Do You Munch to Manage Stress?

Coping and stress management are often the determining factor in weight loss and weight management. How well you cope with everyday events, whether major or minor, depends on your thoughts and behaviors. While one person may deal with a work deadline by excitement in meeting the challenge, another may view it as stressful and turn to food for emotional support. This week we looked at different strategies to help you cope with life’s stresses and ways to overcome problem eating behaviors:

  • Knowing your emotional eating triggers and tracking your feelings in your journal
  • Coping with non-food activities and using an emotional eating plan
  • “Mood Surfing” or riding out the urge to eat and letting it pass
  • Stop scrutinizing your body- don’t pinch an inch (reinforces negative beliefs)
  • List your accomplishments and lift your self-esteem
  • Change self talk from negative to positive
  • Enjoy your body! Appreciate all the wonderful things your body can do!

Some of our Challengers Goals this week:
Journaling!!! Stress eating at night- walk the dog

Keep a small pad with me to remind myself not to stress eat/overeat – do I really want to write it down?
Use a rubber band on my wrist to remind myself about unconscious snacking- move the band to the other wrist every time I have the urge.
Get the unhealthy foods out of the house
Drink water before extra eating and ask self “Am I really hungry or just thirsty?”
Revelation of the week: “Just eat enough to get to the next meal” – Ivy

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