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Stress before surgery- Help!
RachelWithoutAPaddle
Posts: 98 Member
Hello friends! Last month I was in pretty good shape. Now that I'm 10 days till my surgery (I am having my appendix removed) I am so very stressed out. I'm not sleeping right, not waking up in the morning, eating an average of 1000 extra calories a day, often in one sitting. I'm trying so very hard to keep a level head and tell myself that I don't need food to feel better, but I end up binging anyways and feeling worse about it later.
So my question is this: When you are at your limit, your wit's end, what do you do? Thank you everyone for listening!
So my question is this: When you are at your limit, your wit's end, what do you do? Thank you everyone for listening!
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I'm sorry to hear that you're getting stressed. I'm not really sure how to answer about what I do when I'm at my limit. Well I know how you feel about feeling worse about it. When I'm about to binge I try to stop myself and ask myself if it is worth it. Sometimes I'm able to stop myself and other times I can't. Don't get too hard on yourself just try to keep a level head and forget about today and the rest of the week just try to refocus on tomorrow. I'm sorry I can't really be of much help.0
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Honestly just talking about it is more a help than I'm getting right now haha. I'm going to start carrying a notepad with me and write down what I'm feeling when I feel like binging. I read it in a book once and I think maybe it will help.0
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That sounds like a good idea. I've heard of writing down how you feel before.0
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I'm a student and work, but this is my month off. I was binging like crazy a few days ago: I had just finished work for the summer (I work as a student), and my stress was off the roof. I went from doing a detox type diet with no wheat and low carb, to binging day after day.
I decided that I would start working out at night, during the hours when I would usually binge, and the change in daily pattern has helped me so much. It's now my sixth day without binging, and the first time in months that I can say this (that low carb diet only lastzed 3 days).
So my advice: change the pattern of the day. Wish you best of luck and quick recovery after the surgery!0
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