Mind, Body and Soul Manifestations

I am feeling extremely disappointed in myself right now. I have been super stressed at work and I am totally eating my feelings. I used to be able to relieve stress by painting or walking or lots of other things, but I feel like I'm distracting myself with food. I KNOW that I should be working out or walking the dog or doing pretty much anything besides planting myself on my couch and snacking at night after work. I feel like I can't control myself. Here's my conundrum - I have a paralyzing fear of becoming overweight or immobile or just not being a healthy adult. I realize that there are a ton of other things that I SHOULD be doing to prevent that from happening. I am consciously aware that devouring a quarter of a tray of brownies is only going to satisfy me for a minute before I beat myself up and feel guilty. I have been trying to "think positive" and "make small changes" and all of the other things that people tell you to do, but I'm strugglin...

I am sitting here on the verge of tears because I feel incredibly torn. I read an article this morning from the Washington Post entitled "How Hard is Teaching?" You can find it here . I probably should not have started my day with that, but alas, it is Monday and it caught my attention after my alarm went off. I absolutely love teaching. It truly is a great profession. However, I am not feeling respected lately. I do love my school, my administrators, and my students; but, it seems as though society as a whole thinks we are a bunch of whiny know-it-alls who just need to be grateful that we have jobs and that we get our summers off. I guess I just want other people to understand where we are all coming from. I am a teacher, but I have not had my summers "off" since I was a student myself. Even then (well, since I was 16), I worked multiple jobs to buy a car and pay for my insurance and my college education. I work a second job throughout the year and during the s...