week 5....already!?

One thing seems very clear to me as I enter this 5th week of weight training....I will not truly accomplish my fitness goals until I get the nutrition thing under control. Oh, I'm close-ish. I'm definitely not failing. However, I did eat an absurd amount of popcorn last night and couldn't seem to stop myself. I know, it's just popcorn. And, I'm lucky it was just popcorn last night. But, it disturbs me because it was eating for the reason of being tired (keep the blood sugar elevated!) and stressed (keep that cortisol flowin' to the belly).
Ah. So, what to do? I don't really know. The reasons I eat the things I do seem to be a function of my stress level, energy, and planning. There will be 2 straight weeks where I will have amazing will power and come home to cook something new and exciting each night---only to be followed by the same amount of time where all I want are my "easy" foods to fall back on: dried fruit and nuts, babybel cheese and Kashi crackers, veggies and hummus---basically all snack foods, but do not constitute good meals. Oh yeah, plus I eat a LOT of dried fruit and nuts. I kind of want to rip the serving information off the back because I do not come close and this saddens me. Anyway, I have no idea what to do, what exactly is out of whack. I mean, is it really just sugar? It seems like this is too simple an option. If I cut out sugar, does that mean I'd replace it with lean protein, fruits, and veggies? I'm not so sure.....I'm a definite carbohydrate junkie.

Alright. I'll halt the nutrition stuff for now since I have no idea what to do.
Today was cardio day and it was a hard one. I went to the gym because I didn't want to wake up husband with all the jumping (tae bo). I was tired though and it did not make for the most inspired workout. I did some elliptical and then the stair stepper. I think that I only want to do the stairstepper now after my strength workouts--I don't want this to get old too soon.
For weights yesterday, I did alright. Sunday was not the best day for me in terms of eating well. I made a super healthy bean dip to snack on during the Super Bowl, but it was like I ate a bunch of snacks for dinner and didn't leave me much energy to improve my pull-ups.....
(again with the nutrition link!)
I'm looking forward to lifting tomorrow. I need to hit those weights hard and be proud of my workout. It makes a big difference when I get up and really give myself a good workout. I feel really great all day that I just made some progress and this propels me to make smart decisions.

I'll post tomorrow with my weight routine update.