Messing up every day

vinisc

Super tired and stressed about something and I'm eating like crap to compensate. Chocolate, ice cream etc. Any words of wisdom? I know better but I feel like quitting.

flippy1234

What are your goals and do you want them bad enough? Exercise is great for stress.

nutmegoreo

Make a commitment to logging it. I find that logging everything (the good, the bad, the ugly), and watching the numbers and trends can usually help. It's not about guilt and shame, it's about awareness. Go for a long walk or swim. Something that you can do mindlessly. I find that can help me roll around whatever is stressing me out.

LotusInTheSky

I heard a suggestion to just - restart your day every three hours and lose the all or nothing thinking. In the sense that - if you over eat, binge, cancel your exercise class, or blow it generally. Recognise it happened and kind of just reboot your day and try to make healthy choices for the rest of your day. That helped me realise its not all or nothing. Just do your best to care for yourself by making healthier choices.

Idontcareyoupick

I've been using my stress and tiredness as opposite motivation. I refuse to let my stupid boss and idiotic work place make me lose and stop the hard work I've put in. I have to deal with it at work but refuse to let it affect my hard work. Don't know if that helps but it's helping me.

kommodevaran

Make a plan that's harder to quit. Stock up on foods your rational mind wants you to eat and reserve treats for special occasions.

TavistockToad

Weight loss doesn't always have to be the priority... maintaining while you have other stuff going on is acceptable too.

But, as the saying goes, if hunger isn't the issue then food isn't the solution.

Evelyn_Gorfram

vinisc wrote: »

Super tired and stressed about something and I'm eating like crap to compensate. Chocolate, ice cream etc. Any words of wisdom? I know better but I feel like quitting.

Can you find another outlet for the stress? A few things I do:
- Write a horrible, angry letter to the person causing the stress (on paper, by hand, so it can't be accidentally sent before I destroy it afterwards).
- Find something that needs to be cleaned, and scrubs the sweet living sh, er, daylights out of it (my bathtub often gets the benefit of this). If possible, play loud angry music and sing along.
- Take a long quiet walk someplace pretty. Especially good if I can walk somewhere with calm water, like a pond or a lake.
- Take a warm shower before bed, and put on some nice-smelling lotion and clean pj's.
- Think about the person or people behind all this stress. A hundred years from now, they'll all be dead.

shaf238

Address the causes of your stress instead of turning by default to food.

Millicent3015

vinisc wrote: »

Super tired and stressed about something and I'm eating like crap to compensate. Chocolate, ice cream etc. Any words of wisdom? I know better but I feel like quitting.

Quitting doesn't have to be permanent. It's okay to take a break, but I would still weigh and log everything you eat, so you have a record of what you eat and how much at stressful times. When you're feeling better you can make more informed decisions about the comfort food you eat. You can decide to swap high calorie comfort foods for lower calorie chocolate, ice cream etc for instance, once you're out of this funk.

You also have to try to find non-food ways of dealing with stress, like buying some cheap dishes at a charity shop, finding a quiet wall and smashing them to pieces, punching or screaming into pillows, journaling, shrieking along to loud, angry or sad music, etc. The more non-food coping strategies you can devise, the better. And above all, don't feel guilty or beat yourself up about eating those foods. If you gain a few ounces or a pound or two from eating them, it won't take long to shed as long as you continue with your healthier eating and weight loss after this blip is over.

intrigame23

Take a break for a couple days.

How often do you exercise?

I began this summer using exercise as a way to destress. Now I rarely miss a day because of the huge difference it's made on my outlook. Things that used to stress me to the point of eating myself into a coma don't phase me at all.

Good luck! I😊