about this morning was how I wish I was slipping on some PJ jeans instead of my uncomfortable jeans. I might just have to live in shame and buy me a pair of these things. I promise I won’t wear them….often.

2. I tweeted this last night…

And so I did. I really did.

I consumed quite a bit. Here we go.

That’s not all. Add in a few Starbursts, small pieces of dark chocolate and two clementines. Yup, I ate a lot.

However, I don’t feel bad. This emotional eating wasn’t a binge like it used to be. I was very in control of myself. This wasn’t just frantically grabbing at whatever I could get my hands on in the pantry or fridge.

This was…”wow, I feel kind of sad and really just want to eat some food that makes me feel good.” So I did. Surprisingly, my stomach never started aching. I’ve got a stomach of steel apparently.

This overeating episode really made me realize how far I’ve come in terms of my attitude towards food. I probably would have had a slight breakdown if I would’ve eaten like this in the past. It would have been frantic, uncontrollable and probably would have ended up with me crying, feeling guilty, and hating myself.

However, last night, I simply said…this is what I want to do so I will do it. I ate it, I enjoyed it, and today is a new day. I’m not saying it’s a good habit to get into. Eating your feelings is never a good idea. I could’ve written in a journal and gotten the same sort of release. I chose a different route last night. Eating was my method of choice for release last night.

That’s ok!! It feels great to be ok with myself even when I mess up.

Just because it’s ok doesn’t mean I will be making a habit of eating like that. I actually need to tackle those feelings head on and do something about it. And I will.

Do you turn to food when you are emotionally stressed?

What other methods do you choose to soothe yourself and deal with feelings? I usually try to write, read, clean or take the dogs on a walk when I start getting the urge to emotionally eat or binge. It usually always works.

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