Sorry if this comes off as a bunch of complaint, but I am genuinely at a loss how I got stuck here, and how to change.
My every day life is exhausting, and I use food to cope almost constantly. I juggle caregiving for elderly parents and a special needs child, my other 3 children who have been in and out of schools, and part-time evening work. Sometimes I get so down and demotivated if I stop to think about how tired I am and how little time I have and I think that’s why I turn to food. It makes me feel better, it feels like something nice and a treat for myself. I reach for sweets or chips to face all situations almost automatically. But I feel like I can’t bear to be without eating....if that makes any sense at all. I know it’s hurting my health, I know I’m obese and I want to change. But I honestly don’t know how I get through day to day without food as something to do and look forward to.
I have heard suggestions like replace the food with other self-care, but that just seems really impossible sometimes? Like when at work, at home with the children who need things, it’s not like I can just take off and have a bubble bath or go for a walk or even sit down on the couch and relax. But food is something I can bring with me and eat while doing other things. I can always eat. It sounds horrible when I say it, but I have to be honest and say that’s what I feel, and what I do. I have been doing this all my life, and I just don’t know what else to do.
How do other people do it? How do normal people cope with a stressful and hectic life? Has anyone successfully got rid of or replaced an “always eating to cope” habit similar to this? I like healthy food, I like vegetables, it’s just the in between and totally unnecessary snacking on high calorie foods that I can’t seem to get any control on.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/lqxxsh/food_has_become_the_way_i_get_through_the_day/
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