What do you do to help stress?

OliveCarsey
OliveCarsey Posts: 78
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
Normally I eat a bunch of really bad for me foods when I get super stressed, I don't want to do that, but I don't know what to do to help when stress gets to be to much. I am going to go for a walk in a bit to see if that will help but I would love some other ideas. I'm not talking everyday stress but extra stress.

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  • amrita0286
    amrita0286 Posts: 75
    Yoga. I'm in love with it.
    Listening to music helps me too, and maybe even dancing around to it :P
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Run and box. :). Oh and sing too!
  • honey_bee_keysha
    honey_bee_keysha Posts: 773 Member
    I work out.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Running or hiking. I'm the opposite of most people. Normally, I have a pretty good appetite and enjoy food. But I don't eat when stressed. When I'm stressed and not eating right, I get the physical sensations of lightheadedness, nausea and headache before I realize I haven't eaten. At those times I really make sure I'm picking nutritious choices because it does actually improve my mood when I'm eating well.
  • zozzabubba
    zozzabubba Posts: 137 Member
    If you really do feel the need to eat "comfort" food when you're stressed, load up your cupboards/fridge/freezer with healthy "comfort foods". Like for me, right before bed is when I want a treat, but instead of going for a big bowl of ice cream, I trick myself by having half a cup of yogurt mixed with a bunch of frozen berries/mango/banana/whatever other fruit I feel like, and it does the EXACT same thing as ice cream would have, but in a wayyy healthier way. Also, diet swiss miss is a lifesaver :) I get my cup of hot chocolate most nights before bed, for only 25 calories! You can mix one bag of it in with a really big mug (my big mug is about 1.7 times the size of a regular mug) of water, and add a bit of plain cocoa powder and artificial sweetener for a 30ish cal really big mug of hot chocolate that'll last you a good 20 mins to half hour if you go at it slowly...that should def slow down the binging on other junk foods
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