Happy Sunday Ladies and Gents! Life has been very busy lately and I have some big things in the works that I can’t wait to share with you. I will have to be patient and wait until next week or the week after to go public.
In the mean time, focusing intently on this new “project” has drawn my focus away from other areas of my life. And by other areas, I mean my health. I’ve been all adrenaline with an anxious/nervous ball in the pit of my stomach. I am the queen of using food to suffocate emotions and this particular stage of my life is no different. I have at least become cognizant of my behavior and have tried to sequester some of my pent up emotions in other ways.
Yesterday, I decided the next appropriate vice was shopping! I know, I know, talk about trading one addiction for another… The difference was that I talked to my husband before I headed out, appropriately budgeted and was ready for some responsible shopping. What I really wanted was some oversized sweaters/button downs to lounge around it. Cute but not restrictive if you know what I mean. I was surprised to find that pastels were everywhere!! I grabbed a few things and headed to the changing room.
I snapped some pictures and sent to my girlfriend for discussion. We both concluded that the clothes were just OK. The fit on the two sweaters was awesome but the colors really didn’t make it for me.
When I got home and looked at the photos from my adventure I realized that someday I would look back on my life at this very moment and think “Why did I obsess?!” I seemingly have it all: family, friends, job, house, car, comfort… What more could a girl want? It dawned on me: if I had been this size and shape my whole life, I wouldn’t be obsessing at all. This place here, it’s just fine. There is nothing wrong with my body. It is perfect. My journey has not been perfect, however, and the road that has lead me here has been challenging. I have fears, regrets, anxiety… I have a compulsion to manage my health in a manner born of adversity. Maybe it’s time to focus on a life of gratitude instead. No, I can’t change overnight but I’m aware that change is in the making.
Do you think your habits have evolved with you and are designed to help you or do you think there are remnants in your subconscious that may need to be swept from the present back into the past?
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I think it’s hard to go from A to B and not have the journey have an effect on you. I know that I have some habits that still hang on, I know I have some fears of what would happen if I stopped doing what I do now. I think the healthiest thing is to be able to recognize those facts and keep things in check.
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Great post! This really speaks to me as I am trying to eat less (because I am a binge-er!) and I just wrote a post for tomorrow about how much it’s making me crazy and that I wish I didn’t think about it and that it just came naturally! I have done the clothing for food swap too. It’s a healthy one. I like to text/email friends when I am feeling snacky too. LOL.
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I’m the same way, I use food when I’m stressed or anxious as a way of coping.. the problem I have is that when I was younger it didn’t affect me. Now as I get older and my metabolism changes it does, so I’m trying to learn other ways to cope instead
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Food can be such an enemy! Especially those darn girl scout cookies. We can’t expect to be perfect all the time. Just make the best choices most of the time!!
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