dealing with sadness

kingkoopaluv

Hi all

How do you guys handle emotional eating when sad? I just found a good friend over dosed and is in a coma and all I can think about doing is stuffing my face into a cake. I'm very sad/mad and helpless right now. Any advice is much appreciated.

deadmittens

Do you drink coffee? Make a pot of that and drink it.

In emergency situations break this one out: Go for a drive and sing your freaking heart out. SING. Start small if you're shy, then go balls to the wall screaming if you have to. It beats eating every time.

I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. Sitting inside on the computer will only make you more sad, so try and get outside okay? :flowerforyou:

x_cinder_x

Awful news about your friend. When I am hit with the crap bat I try to go for a run. It gives me time to think and focus while putting all that emotion to good use.

shellma00

First off .. I am sorry to hear about your friend. That is very sad.

I do no think that stuffing your face in a cake will make you feel any better. Afterwards you will most likely still feel sad and you will have regret for eating it. Maybe if you feel you need to emotionally eat, then choose something healthier than cake. There are many alternatives that may satisfy you.

I have never been an emotional eater, but I can say that I had a lot of sadness in my life last year and ended up going back to my old habits. I ate anything and everything I wanted and stopped exercising. I can say I really wish I could have stayed focused through it all because I gained back every single pound plus a couple more that I had previously lost. I kick myself everyday, because if I had stayed focused I would probably be at my goal and not back to the basics.

Just think before you eat. Maybe you could satisfy your time by doing something productive rather than sitting and thinking about how sad you are. Try getting your mind off of eating and focus on something that relaxes you. I know I don't have the answers but this is just my advice.. Take it or leave it..

I hope this helps you!

dan323

Run ! And then run more. Good luck.

RekindledRose

I'm so sorry about your friend! I hope he/she recovers!

Good music, a bottle of water, and the elliptical machine. Then a nice, hot shower and fuzzy jammies.

ktsmom430

Sorry about your friend. This is a very difficult thing for you to have to deal with.
For so many of us, food is something we turn to to comfort us for many different reasons.
Do something that may help to take your mind off of your friends condition. It is not easy I know. Read a book or magazine, take a walk or do some other form of exercise. Clean a room. Keep your hands busy doing something else.
Such a hard thing to have to cope with.
Hoping for the best for you and your friend. Hang in there, you can do this!

lwagnitz

Run ! And then run more. Good luck.

Yepp.


Hope your friend will recover quick. I had a friend just try to attempt suicide after her friend just committed suicide on New Years day. So much sadness in this world.

msbunnie68

I tend to clean my house/organize cupboards/go through wardrobes etc during times of great stress/sadness. If I don't organize stuff I organize people/cook food etc. I like to do that to try and control the things around me in an effort to regain the perceived loss of control in my universe. It calms me.

Jluvs3clarks

I am so sorry! Try to concentrate on the positives in your life. Make sure that you do not have any high calorie foods, or wasted calorie foods in your house. Then get up and moving. I know that it is cold outside, but take your puppy for a walk or run. Go to a field and play fetch. Hugs and more hugs to anyone or to puppy! Talk about your emotions, don't keep them bottled up. Remember that you worked really hard to be where you are right now.

kingkoopaluv

thanks for all the advice. My friend is still in a coma but they think he will be oK!

DawnieB1977

Sorry to hear about your friend and really hope he'll be ok.

I had a hard time last year. My mum was diagnosed with leukaemia in March. To begin with I couldn't stop crying and could hardly eat (I wasn't using MFP then), plus I had a really bad cold too. Then when I'd actually seen my mum (I live nearly 300 miles away) and she started treatment and we all started to feel a bit more positive, I just told myself if I was going to be sad i'd rather be thin and sad than fat and sad so I carried on going to the gym and eating well. It was very tough at times, I had to stop myself bursting into tears in the gym a few times.

Anyway, she is in remission now and will hopefully remain that way, and I am glad I didn't give in and eat chocolate because I felt bad. I think the exercise helped me too, just with my outlook and attitude.