HellieCopter
Gold Member
I have been having a think about this…prompted by reading a few posts on here and chatting to people in the office.
When we’re feeling a bit low, de-motivated, stressed, poorly, upset, glum…whatever....why do we turn to food? Why a packet of biscuits? Why chocolate? Why crisps, pizza, curry or Chinese?
It might taste good for the few minutes it takes to devour it, but then there are hours and days of guilt and worry about ‘ruining the diet’, ‘having a binge’, ‘going totally off plan’, how to limit the damage before WI…etc. Is it really worth moments of comfort eating for an agonising rest-of-the-week?
My answer…NO. Don’t get me wrong, I am guilty of doing it occasionally too…but today I’ve just been thinking…why do we do it to ourselves?!
So…what are some other ways of picking ourselves up? Comforting ourselves? Anything non-food related. Let’s get some ideas going. There are loads of different people with different ideas and I’m sure we can get some inspiration from each other. They don’t have to be things that cost you money, or just a few £s…but would stop you turning to food for comfort.
· Buy yourself a lovely new soap or bath bomb and have a long bath with candles.
· Buy a scented candle for your home
· Put your favourite CD on and dance round the room like a loony
· Try on all your old fat-clothes…see how far you’ve come already
· Watch your favourite DVD
· Go for a long walk (possibly with your OH and/or family too) to blow the cobwebs away
· Paint your nails…and toenails to match (and you can't eat with newly-painted fingers)
Over to you friends….
When we’re feeling a bit low, de-motivated, stressed, poorly, upset, glum…whatever....why do we turn to food? Why a packet of biscuits? Why chocolate? Why crisps, pizza, curry or Chinese?
It might taste good for the few minutes it takes to devour it, but then there are hours and days of guilt and worry about ‘ruining the diet’, ‘having a binge’, ‘going totally off plan’, how to limit the damage before WI…etc. Is it really worth moments of comfort eating for an agonising rest-of-the-week?
My answer…NO. Don’t get me wrong, I am guilty of doing it occasionally too…but today I’ve just been thinking…why do we do it to ourselves?!
So…what are some other ways of picking ourselves up? Comforting ourselves? Anything non-food related. Let’s get some ideas going. There are loads of different people with different ideas and I’m sure we can get some inspiration from each other. They don’t have to be things that cost you money, or just a few £s…but would stop you turning to food for comfort.
· Buy yourself a lovely new soap or bath bomb and have a long bath with candles.
· Buy a scented candle for your home
· Put your favourite CD on and dance round the room like a loony
· Try on all your old fat-clothes…see how far you’ve come already
· Watch your favourite DVD
· Go for a long walk (possibly with your OH and/or family too) to blow the cobwebs away
· Paint your nails…and toenails to match (and you can't eat with newly-painted fingers)
Over to you friends….
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