Fessing up...Need Advice

[KatWrangler]

I am really struggling right now. I have been under alot of stress this past week. The anniversary of my Dad's death was on Wednesday. Then Thursday my daughter Gabrielle (4 1/2) had surgery and is in a full leg cast. With all this stress (there is more but I it would be a book to list LOL) my eating is wonky. Either I am not hungry at all or I am looking to eating everything. Which I am doing okay at. I also have added exercise in. But haven't the last three days because I have been mentally physically and emotionally exhausted.

So needless to say the scale and I hate each other right now. LOL This is what my weight has been doing:

10/19 171.1
10/20 170.9
10/21 170.9
10/22 170.6
10/23 172
10/24 171.5
10/25 171.7
10/26 172.2
10/27 172.8
10/28 172.6
10/29 173.1
10/30 172.8
10/31 173.3

I am not happy with this. Truthfully, I am embarrassed. I know this is a journey, but I thought I had my act together. I don't know maybe I do, but it's my body that isn't cooperating. I am just not handling the stress very well. Maybe my body sense that and is holding on?

I need something. I hug? A kick in the butt? Advice? Be gentle. Okay, let me have it. LOL

[camracrazy]

I feel like I handle my stress better if I exercise everyday. Right now I usually go to the gym for an hour or so later in the evening after DH is home and we have eaten supper. That way I don't feel like I am "neglecting" the kids while I go. I find that changing it up everyday works better for me than doing the same routine. I also do exercises on our Wii.

Have you tried www.sparkpeople.com ? You can keep track of your eating and exercising so you know how many calories you are taking in vs. how many you are burning. You can follow their eating plans and exercise plans or make up your own. It's free.

Youtube has exercise videos, as does http://www.fitnessmagazine.com . I look stuff up on these sites when I want to change up my routines. You can probably find exercise videos at your local library.

Good luck!