As promised, here is my lovely reply, written half last night and half today! I had to fix some time references, haha, but I believe I got them all. And I kept getting more fun responses from you all, so it just kept growing and growing! I have GOT to respond quicker from now on!
You will all be happy to know (or maybe angry to discover) I had no more ice cream in the freezer after Thursday. Also, I sat down on the couch with mint M&Ms on Sunday night when I discovered the Sex and the City movie was on, and guess what? I didn't eat any! Not one. Whew. Another food positive for last week was that I discovered that the healthy popcorn covered in garlic salt and cayenne pepper is AMAZING! I need to remember that. I'm used to using crushed red pepper to make things taste better (such as the healthy request soup by Campbell's) but I hadn't dived into the world of cayenne pepper yet.
Lisa - Can you please come onto my page every now and then and just scream "You're in training!!" at me as loud as humanly possible? I still haven't fully grasped this. A few of us girls were talking about that yesterday... we want desperately for it to get warm so we can go for runs after work together, because we’re all struggling with motivation. Although I can't imagine "warm" right now, considering yesterday the wind chill was twenty-five below. Boston gets cold, but not THAT cold! I think the last time it was that bad was 2005. Right before we got 3 feet of snow. Maybe it's a sign! I love the snow!!! But I digress... We decided that the people who put the teams together were going to punish us by putting all of us on the same team and seeing how long it takes us to finish the race!
Tig - I went for a run yesterday and it was horrendous!! I think I may be catching a cold because I was sweating before I even started running. Hopefully I can redeem myself with the next one and it will help clear my head instead of just making me feel like a disaster!! There were a couple of times a few weeks ago that I had amazing runs that were completely unexpected and totally helped me feel better… I want that feeling again. Tonight? YES! TONIGHT!!
Hana - You're going to make some friends really happy when you help them out with property hunting! I will need someone like you around when I finally stop renting and actually buy a house.
Anna - Maybe if I did yoga I could just go relax instead of eat! Thankfully I haven't done any damage, aside from the lack of training. I have a race that is still four months away, but if I wait ANY longer to get back into it, I am going to be in major trouble!
Jess – Thanks for such a sweet comment on my pictures! And the situation is no fun, but I am dealing with it better than I expected. Seven years is a stinkin’ long time… but I’ve seen all four members of my immediate family go through similar things in the past few years, and I’ve definitely gotten stronger as a result. Every one of us is better off now than we were before, I just have to keep remembering that.
BikiniBound - [Why don't I know your real name? Is it a secret?] I think things will be easier for the next few weeks at least. I have so much to do, between furniture shopping, packing (and separating our stuff) and cleaning. Hopefully that will leave enough time for running but NOT over-thinking/binging. And just having that date on my calendar will be good. Although after this weekend, I have no idea if he’ll be in the apartment or not, because his drive to work is awful from his parents’ house, and with the snow we’ve been having constantly that just makes it worse. I do have places I can stay if I need to avoid some tension, at least. And your last comment really made me feel amazing…. Thank you for that. It made me think of my ice cream analysis from many months back (see below).
On September 23rd, I wrote the following entry:
I recently tried out Skinny Cow Ice Cream sandwiches. Cookies & Cream, to be exact. I was disappointed, didn't think they had enough flavor for me. My next thought was to try these Breyer's Triple Chocolate Chip bars. Looked up the nutritional values. 130 calories and 6 grams of fat. Compared it to Skinny Cow. 150 calories and 2 grams of fat. Was thinking oh, I don't want those extra grams of fat, I'll stick with the Skinny Cow products. And just for kicks I checked out Ben & Jerry's website to see what I USED to eat. My favorite, New York Super Fudge Chunk, is 300 calories and 20 grams of fat... per serving. I don't think I EVER ate less than 2 servings at a time, and have definitely eaten 4 on many, no, most occasions. That translates to 1,200 calories and 80 grams of fat. Eighty. E I G H T Y. And I was about to be disappointed I was going to have 6? I would have to eat 13 Breyer's bars to have as much fat as a pint of Ben & Jerry's. Or FORTY Skinny Cow's. Wow. What an eye opener. I am NOT going to feel bad about eating my 6 grams!
I can’t remember the brand of my most recent ice cream bars, but I’m fairly certain they were 110 calories each, and I think there were 12 bars in the box. 110 X 12 = 1,320 calories total. I think I ate all twelve bars in six days (between Saturday and Thursday). And I felt incredibly guilty about how fast I went through them. Evenly spread out, that’s 220 calories per day. Throw a serving of M&Ms on a couple of those days and we’re up to 220 for dessert on four days, and let’s just say 450 on the other two days. Compare that to the fact that before August 2010 I would have easily eaten 1,200 calories in one sitting. And probably done that multiple times. And I would have gone to the store
specifically to get that ice cream and eat it all in one sitting. Versus this ice cream binge, where I bought some innocent low-calorie bars during a stressful time, yes, but two days before the ultra-stress-induced-urge to binge occurred, and therefore my intent at purchase was to have 110 calories at a time. So maybe I didn’t need to eat so many, but at least I have come this far!
(Side note: my boss just came by and probably wonders who the heck I am writing this ridiculously long e-mail to!)
You did great with your runs! LOL - Chubbygirl's comment made me giggle!
But it's pretty easy to resist, because I just had a very yummy turkey sandwich and grapes, and I am stuffed. 
Anyway.......drumroll.......my name is Priscilla. lol