I am an emotional eater. If I'm happy, I eat. If I'm sad, I eat. If I am stressed, I eat. Are you seeing a pattern here?
This is a problem on so many levels. I am constantly battling the last 10 pounds. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I am fat, I am just not where I need to be.
I have had a lot on my plate lately and my stress levels are through the roof a lot of days. I try to control it so I don't snap and freak out on some undeserving person (usually Ross. Sorry honey.) But then I turn to eating to feel better. However, when I am stressed, nothing tastes good so I just keep eating, trying to find satisfaction that never comes.
Somebody please help me stop the madness! I know I need to figure out how to channel it into something positive but for the life of me, I have not figured it out yet.
What do you do? Tips? Suggestions? Interventions? I am so open to anything you can throw at me.
2 comments:
I hear ya...I do the same thing. I have been so stressed out over the past few months I have actually gained 10 pounds...great now I have 20 to lose. I need help, so what are we going to do about it girl? My poor sweet hubby usually gets the brunt of it too. I guess we just keep trying. Our kids are just hitting the hard teenage years, and I am afraid the stress has just begun. I don't know what to do either. When you figure it out, share with me ok :)
I get out of the house. I don't find much food outside so that helps! Eating grass, trees, and shrubbery doesn't taste good so I don't eat anything! I always say that if you want to stop something negative, you can't just "stop." The negative has to be replaced not just thrown out. Sounds corny but it works. Exercise is a good substitute. When you feel stressed and/or overwhelmed...leave the house. Go on a walk, bike ride, anything! Just get out. You won't find food to eat and by the time you get back you will have exercised and had time to think things through. Maybe you won't think about anything at all. That works too. Being outside has amazing effects. Birds singing, beautiful mountains...thinking about all of the good things we have. All of it changes ones perspective.
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