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What is a good way to channel stress?
Typically, I #stress eat which is not good considering my dining halls is buffet style. What is a good way to not give into my sweet tooth or to #reduce how much stress I have?
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Matthew’s Answer
Hi! Couple of ideas that work for me is 1. Activity- I take the time to work out and focus on being in the moment. 2. I enjoy my food so I do a food log so i know when i can afford to binge or when I can not. 3. Reducing stress comes down to identifying where it comes from and if you can control or mitigate it! Best of luck
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Clémence’s Answer
Hello,
Binge eating provides a certain relief, a satisfaction that helps with stress. A good step forward is to realise you do stress eating and identify your patterns. Next time you start this stress eating, when you're not hungry/outside of meal hours, make a stop and analyze how you feel (anxiety? sadness? anger? any other emotion). You can note also the time of the day and this way you can maybe find a pattern (you're eating when you have a stressful exam the next day, when you're bored, when you feel lonely, etc). Then in the future, knowing those patterns, you can find some strategies to avoid the food (like turning on the TV, going for a walk, take a book, etc).
You can also work this way on the source of the stress and understand what stresses you and how to cope with that cause of stress in order to cut the consequences (binge eating).
A friend quit smoking like that, feeling when she needed to smoke and when it was coming, she was thinking "if in 5 min I still want it, I smoke". Five minutes later, she was pulling the same narrative until the surge went away.
Hope it helps to regain some control!
Find your stress eating pattern
Work on the emotions associated with stress eating
Find distractions or strategies to regain control
Binge eating provides a certain relief, a satisfaction that helps with stress. A good step forward is to realise you do stress eating and identify your patterns. Next time you start this stress eating, when you're not hungry/outside of meal hours, make a stop and analyze how you feel (anxiety? sadness? anger? any other emotion). You can note also the time of the day and this way you can maybe find a pattern (you're eating when you have a stressful exam the next day, when you're bored, when you feel lonely, etc). Then in the future, knowing those patterns, you can find some strategies to avoid the food (like turning on the TV, going for a walk, take a book, etc).
You can also work this way on the source of the stress and understand what stresses you and how to cope with that cause of stress in order to cut the consequences (binge eating).
A friend quit smoking like that, feeling when she needed to smoke and when it was coming, she was thinking "if in 5 min I still want it, I smoke". Five minutes later, she was pulling the same narrative until the surge went away.
Hope it helps to regain some control!
Clémence recommends the following next steps:
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Lisa’s Answer
Microfocus - whenever I feel stressed I get up and move. Take a walk, clean the house, organize a closet......Just move - it will help take your mind off what is stressing you.