Food as coping mechanism

areallycoolstory

I'm trying to make some progress on my dissertation today. Anything I find stressful is so much more difficult when I can't use food as a coping mechanism. It seems like I would be much more productive if I could just eat a sandwich after every paragraph.

socioseguro

Hi:
Congratulations for your commitment to finish your dissertation.
I am an emotional eater. If I am under stress, I exercise in order to control my urge to eat. I am perfectly aware that I am not hungry.
I found that running for 15 minutes helps me a lot and gives me new perspective with the stress root cause. Drinking plain water is another coping mechanism.
Good luck in your healthy journey

RodaRose

Maybe instead of having a sandwich at each paragraph, give yourself other rewards that have nothing to do with food. Or stretch out the rewards to every so many pages instead of paragraphs.

areallycoolstory

Thank you. I actually wound up doing fine avoiding emotional eating today. I didn't make much progress with my project though. Lol. Eventually, I will find a balance. And the weekend is still young:-)

RodaRose

Right. We still have some weekend left.

dudeyo

Celebrate every victory! Don't let stress or negativity lead you to food. I'm still working on all the weight I put on from emotional eating, but once you realize you're doing it, it's easier to stop. I personally found a good exercise gets rid of the stress and gives you a high on endorphins.

It helped me curb my emotional eating (some set backs here and there still). I actually now look forward to the gym, hiking, walking, etc.. instead of what's in the cabinet.

jenglish712

I drank a LOT of bourbon to finish mine. I don't recommend that either!

jscriba0

Good advice. I'm an emotional eater and gorge when I'm stressed out.

areallycoolstory

jenglish712 wrote: »

I drank a LOT of bourbon to finish mine. I don't recommend that either!

Haven't tried this :-)