anything to calm you,lost my crutch

brenn24179
brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
edited January 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Wow have I got feelings coming up. Any of ya miss your crutch, food calms me so, no wonder people go back to eating. What do you do other than exercise to calm you. No not drinking or drugs. Maybe I need a hobby to relax me

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  • annepage
    annepage Posts: 585 Member
    Try to think of all the things that could possibly be upsetting you-a mental or physical list. Ask yourself which you have control over and which you don't. Think of ways you can improve the situations you have control over. Do your best to come to terms (at least for right now) over the things that you don't have control over.

    Hope you feel better.
  • dbm037
    dbm037 Posts: 125 Member
    Yes I really missed my crunch. I started to snack on Magic Pops made at krogers They make them there in the store. I really like the onion flavor. Each pop is pretty big and only 18 calories. I sometimes use it in plave of bread for things like tuna fish. Yummy good
  • majoki
    majoki Posts: 151 Member
    Maybe it's too close to food for you, but I turn to hot tea for comfort.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    thanks, yep, going to my best friends husbands funeral. I feel sad and sad one of my insensitive friends dont want to go. Somethting I cant change, might as well find something good like you said to dwell on and chewing the heck out of gum! lol
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    I like to play computer or video games, ones that require just enough of my concentration that I can't worry about anything else, but aren't so difficult that I'm all wound-up playing them. I consider it to be "turning my brain off" for a while. Reading a good book can also be very relaxing. I've thought about taking up knitting or crochet...then I can have a relaxing activity and have something to show for it, too! I mean, I suppose fatness from food calming is "something to show for it" too, but not the right kind. lol
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Walking somewhere nice can help. Hope you feel better soon.
  • MsJulielicious
    MsJulielicious Posts: 708 Member
    I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Maybe chamomile tea or valerian root? Hope you feel better
  • LovinDaNewLiz14
    LovinDaNewLiz14 Posts: 217 Member
    writing in a journal, music and watching a good movie
  • sremarie
    sremarie Posts: 37 Member
    something that helps me (besides hot tea) is thinking over my day and going over the things I'm thankful for (that happened during the day). It takes me to a much better place in my mind.
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    Honestly, the best thing you can do is identify your true feelings, give yourself permission to feel them, and allow yourself the time to process them. As a modern society, we have become unable to deal with our feelings, and are constantly looking for ways to avoid them. It seems like we are constantly seeking "something" to keep us from being present with ourselves.

    You will not be destroyed by your emotions. Acknowledge them, deal with them appropriately, express them to others if necessary, and act on them in a productive way. If you feel badly for your best friend, do something to help her. If you are angry at your other friend, express it to her.

    It is harder than it sounds, but it is the best way to tackle emotional eating.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    Honestly, the best thing you can do is identify your true feelings, give yourself permission to feel them, and allow yourself the time to process them. As a modern society, we have become unable to deal with our feelings, and are constantly looking for ways to avoid them. It seems like we are constantly seeking "something" to keep us from being present with ourselves.

    You will not be destroyed by your emotions. Acknowledge them, deal with them appropriately, express them to others if necessary, and act on them in a productive way. If you feel badly for your best friend, do something to help her. If you are angry at your other friend, express it to her.

    It is harder than it sounds, but it is the best way to tackle emotional eating.

    QFT
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    I have an insensitive friend, fact. I have had to get out of denial. She has always been distant, she chooses to be that way. So I will have her as a distant friend, not jumping when she emails me, I will put my energies into my good friends.

    Had to get out of denial. Yep, food kept me in denial. Lose your crutch and you deal, painful but we will get thru this to a better life. Whew I don't want to be an emotional eater. We come out the other side,do not need food for emotions, yea. Thanks for the replies.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    Honestly, the best thing you can do is identify your true feelings, give yourself permission to feel them, and allow yourself the time to process them. As a modern society, we have become unable to deal with our feelings, and are constantly looking for ways to avoid them. It seems like we are constantly seeking "something" to keep us from being present with ourselves.

    You will not be destroyed by your emotions. Acknowledge them, deal with them appropriately, express them to others if necessary, and act on them in a productive way. If you feel badly for your best friend, do something to help her. If you are angry at your other friend, express it to her.

    It is harder than it sounds, but it is the best way to tackle emotional eating.
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    Honestly, the best thing you can do is identify your true feelings, give yourself permission to feel them, and allow yourself the time to process them. As a modern society, we have become unable to deal with our feelings, and are constantly looking for ways to avoid them. It seems like we are constantly seeking "something" to keep us from being present with ourselves.

    You will not be destroyed by your emotions. Acknowledge them, deal with them appropriately, express them to others if necessary, and act on them in a productive way. If you feel badly for your best friend, do something to help her. If you are angry at your other friend, express it to her.

    It is harder than it sounds, but it is the best way to tackle emotional eating.

    Yes, I WOULD LOVE TO AVOID MY FEELINGS, PAINFUL BUT YEP, IF WE DEAL WE GET THRU THEM, I HAVE AVOIDED THEM TOO LONG AND OVEREAT, IT WAS EASIER.
  • jenbk2
    jenbk2 Posts: 614 Member
    Meditation....No joke. Close your eyes relax and listen to yourself, the music and the words. I love it !
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Honestly, the best thing you can do is identify your true feelings, give yourself permission to feel them, and allow yourself the time to process them. As a modern society, we have become unable to deal with our feelings, and are constantly looking for ways to avoid them. It seems like we are constantly seeking "something" to keep us from being present with ourselves.

    You will not be destroyed by your emotions. Acknowledge them, deal with them appropriately, express them to others if necessary, and act on them in a productive way. If you feel badly for your best friend, do something to help her. If you are angry at your other friend, express it to her.

    It is harder than it sounds, but it is the best way to tackle emotional eating.

    This.
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