I Get So Emotional, Baby

It's lots of fun being a girl. We get to have cute clothes and wear make up and do our nails. But there is also a downside. We all know what I am talking about. Sad days for us. We get bloated, depressed and irritable. This could happen at any time, anywhere. But with this a lot of times comes the emotional eating. We turn to food. I am not really sure why. In my family, food was at the forefront of everything. That's what it seemed our life revolved around. Why not? Food is good! In fact, it is still my favorite part of the day...mealtime! I love food. My problem is, I love to eat. I eat when the weather is nice, when I am happy, when I am bored, when I am stressed, when I am depressed, when I am angry.... I just eat. This is something that I still struggle with daily. Food is always on my mind for one reason or another. Just like most girls, I love to shop. My mom and I used to make a day trip out of shopping. With that always came a yummy meal somewhere and on the way home, a treat. It was fun and we just loved it. This is still my happy time eating. The sun is shining, the weather is beautiful, I may be feeling cute and so I want to treat myself. But now that I am trying to make better choices, it is hard to "treat" myself and still feel good about my decisions at the end of the day. I am learning that eating doesn't have to determine how I feel and my feelings don't have to determine how I eat. I have found better options to allow myself to "indulge" in when I am shopping. Iced coffee, no sweetener, just cream is something that I absolutely love. It is not perfectly clean or perfectly healthy but I can sip on one of those for 2 days! I feel like I am getting a treat and it makes my happy emotional self even happier.

My other big downfall to emotional eating is right before payday, when we are down to the bare minimum. I tend to excuse myself from eating right and just eat whatever is left in the pantry. Remember, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Well that is when it happens to me the most. All my fresh veggies and fruit have been eaten and we are out of all of the "good" stuff. I have had to get really creative and make sure I always have some staples around or I just fall apart. My plan goes out the window. When I am stressed, depressed, or angry is when things can get really ugly. That is when I can hardly rationalize in my brain what I should do vs. what I want. That is when the ice cream and hot fudge come out. The problem is, I just feel worse afterwards. It has been known to happen on occasion, but I am getting a grip on this one as well. I know how much worse I feel afterwards, so maybe I just have a small piece of dark chocolate or I go look at Pinterest for awhile, just to get myself in a different state of mind. Sometimes, when I am really upset, I clean. That always works out well. Things get pretty and I feel so much better when I am done. That is a win/win right there. The point of all of this is that it happens to all of us. No matter what your triggers are or what you reach for, there is always a better option. Read a book, take a walk, clean out your car, ect., ect. Don't beat yourself up over it, just choose to do better next time. If I can do it, you can do it! If you would like support in your journey to become a healthier you, become part of my next challenge group. We will address emotional eating and so much more! Fill out my form and we will get you on your way!

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