worst weekend ever..

[ghelen]

As I'm sure some people have heard, my city of Buffalo suffered a great loss this weekend. I left work on Thursday night and barely made it home due to the heavy snow. Nobody could have imagined what we would wake up to on Friday morning. My beautiful old, huge oak tree and been destroyed, taking with it my fence ,grill and part of my roof.It was a horror scene as you walked outside and saw trees destroyed, power lines covering the road, over 2 feet of snow and every time you fell quiet you could hear tree branches snapping and falling. Power has been out since Thursday night and the only reason I am able to get on the computer is because I am at work. It's freezing in my house and my basement is flooding. We can't drink the water so I haven't been able to keep up with that end of the diet. To even think of going to the store and getting bottled water is a pipe dream- they haven't had bottled water since the first day. I have no oven, only a stovetop and i can't keep things cold enough without a freezer. I have the snow to keep things somewhat cold but not cold enough to freeeze. I can't go to the store every day for new food because it's a 5 hour ordeal. I have cheated quite a bit this weekend and alot of it was emotional eating. I'm cold/stressed and tired. On the bright side i have been doing more exercise lugging buckets up and down my stairs so that's good. I don't know if anyone else out there is from Buffalo but it's hard to believe what this storm has done to our city. Imagine 50% of your trees destroyed- it's absolutely heartbreaking

[ShannonM]

I'm so sorry. Some contingencies you just can't plan for. If you can strike a balance between eating enough and not going crazy with the cheats, that sounds reasonable to me. In any case, I think the last thing you need is to beat yourself up for cheating (not that you were; I'm just saying). The exercise will definitely help.

[Momtofour]

Oh, I'm sooo sorry. I wouldn't worry about Atkins right now, but if you really want to stay on plan, here are some ideas.

You can canned meats and veggies until things are better. Drink diet soda, flavored waters,etc. until water is available again. Nothing is better for muching away frustration than celery.

Wishing you all the best, and a quick reconstruction of your home.