Two weeks ago, a reader sent me this question:
I exercise regularly, but I still fight with food. Where and how do I start to deal with it?
The odds are, you can report. How do I know? 1) You are human. (Unless you are a robot … in this case: hi, and please don’t turn us into batteries like in The uterus 👋)
2) When working with customers, they complete a recruitment questionnaire so that we can learn more about them, their goals, what are their biggest challenges.
Emotional consumption and anxiety are the The most common challenge of our customers’ report comes – more than time, motivation, or even not knowing what to do.
After all, eating when we feel stressed is the thing most of us have in common!
Emotional consumption and stress are complex behaviors and appear for many people in different ways. While I am not a healer or a registered dietician, I box Share some standards and strategies we have seen to help others as part of our training at Nerd Fitness.
This is said, if these behaviors feel particularly intense or overwhelming, I would like to recognize that working with an authorized mental health professional (especially someone trained in disturbed food) can be truly valuable. Treatment can be a player-changer here, and our coaches often work alongside therapists to make sure our work supports what they do. ❤*
With all that they said, let’s explore some practices in the context of training we have seen. 🙌
One of the most powerful things you can do is just pause and communication What happens when you are eating reflexes.
Is it anxiety? Exhaustion; Boredom; Cancel; Hunger; Just because this is the time of the day?
This is not about stopping behavior right away – you just become more and more aware.
I literally have people to say it loudly how they feel at the moment: “I had a stressful interaction with my colleague and my instinct is to get to something crisp.”
Once we can understand our behaviors, we can use some of the other strategies we will discuss to help.
Although sometimes, this step is only enough! I remember my client Liz told me that this single practice was so strong, it helped redefine her behaviors in a way she felt well (though that wasn’t the intention!)
2. Poving self-care (also known as a menu of your diet)
Much emotional consumption comes from unfulfilled needs – fatigue, loneliness, anxiety, over -stimulation.
That is why we recommend creating a “diet menu”: a list of small, deliberate activities that help you recharge. Reading, stretching, journalism, walking out. Whatever it really helps you.
Choose one thing from this directory every day to exercise preventive self-care.
My client’s Mark often found himself reaching a snack at the end of the day while watching TV, even though he didn’t feel technically hungry.
We realized that part of the trigger for him was a feeling like Did not take time to himself throughout the disorder ofAnd so the decompression time at the end of the night was important to him.
Every time he tried to fight with “discipline”, he would reversed and could not maintain it.
It was not until we made time for small pockets of other recharge activities earlier on the day that the underlying need met and the stress that eats at the end of the day was easier to change.
3. Use the “always” language and “sometimes”
A useful remodeling we often use: instead of highlighting food as “good” or “bad”, think of them as “always” or “sometimes” food.
Foods “always” support your goals and energy consistently. These are things you want to include regularly in your meals and snacks.
“Sometimes” foods are still excellent options to enjoy, we just choose to eat them less frequency than our “all the time” foods.
The key here is: No foods outside the table, permanently.
Many times, I hear people say things like: “I will finish this pint of ice cream that was left in the freezer, and then it’s not ice cream for me!”
While I know it is well -meaning, this ends in almost every case.
While we want to be realistic about the types and quantities of foods that support your goals, we also want to build a healthy relationship with foods that do not act as “good” against “bad”.
And this reform can help.
4. Enter a break step
Then it’s time to experiment with a step of interruption.
If you notice a strong push for food in response to stress, try to enter a little pause. We usually recommend finding something else for five minutes.
This could go for a short time, listening to music, arranging your workplace, anything else.
Then you can ask yourself:
“Am I naturally hungry, or does something else happen?”
Sometimes this pause is enough to redefine the impulse, or at least bring some awareness to what leads it.
You can then make a conscious choice instead of reacting to an automatic pilot.
Then we learn and build from there.
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If anxiety consumption is something you have struggled you are not alone (and we have the data to prove it!)
And if you’re not sure where to get started, choose one step from the list above and see how it feels.
You have that.
– Matt
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