help!! I am turning to food for comfort!!

neveradullmoment
neveradullmoment Posts: 90
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
Please help!! Call it weakness but I have recently turned to food for comfort. Between dealing with 2 fighting boys that so need to go back to school, being tight on funds, my husbands new promotion which means he is on call 24 7 or just everyday life.

If I have to pick one thing that is fairly new that has changed I would have to say that it is my husbands new promotion. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy and proud of my husband but his new promotion requires him to be on call 24 7. He already works shift work but now it just seems like I will never get to see him. Tonight his is working evening shift which means he works from 3pm to 12 midnight, he calls me after he got to work to tell me that he will have to go back to work at 4am. Which means that when he does get home from work the 2nd time he will sleep most of the day, then he will get up to go back to work. So I will be lucky if I get to see him for an hour or so.

I do ok for a few days maybe even a week but when it is a month and I haven't seen him it begins to really take its toll on me. I know that his job is important and he has to go but there are times that I have a really hard time coping with it. For those wondering, he is a police officer and has recently been promoted to detective, so at least he is not out on the streets everyday but I still worry about him all of the time.

I try to keep my fears and feelings to the side but there are times when I can not take it any more and I have a breaking point. When I reach that breaking point, I turn to food and NOT good for you food. Then I hate myself for what I have eaten or drank and then I have more because I am already feeling low. It is a horrible vicious cycle and I don't know how to stop. I don't know why I can't turn to healthier foods for comfort.

If any one has any suggestions I am open for anything. Anyone that can relate I would love to hear from you as well.

Thanks for reading and listening and any help that you may be able to give.

Karen
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  • 4twins
    4twins Posts: 14 Member
    I completely relate! I've been turning to food for comfort for YEARS and that's why I'm on here now, I've gotten to the point where I have a huge amount of weight to lose. The crappy thing is knowing you're doing it and still not feeling able to stop. I know exactly how that feels. Unfortunately, I'm at the beginning of my weight loss journey and this is one thing I haven't figured out yet. I don't have a good substitute for that moment when I'm desperately eating... I'm hoping someone else will post some words of wisdom on here! :) The only thing that has worked for me lately when I've been tempted to emotionally eat was to pray and then go to bed and sleep (it's usually night after the kids are in bed when I'm most tempted to eat junk). And that worked. The next morning I was so proud of myself I was ready to go again with MFP. I hope I can keep making other choices that take my mind off of what I'm stressed or worried about. I have 4 kids (two sets of twins) who keep me pretty busy but who also can make me feel pretty stressed at times! :p Having your hubby working so much would be really tough! Good luck to you, I hope you're able to find something else that works for you to help with the stress. :)
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