flowergirl21's Journal
Emotional EatingOct 13 2008 14:05
I am so annoyed right now... work is driving me insane, making me crabby, frustrated, angry, annoyed, you name it. So what do I feel like doing? Eating. I just want to eat and eat and eat. I'm an emotional eater. I have an apple sitting right next to me, but I want BAD food. And if I ate the apple, I'd want to put on GOBS of PB, which isn't great for your, but not too bad either. In my desk drawer, I also have special k bars. I especially love the vanilla crisp ones - they feel like dessert even though they're not that bad for you!! So I pulled out one of those instead. It's a single serving, so I couldn't just keep eating and not stop (okay, I do want to reach back in the drawer and eat more, but I'm not going to). And now that I've eaten it, I don't feel particularly better, proving that even if I had eaten an entire cake I wouldn't feel better. It was a lil bit of a distraction, so that helped, but I think journaling is helping even more. So I'm going to try and push past this and not eat any more (unless I actually am hungry) and just be the bigger person. Even if I am super annoyed still!!
i am the very same way. i do great for days but then if i get super stressed or upset about something i can eat about 5000 calories in an evening. keep on journaling and keep low cal snacks on hand. i've recently gotten into rice cakes, plain or sweet ones. for a real treat i put a little tiny bit of peanut butter on or a lite laughing cow cheese (the best, so so decadent and only 35 calories a wedge!). i'm just saying i feel your pain we both need to remember we are strong! we can do it! imagine how amazing you'll feel when you're a few pounds lighter. each emotionally motivated mouthfull is an obstacle to the new body you want. when i think about it that way, it's easier for me to resist. at least a little. |
I hate to laugh, but I cracked up when I read your entry because I'm the EXACT SAME WAY. Any time I'm having a stressful day, and I'm feeling crabby, annoyed, etc... all I want to do is eat. Reading your entry was almost like listening to me talk to my husband, haha... I decided to become a vegetarian about a month ago, so now my new craving when I'm upset is meat... and BAD MEAT. :) The other night, I was stressing out about something, and I said to my husband, "Could you pick up a hamburger from Chili's?" As soon as I got it, I barely eat more than half the burger and didn't even touch my fries... how did I feel? I immediately regretted it, and it didn't even make my stress better. So, I guess I just wanted to say... I FEEL YOUR PAIN! But we'll get to the end and be able to say that we're finally past emotional eating. :) |
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