Just not having a good night

i put my earbuds in and walk:) or dance or sing or all of the above:):)


like I am going to do right now cuz I am bored and its beautiful outside lol

When I'm like this, I do my best to talk myself out of it. I remind myself, "you can feel bad and eat, or you can just feel bad. Either way, you'll feel bad."

Another thing I do is imagine myself eating a bunch of chocolate. The whole thing: opening the package, eating them one by one. If I feel better just thinking about it, mission accomplished! No chocolate required! :laugh: If I don't feel better, then there you go, Polly, if you don't feel better just thinking about it, it's not gonna work if you actually do it. (Not very logical, perhaps, but no less so than eating to feel better, because that never works.)

If you're bored, put on your sneakers and go for a jog. Or if you have a gym, go there and do something new. Rowing machine? Ask someone to teach you how to do whatever they're doing with free weights? See how fast you can go on the treadmill without falling off?

Go to the 99 cent store and buy temporary tattoos.

Walk to the corner store and get a paper and read the whole thing. Write a letter to the editor, something indignant. Send it.

After you're a little tired, clean something. Make lunch for tomorrow. Then sit down and play some video games. If you don't have any, download Steam and get Team Fortress 2, it's free. Blow *kitten* up.

LOL! I'm not the only one who goes to the 99 cent store when I am bored?

oh I know this one
HALT (Hungry, angry, lonely, tired) al triggers that can compel one to seek the comfort of food
The quest to find something to replace the solace that food provides, to find your joy in other places!
Something I read in another article makes reference to food being a cure for what ails you and not a reward, that really helps keep it in perspective for me
I hope your night gets better!

I love all the "get out and move" distraction suggestions, but when you can't think of any other way to fill that void than with food, choose something that is not quick to make, like a chopped veggie stir fry, or something that is just odd, like melting frozen peas in your mouth one by one. At least then you can feel good that you gave your body nutrients. Or read a textbook til you fall asleep. hang in there!!:happy:

Leave the house. Go to a park. One that doesn't have food.

Skip stones on the lake/ocean/river

Pet a dog

Get a dog, and take it for a walk

Try on some clothes that you really want to fit in again, or shop for ones you'll buy when you meet your goal

Phone a friend

Prepare for the coming zombie apocolypse

Oh, and this thing called "benching" where you sit on a bench and look at the people that go by and imagine what they do, like for a living, or at home at night. If they have kids, husbands, wives. What their favorite TV shows are.