Exercise helps
Yesterday was not a good day eating wise…and whenever that happens I feel a sense of defeat and I have to remind myself that my eating mistakes are just that mistakes and they are not me…but it always takes me a while to remember that. What helped me do that today was exercise, snowshoeing again was great: a combination of exhilerating and peaceful which is just what I needed. Looking inside at why and when I emotionally overeat is a long and ongoing process..seems I eat mostly on autopilot when I am bored, fearful, anxious or angry…stuffing my feelings instead of feeling them is what I am accustomed to doing…as if food ever solved anything.
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Mistakes happen. We just need keep going. I try to over limit what I eat, and then set my self up for disaster. We are here for you, you don’t need to emotionally eat, we can talk about our problems.
I understand what you mean. You just have to keep going forward and doing the best you can. Good for you for exercising! Keep that up!
I continued to eat out of boredom or anxiety or anger….until I decided to change the repetitive habit. The one thing that really helped me was to put a space between me and the first bite. Things that worked was to drink a full glass of water, or take a hot bath, or take a walk around the block. Heck, at work once I went and sat in the bathroom just to get away from the smell of the box of donuts! lol. Putting a space in there before eating gives one a chance to re-think the consequences of eating. Sometimes the decision to eat is worth it. Sometimes we realize that it isn’t. Best wishes.
i hear you on the emotional eating. i have found that as i address those issues the food issues start to change as well. so wrapped up in each other! and, yes, exercise totally helps!