NSV - Food as comfort diverted.

Sweet_Pandora · February 2012

I've just gone through the morning from h*ll and I didn't use food to comfort myself.

I'm having wisdom teeth out tomorrow and today is a crazy, busy day at work.

This morning I received a phone call from the police that my father's van; which I sold as power of attorney was still registered to my father and the buyer had traded it for a boat and the vehicle was being driven around without insurance and still in my father's name.

I had to scramble to get a copy of my P.O.A. which was at my home 40 minutes away and get to the license bureau and register the vehicle as sold since the buyer had not done it.

As I was driving to the license bureau I was thinking of what I was going to pick up to eat in the car on the drive back to work. Muffin, cookies, chocolate, shwarma.... It was a action re-action. The going got tough for me and I thought that some kind of junk food would make me feel better! Ha!

When I finished my due diligence with the van I looked down at the strip of fast food places and told myself "NO WAY" I just handled a stressful situation and I was not going to let this allow me an excuse to eat something that was not healthy. I thought of the nice chicken wrap that I made for my lunch that would get thrown out and wasted.

In the car I reminded myself of the workout schedule I have made, the meals I prepare and the thought that goes into my healthiness and I wasn't going to let this stress screw up my lifestyle. I made it through the weekend making healthy choices I was not going to let this give me an excuse to swayme from my goal.

I was so proud that I did not cave in and buy something sweet to ease the stress. Instead I kept reminding myself how good I feel about what I have accomplished so far and the changes I am seeing and feeling.

I came back to work and sat down and enjoyed my lunch and thought about my workout tonight.

As I'm writing this I am feeling so empowered and motivated by chosing not to make a poor food choice. There is no way that those few minutes of indulging in something sweet would make me feel like this. Actually I would of felt worse for eating it.

Thanks for reading. Please feel free to share how you deal with not chosing food to comfort difficult situations.

Karen

vivianahm · February 2012

Congratulations on your NSV.
I also have the tendency to eat something when upset. What I've come up with is, I try to imagine how I would feel if I already ate it, and discover that I don't really feel better and don't need it. It has really worked for me, just stopping for a second and thinking Is it going to be worth it?

janesworld · February 2012

Wow. Good job resisting! My weakness is salty, so I would have hunted down the nearest Taco Bell! lol. It feels so good NOT caving in, doesn't it?

naseak · February 2012

Great Job, I struggle so hard when stressed and busy to make the right choices. So I know what an acomplishment today was for you.

fionarama · February 2012

well done. and just think you would have felt so much more awful if you'd broken your meal plan on top of everything else.

SusanMcAvoy · February 2012

Congratulations on terrific willpower. That's a wonderful NSV!! :flowerforyou:

TurtleRunnerNC · February 2012

Congratulations! !!! Making excuses is easy, we can justify almost anything if we try hard enough. So proud of you that you stood your ground against the easy way.

jshorr · February 2012

That takes so much strength not to cave and so much courage to share that feeling. I mindlessly eat when I am stressed and I also remind myslef of how far I have come to not give up. Sometimes I feel like I'm on the edge, but mostly I talk myself through it. Good job. Here's to you and making many more GOOD decisions!

Sweet_Pandora · February 2012

Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement.

Mindless eating that is exactly what it turns into.

Karen

NSV - Food as comfort diverted.

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