About emotional eating etc.

[happyhealthyjane]

A few of you talked about emotional eating, I don't actually know the definition. I think I am a bit of comfort eater though. Don't get me wrong, it's not only food, I take comfort from other things, too. But honestly, after a long tough day like today, I do want to take a bit comfort in some drinks and food. But I have already reached my calories target today, so I won't.

Thanks to this community, thanks to all of you. One of you shared some thoughts on the close link between mental and physical healthy, which I think is very thoughtful. Like today, I feel exhausted at the end of the day, I don't like being inpatient with 3 years old son. I feel like just give myself a bit comfort after putting him to bed. It's not easy for me, but this time I won't give myself hard time for not perfectly adjusted my emotion. Life is long and sometime hard, parenting is, losing weight is, the only thing I can do is to get a good sleep and try harder tomorrow.

I tell myself: guaranteed I'll have days like this. Life is tough, but I'm lucky enough to have other sources of comfort, like today I treat myself with some top range skincare products. I'm lucky enough having joined this forum, going through your posts give me strength and positivity about doing the right thing the right way.

Sorry about my rather scattered thoughts and writhing, i just want to say: stay positive whenever possible, and don't beat yourself up about setbacks

[Hidden]

Honestly I feel like the best thing you can do is take comfort in other things besides food. Treating yourself the way you are is the best way and is much better for you obvs

I count emotional eating as any time I eat, where I'm not actually hungry. And it can be detrimental. Showing that you're moving past the temptations and finding other methods of dealing with it is great! And you should feel proud of that.

Well done you keep fighting against those bad days!

[happyhealthyjane in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your encouragement! It's not easy, but I think we are in the right frame of mind

[IndigoBlue61]

Hello happyhealthyjane and welcome to the forum ☺ (love the name btw ☺)

Well done on making the association between food and comfort. Life with a 3 year old is hard work. Tiredness can also make us hungry and crave sweet things 😕 But like you said in your other post, this is a long term change, and your new habits will soon be created ☺ Well done on your successes so far, the first few days are the most difficult ☺

Good luck and best wishes ☺

[happyhealthyjane in reply to IndigoBlue61]

Thank you! Feel warmth and encouragement in everyone's reply. It's very true habits can be created just like that, I always had my coffee with sugar and had a lot juice before I was pregnant. For health reason, I changed to coffee with no sugar and quit juice 3 years ago. Since then I never miss coffee with sugar again, and very occasionally have juice.

p.s. Drinking decaf tea just now and enjoying it

[Cavaco]

I was a really bad comfort/emotional eater then discovered a book called 'Stop Overeating' by Dr McCartney which has really turned me around. There are case studies to read and exercises to do. At first I thought these would do not good, but the results were amazing. I heartily recommend it to anyone who comfort eats. It helps you to understand the real reason that you are comfort eating. When I did this it was like a lightbulb going off. I was amazed and delighted. I still occasionally comfort eat but it's now rare, rather than being my normal habit.

[happyhealthyjane in reply to Cavaco]

will check the book, xks!