Post by StrawberryBlondie on Dec 3, 2019 12:44:02 GMT -5
A couple months ago I started eating a salad every day for lunch on the days I'm in the office in an effort to add more veggies in my diet and now I'm starting to crave it when I don't eat it enough. I was away from the office for 6 days over Thanksgiving and by day 3 was making myself a salad at home.
SallyJ, thank you so much for taking the time to share all of that. It’s interesting, because my mother was also very neglectful, and my dad worked a lot. I often joke that I’ve been taking care of myself since I was 14, so why would I need help now. And then others around me (my dad, stepmom, teachers, etc) praised me for being so resourceful. But reading what you said, those things are likely very intertwined. More than I want to admit.
My MIL is such a quintessential mom of three. Full-on mom mode alway. It makes me bristle and very uncomfortable. And I realize that is because I don’t know how to react to a “mom.” *sigh* I need therapy more than I know
I haven't worked out in months, although I did run/ walk a 5K a few weeks ago. But lifting has been a struggle for most of this year, due to injuries that started cascading around this time last year.
In spite of an iffy shoulder (I think sleeping on my side with my arm above my head for decades is finally catching up to me ), I signed up for a trial week at a local gym this week and went to my first class yesterday. It was pretty hardcore circuit training and I am sore today. But not as badly as I expected, TBH. This is a big change for me, to look at a gym that is mostly class-focused where I would be working out with other people doing a routine set by someone else. I am usually a loner in the gym doing my own thing with free weights and whatever New Rules workout I'm on at the time. But consistency is my weakness, always, and I'm hoping for some external accountability that will prod me into going several times a week. Also it is a small gym, so maybe I might actually meet some new people, learn names and who knows, maybe even make some friends. Which would be great for my mental health.
Post by seeyalater52 on Dec 3, 2019 19:33:55 GMT -5
I had to stop going to barre for a month due to a medical procedure and the first day I was due back ended up being on Monday and it was also the first day of my period and I dragged myself there and did my workout and felt less than stellar about how much progress I’ve lost but also optimistic about my ability to get back into it.
Usually when I’m stressed, I eat uncontrollably. But in the last 2 weeks, my life has been out of control (DH checked himself into rehab, where he will likely be for at least 90 days, leaving me as a very sudden single parent, and a complete financial disaster to clean up. Divorce is almost 100% certain). I am struggling to eat anything other simple carbs, I’m forgetting meals, all normal hunger cues have disappeared. If I eat anything, my body registers as stuffed. I’m going from stuffed to so hungry, I feel like I’m going to faint in like 5 minutes. My heart rate is up and I’m meeting my daily move goals while doing nothing all day. I feel physically awful.
I know a lot of this is a stress response. Forcing myself to cook for the kids doesn’t help because my 7 year old has major food issues and when she’s stressed, she limits what she’ll eat down to almost nothing and the youngest will copy her.
I’m already planning on talking to my therapist about it tomorrow. But any thoughts on how to healthfully address the food implications of stress would be appreciated.
This sounds super stressful and not that surprising that all your family would be affected in their eating habits.
I have a job that is kind of uncertain in when and where I can eat and a lot of what you are describing I experience on some level but my circumstances are different.
Some things that have helped me that might help you...
1. What is easy? Easy doesnt have to be unhealthy or fast food. It can mean finding pre prepared, frozen foods. For me, I get stressed out, dont make lunches then skip meals for hours on end.
What helped following this guideline was buying things like frozen veggies that steamed in the microwave, quick microwave rice and then little tasty skillet packs that make a weeks worth of meat in 30 min.
Basically I have a veggie, carb, protein gtg.
2. Make mini snacks: Keep it simple. Protein/produce. Sometimes I do a protein/carb.
So it might be peanut butter and fruit, cheese and veggies, yogurt and fruit, etc. I have even done a chocolate chip cookie and milk. It works!
3. Listen to yourself.
If a snack is what you need, then go with that.
4. In a different thought: sometimes, especially in stress you just have to say "I have to eat now." And then find something that fits, a protein, carb, produce.
It wont always be stressful, and you will get back to "good" eating, but for now, cover the bases to stay nourished.