Guest guest Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 " The body will, I think, adjust to the idea that you will stick around " .... The body. Boy, the body is so unknown to me... it will be nice to learn what it really means to finally live inside the body rather than as a judge who's sitting on the sidelines keeping score. Thanks. Sandarah > > > > Subject: Emotional eating... > To: IntuitiveEating_Support > Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 1:58 PM > > > > > > > I'm recovering from a bout of emotional eating yesterday and wonder how others respond when/if they get into emotional eating? Does settling into a routine of " eat when you're hungry, stop when your satisfied, etc. " mean that eventually the desire to eat when upset/sad/overwhelmed/in pain, etc. goes away? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 I struggle with emotional eating. It is my first port of call when stressed. I have found other avenues to release the stress (talking, exercise, blogging, writing, shouting!) and most of the time these work. I find I really can't do anything but emotionally eat when I can't do any of my other techniques. For example last week was exceptionally stressed but was at work. Couldn't leave. No-one to talk to about it. So I ate some chocolate. Funny thing was it didn't actually work. It didn't relieve the stress at all. I noted that and carried on stressing! Next time I'm not sure what I'll do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Could you call a friend? I struggle with emotional eating. It is my first port of call when stressed. I have found other avenues to release the stress (talking, exercise, blogging, writing, shouting!) and most of the time these work. I find I really can't do anything but emotionally eat when I can't do any of my other techniques. For example last week was exceptionally stressed but was at work. Couldn't leave. No-one to talk to about it. So I ate some chocolate. Funny thing was it didn't actually work. It didn't relieve the stress at all. I noted that and carried on stressing! Next time I'm not sure what I'll do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Abby you must have been quite tired - you could have posted instead since this group site is 'open' 24/7 (lol). Actually reading must have been a good self care option as that probably have become a luxury for you these days. Glad to hear that darling daughter is sleeping more :-) ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > after she finally passed out in the swing, i very rebelliously stayed up and > ate oreos and read my book until 2 am. because i just felt so desperate for > a little self care. > abby > IE since 11/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Abby you must have been quite tired - you could have posted instead since this group site is 'open' 24/7 (lol). Actually reading must have been a good self care option as that probably have become a luxury for you these days. Glad to hear that darling daughter is sleeping more :-) ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > after she finally passed out in the swing, i very rebelliously stayed up and > ate oreos and read my book until 2 am. because i just felt so desperate for > a little self care. > abby > IE since 11/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 That is a good and important step - noticing. If you can, scratch the surface of the stress and see what you find beneath. It most likely won't be chocolate - lol - but you already found that out ;-) As time passes and you find you are able to dive below the surface of the stress, you will find the working substitute for what chocolate used to 'take care of' (not of course, but comforting in its own way). Do pat yourself on the back for noticing! Happy baby step :-) :-) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > So I ate some chocolate. Funny thing was it didn't actually work. It didn't relieve the stress at all. I noted that and carried on stressing! Next time I'm not sure what I'll do. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Coley, That's exactly what I have discovered too. And once I realized that FOOD DOESN'T RELIEVE MY STRESS, I was able to begin to focus on other means of self-care. Currently, I am going through a major family emergency and like you, have found that sometimes, all my current coping mechanisms are unavailable and I must just put up with the stress for a while. But I am surviving, and amazingly enough, actually lost the first bit of weight in several weeks right when I would have expected to gain weight. This whole thing is giving me hope that life can gradually improve, with better self-care. Right now I'm keeping in mind that THERE IS NOTHING THAT OVEREATING WON'T MAKE WORSE. Jane > > I struggle with emotional eating. It is my first port of call when stressed. I have found other avenues to release the stress (talking, exercise, blogging, writing, shouting!) and most of the time these work. I find I really can't do anything but emotionally eat when I can't do any of my other techniques. > > For example last week was exceptionally stressed but was at work. Couldn't leave. No-one to talk to about it. So I ate some chocolate. Funny thing was it didn't actually work. It didn't relieve the stress at all. I noted that and carried on stressing! Next time I'm not sure what I'll do. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Why can't you just eat the white rice? Patti ah, those cookies. Looking at a bunch of oreo's on display in the supermarket today, all different makes and models of that similar type cookie, I realize how many of us look to food for comfort. I know I do, especially when I'm tired and I don't want to go to sleep. I am going to think this thing through. Today I had Chinese food for lunch, and I hated that the place didn't have brown rice. The food tasted terrific, but I gotta figure out how I'm going to get around eating at that place and what am I going to do because they don't have brown rice? This is a dilemma. There is a place that I can go to where he does make curry chicken with brown rice, but I don't often go there, I like the Chinese restaurant better. So I really gotta think this thing through. what to do when I'm tempted for chinese food? Gotta think think think. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 11:19 AMSubject: Re: Emotional eating... Abby you must have been quite tired - you could have posted instead since this group site is 'open' 24/7 (lol). Actually reading must have been a good self care option as that probably have become a luxury for you these days. Glad to hear that darling daughter is sleeping more :-)ehugs, KatchaIEing since March 2007> after she finally passed out in the swing, i very rebelliously stayed up and> ate oreos and read my book until 2 am. because i just felt so desperate for> a little self care.> abby> IE since 11/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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