Learning to Lose more than just weight

I have been gone for a while. Sometimes life just slaps you hard in the face and you have to pick yourself up and move on. I thought it was only in the movies when the unsuspecting wife receives the fateful phone call from a stranger: "Would you want to know if your husband was having an affair?" But I was wrong. It happened to me, and since that day, I have been living a nightmare, just trying to wake up. 25 years of marriage, gone.
So I apologize for not blogging. I have a hard time blogging about weight loss when I am not losing weight. Some people lose weight when they are going through a divorce. I have read memoirs about women who CAN'T eat. I have always been a stress eater, so since late July, I have been stress eating. I have gained 17 of my 34 pounds back. I wish I was the type who can't eat, but instead, I lose control.
Today I am back on track. I have tried to get back on track with my diet for weeks, and I keep messing up. But now, for certain, I am taking back my health. I think I just had to get to a certain point before I could think about dieting again. I didn't think this would ever be a divorce blog, but that is part of my life now, so i may mention it in this blog.
Anyway, I am happy to see you here again, and I am happy to be losing again. Since I got back on my diet this past week, I have lost 1.25 pounds. Not a lot, but much better than gaining. :-)