eat all the things!
ugh.
I mostly have a handle on other emotional eating issues - either by coming up with things to keep my hands busy when I want to eat out of boredom, or in times of high emotion, etc...
but the impulse to eat for comfort when I'm in pain and it stops me from doing something I really want to do is sooooo strong sometimes, like now.. I spend a lot of time in pain and I've mostly dealt with the overeating for comfort thing, but times like this, where I was supposed to go to a totally cool/geeky party, but had to bow out at the last minute?? The desire is soooooo strong.
I'm fighting it so far, but I do need to have dinner - and things that normally wouldn't tempt me much are calling my name.
of course, the real irony is that if I had gone to the party I'd be eating healthy party food like fruit, vegies and boiled eggs (the latter is part of the geekery - its the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May as well as Towel Day).
I mostly have a handle on other emotional eating issues - either by coming up with things to keep my hands busy when I want to eat out of boredom, or in times of high emotion, etc...
but the impulse to eat for comfort when I'm in pain and it stops me from doing something I really want to do is sooooo strong sometimes, like now.. I spend a lot of time in pain and I've mostly dealt with the overeating for comfort thing, but times like this, where I was supposed to go to a totally cool/geeky party, but had to bow out at the last minute?? The desire is soooooo strong.
I'm fighting it so far, but I do need to have dinner - and things that normally wouldn't tempt me much are calling my name.
of course, the real irony is that if I had gone to the party I'd be eating healthy party food like fruit, vegies and boiled eggs (the latter is part of the geekery - its the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May as well as Towel Day).
Tired/fatigue and pain and my two triggers still...its very very hard for me to make good choices when im physically spent.
Honestly, for the most part, I just roll with the punches and acknowledge that those are my triggers and try to make the best choices possible - i dont keep junk around so I cant do too much damage. So with primarily protein sources around and a sleeve, there's a little control in place, but all I can do is try my best.
Honestly, for the most part, I just roll with the punches and acknowledge that those are my triggers and try to make the best choices possible - i dont keep junk around so I cant do too much damage. So with primarily protein sources around and a sleeve, there's a little control in place, but all I can do is try my best.
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we usually don't have too much in the way of junk around here, and I have a pretty high tolerance for what we do have (case in point - I still have five large bars of Vosges chocolate in my room that I bought in Chicago in November...no interest in eating them). DH hides the stuff I find really problematic, like chips. BUT, DH is diabetic and has a bad habit of buying too much when he is slightly glucose low - so we had cream puffs & a frozen twix bar in the house...
I gave in, and ate the twix bar, but don't feel especially awful about it. In the past that might have been enough for me to say "screw it" but today I started right back up with a good breakfast. Lunch caught me off guard when an unplanned errand ended up taking too long, and I'm going to another party tonight, so there may be problems there, but at least I'm past the "I need to eat to dull the pain" phase. Luckily it's at a rather pricey restaurant so I'll probably just get an appetizer or salad.
I gave in, and ate the twix bar, but don't feel especially awful about it. In the past that might have been enough for me to say "screw it" but today I started right back up with a good breakfast. Lunch caught me off guard when an unplanned errand ended up taking too long, and I'm going to another party tonight, so there may be problems there, but at least I'm past the "I need to eat to dull the pain" phase. Luckily it's at a rather pricey restaurant so I'll probably just get an appetizer or salad.
You certainly have more fight than I do!!! If there's chocolate, chips, etc in my house....well it won't be here long. I have to keep it out, out, out!!! And I'm 2 years + in this journey. Just not a skill I've mastered yet.
Best secret besides keeping away from temptations---have a substitute that you really enjoy available.
But guess what---you had a twix and life didn't end. So you work through it this time and get back on the wagon and go forward. Don't stress over it.
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