What do you do when anxiety and negative thought processes make you crave bad food? Help? Anyone?

lrwxo

for the first time in a while I have a couple of things that have got my anxiety so bad I'm physically suffering, I live with it all the time but it's so bad and today, now, as I sit at work, all I want to do once I'm home is eat *kitten* food! I want pizza and ice cream and cookies BUT I have worked hard lately, it's paying off and I know I will feel a lot worse if I eat bad food once I'm home. I am allowing myself a rest day from working out tonight so I will spend 90% of my evening in bed with Disney films.


Someone please motivate me to keep eating well through the tough times and my fatigue today and cheer me up if you're up to a challenge!

cat_lady77

Sorry to hear that Maybe just get out & take a walk to distract yourself! Or if you are home try to keep some snacks that aren't too bad, like popcorn or snack bars with chocolate. Take a rest day if you need to & just try to stay home & feel better
Don't watch the sad Disney movies though! Those always get me crying.

lrwxo

I walked a mile of the way home but the rain is so bad it made me feel a lot worse! I wanna watch Oliver and company and bugs life! So Disney/Pixar night in with my partner! I just want to sleep it off to be honest xx

daaaaaanielle

I find it's important for me not to beat myself up if I slip up.

If I want ice cream, I try my best to fit it into my calorie goals. If I eat more ice cream than intended because I'm feeling like crap, rather than making myself feel worse - and causing myself to go into a downward spiral of feeling crap and wanting to eat more as a result - I just forget about it.

I didn't gain the weight I have because of a mere handful of "bad days" alone. A handful of bad days will not undo the progress I've made from eating consistently at a deficit for the majority of the week or month. I cracked and ate a full pizza plus ice cream myself a little while ago. But even including day I was still eating on average a deficit of about 400 calories for that month. Not as much as I aim for usually but still a deficit. So worst case scenario, I will have lost slightly less than I planned to this month, but I will still have lost.

dopeysmelly

Sometimes I just binge, and sometimes I manage to work through it, with cups of tea, walks, exercise, deep breathing and meditation. When I do binge, I find it incredibly helpful to think about why I'm doing it, how the food is making me feel during and after, which helps me figure out what I can do to avoid it. Almost like a doctor taking notes. It takes away a lot of the guilt.

Also, I've managed to achieve my weight loss target and I still struggle with this occasionally. I know that sounds very negative, but on the other hand resorting to food to help you deal with emotions occasionally is NOT going to derail your hard work.

janinekelling

How about getting yourself another treat... Like a massage? Or make an appoint for a pedicure. This is something to look forward to and so relaxing.
I figured every day I carb myself up with two large sweet fresh smoothies or lots of sweet raw fruits in the morning I don't crave sweets at night.
Like my body already got all the suger it needs.
Leftover smoothie will be frozen for an ice cream treat.
Works for me.