How do I stop comfort-eating? I do it whenever I'm under emotional strain. What can I do instead?
I used to self harm - I haven't done it for a few months, but I'd much rather have cuts over my body than be fat. I just don't know how else to cope with stress, disappointment, embarassment (or any confusing emotion); all the things which make me comfort eat.
It has to be something effective that I can do at the same time as other things (as usually I'm eating at the same time as doing other things).
Answer:
Two words-work out. Get some exercise and you won't feel like eating.
I'd work on the emotional reasons instead of finding a new habits to mask the emotions. If you want to fix the problem I'd recomend lazaris.
I was going to suggest sports (I've been riding my bike to happiness) but since you have to do it while doing other things, may I suggest you very energetic loud music, it always makes me feel better. I recommend Latin American music such as vallenato (not sure about spelling). Going after the music is great fun also. Best of luck!
Physical workout is good. Could always pick up a good movie.
let out the anger by exercising. punch those punchbags with all your strength. run with all of the power you have. just let all of that anger out.
You need to find some activities that make you feel good about yourself. Exercise helps by increasing your endorphin levels and making you feel happier. Some use things like knitting or other crafts to keep their hands busy. But I would really suggest finding someone to talk to in order to break your self-destructive patterns.
i dont no but if ever you need tlak you can send me an email
to clive p01@yahoo.co.uk as i have a few fiends who self harm and thay tell me it dose them a lot of good as iam a good listener and a funny person to be with
Oh, please don't harm yourself.
How bout doing something physical like going for a swim or jogging or dancing?
You could also try playing your fav songs and singing out loud.it really helps destress and is fun too...especially when you go all out and sing with feeling and gusto.
Many people eat for comfort its all they have and there is nothing wrong in moderation, but what you tell us is that you have never come to terms with your past, and until such time this is your escapement.
Sorry but there is not an easy answer.
instead of self harming hold ice cubes tightly in your hands you will get pain form the ice without the cuts
Use other type of activity to replace eating. Well, comfort eating usually results from the "emptiness of heart". You need someone or something that can fulfill your heart.
i used too really comfort eat 2 extreams mate,i would gorge myself until i felt sick/was sick,then as my life improved the comfort eating stopped,every now and then i feel the urge,but i remind myself and picture that very overweight person,then i stop,i know it is easy for me too say all that to you,i dont know what sadness you are going thru mate,but somehow you do get thru it mate,i did and i sure you will also.
goodluck and takecare off yourself mate.
get some therapy
someone told me once that when you feel th urge to do something you shouldnt you should get an elaqstic band and put it onto your wrist and then snap it to bring you into the moment and then write down your feelings and relate it to whats happening and then try and anlyse what is causing you to feel like that
may be that could help
Buy the book/cd by Paul McKenna problem solved honest it works
Hi,first forget the self harm you need to work on your confidence you have done marvellous by stopping your self
from self harm.Try to get plenty of fruit in the house then insted of food snack on fruit.Have you thought of counselling.What ever you decide I wish you luck & keep up the good work.
Take your agression out by being physcially active. If you do this instead of eating, you'll lose weight fast
i would advise you to speak to your family doctor ,maybe talking to someone about why you self harm may be the starting block that you need,but only you can take the first steps to your recovery but cutting yourself is not the way to do it.
tropical fish, get a small fish tank a heater and pump a few small tropical fish, watch and relax , best form of de stressing
try living on jobseekers allowance for a few months and you will find that you cannot afford to buy food to comfort eat
Go to a therapist, because there is an underlying issue that you need to address and apparently it will keep coming back whether you change from the cutting yourself to the eating yourself, it's not that you are crazy but you need to get to the root of what is your trigger.
Also start exercising, join a gym and go to the classes and try it out. You may also want to buy healthy foods for you to eat instead of junk food. Just take it one day at a time, and once a day jot down what you are feeling even on a journal or blog site where noone knows who you are.
Good Luck.
you are using the wrong terminology - 'comfort eating'. not bringing you much comfort is it?
sounds like you are building a fat layer as a pain barrier against longstanding hurt or abuse by eating to excess. a wonderful safe pair of arms around you.
physical pain - self cutting - is easier to deal with....a plaster, time, and it's healed. not so with emotional distress. get professional help - it's out there and i wish you well
Sleep well - and wake up refreshed.. when you are tressed out you can sleep well. And about that food urge to crush it drink a glass of water.
you cant substitute one for the other. you need to find the root cause of your stress and fin urgent solution.
get your self a hobby, if your not bothered try to be.
I do photography and it also gets you out. I do a lot of walking and not really knowing it because I`m looking out all the time to take a photo, I even do it at night with a flash on the camera. Try it, It might help and you won`t feel out of breath all the time.!...hope this helps.!
your now in a circle. going around and around. look at your routine. the things you do day in day out and change something. go home from work a different way . do something spontaneous, do some funny and mad,
here you go , get all your favourite comfort foods fill the bath with them and jump in smoother your self with them then wash it all away!!!!!!! do things that pop into your head like getting up in the morning go for a drive or get on a bus you don't know where it;s going. be brave oh and always smile. some of the saddest people in the world today.an ex sample is the children you see from Africa who have nothing, they still smile. after all it's only an action you make with your face.
We all suffer emotional stress at some time, and all find different ways of coping. It's too hard to face everything on your own, and there are various partners we adopt to comfort us on our journey - like cuts, food, alcohol, drugs, whatever. If you're wanting a healthy way to face your problems, you may need to consult an expert who'll give you some coping mechanisms that actually work! I used to be a gambler, which almost destroyed me and my family. I found out that this behaviour was actually a coping mechanism I had developed to overcome my depression and lonliness. I saw a psychologist, who helped me find more productive ways to cope with stress, and how to avoid going back to my old habits. I've been clean now for over 2 years, and couldn't feel happier! Your cutting or over-eating only provides temporary relief, afterwards, you usually feel 100 times worse.
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It has to be something effective that I can do at the same time as other things (as usually I'm eating at the same time as doing other things).
Answer:
Two words-work out. Get some exercise and you won't feel like eating.
I'd work on the emotional reasons instead of finding a new habits to mask the emotions. If you want to fix the problem I'd recomend lazaris.
I was going to suggest sports (I've been riding my bike to happiness) but since you have to do it while doing other things, may I suggest you very energetic loud music, it always makes me feel better. I recommend Latin American music such as vallenato (not sure about spelling). Going after the music is great fun also. Best of luck!
Physical workout is good. Could always pick up a good movie.
let out the anger by exercising. punch those punchbags with all your strength. run with all of the power you have. just let all of that anger out.
You need to find some activities that make you feel good about yourself. Exercise helps by increasing your endorphin levels and making you feel happier. Some use things like knitting or other crafts to keep their hands busy. But I would really suggest finding someone to talk to in order to break your self-destructive patterns.
i dont no but if ever you need tlak you can send me an email
to clive p01@yahoo.co.uk as i have a few fiends who self harm and thay tell me it dose them a lot of good as iam a good listener and a funny person to be with
Oh, please don't harm yourself.
How bout doing something physical like going for a swim or jogging or dancing?
You could also try playing your fav songs and singing out loud.it really helps destress and is fun too...especially when you go all out and sing with feeling and gusto.
Many people eat for comfort its all they have and there is nothing wrong in moderation, but what you tell us is that you have never come to terms with your past, and until such time this is your escapement.
Sorry but there is not an easy answer.
instead of self harming hold ice cubes tightly in your hands you will get pain form the ice without the cuts
Use other type of activity to replace eating. Well, comfort eating usually results from the "emptiness of heart". You need someone or something that can fulfill your heart.
i used too really comfort eat 2 extreams mate,i would gorge myself until i felt sick/was sick,then as my life improved the comfort eating stopped,every now and then i feel the urge,but i remind myself and picture that very overweight person,then i stop,i know it is easy for me too say all that to you,i dont know what sadness you are going thru mate,but somehow you do get thru it mate,i did and i sure you will also.
goodluck and takecare off yourself mate.
get some therapy
someone told me once that when you feel th urge to do something you shouldnt you should get an elaqstic band and put it onto your wrist and then snap it to bring you into the moment and then write down your feelings and relate it to whats happening and then try and anlyse what is causing you to feel like that
may be that could help
Buy the book/cd by Paul McKenna problem solved honest it works
Hi,first forget the self harm you need to work on your confidence you have done marvellous by stopping your self
from self harm.Try to get plenty of fruit in the house then insted of food snack on fruit.Have you thought of counselling.What ever you decide I wish you luck & keep up the good work.
Take your agression out by being physcially active. If you do this instead of eating, you'll lose weight fast
i would advise you to speak to your family doctor ,maybe talking to someone about why you self harm may be the starting block that you need,but only you can take the first steps to your recovery but cutting yourself is not the way to do it.
tropical fish, get a small fish tank a heater and pump a few small tropical fish, watch and relax , best form of de stressing
try living on jobseekers allowance for a few months and you will find that you cannot afford to buy food to comfort eat
Go to a therapist, because there is an underlying issue that you need to address and apparently it will keep coming back whether you change from the cutting yourself to the eating yourself, it's not that you are crazy but you need to get to the root of what is your trigger.
Also start exercising, join a gym and go to the classes and try it out. You may also want to buy healthy foods for you to eat instead of junk food. Just take it one day at a time, and once a day jot down what you are feeling even on a journal or blog site where noone knows who you are.
Good Luck.
you are using the wrong terminology - 'comfort eating'. not bringing you much comfort is it?
sounds like you are building a fat layer as a pain barrier against longstanding hurt or abuse by eating to excess. a wonderful safe pair of arms around you.
physical pain - self cutting - is easier to deal with....a plaster, time, and it's healed. not so with emotional distress. get professional help - it's out there and i wish you well
Sleep well - and wake up refreshed.. when you are tressed out you can sleep well. And about that food urge to crush it drink a glass of water.
you cant substitute one for the other. you need to find the root cause of your stress and fin urgent solution.
get your self a hobby, if your not bothered try to be.
I do photography and it also gets you out. I do a lot of walking and not really knowing it because I`m looking out all the time to take a photo, I even do it at night with a flash on the camera. Try it, It might help and you won`t feel out of breath all the time.!...hope this helps.!
your now in a circle. going around and around. look at your routine. the things you do day in day out and change something. go home from work a different way . do something spontaneous, do some funny and mad,
here you go , get all your favourite comfort foods fill the bath with them and jump in smoother your self with them then wash it all away!!!!!!! do things that pop into your head like getting up in the morning go for a drive or get on a bus you don't know where it;s going. be brave oh and always smile. some of the saddest people in the world today.an ex sample is the children you see from Africa who have nothing, they still smile. after all it's only an action you make with your face.
We all suffer emotional stress at some time, and all find different ways of coping. It's too hard to face everything on your own, and there are various partners we adopt to comfort us on our journey - like cuts, food, alcohol, drugs, whatever. If you're wanting a healthy way to face your problems, you may need to consult an expert who'll give you some coping mechanisms that actually work! I used to be a gambler, which almost destroyed me and my family. I found out that this behaviour was actually a coping mechanism I had developed to overcome my depression and lonliness. I saw a psychologist, who helped me find more productive ways to cope with stress, and how to avoid going back to my old habits. I've been clean now for over 2 years, and couldn't feel happier! Your cutting or over-eating only provides temporary relief, afterwards, you usually feel 100 times worse.
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