Do this Instead of Stress Eating
Jun 17, 2023
Hello Dear One!
Has this ever posed a problem in your world?
For some of us we, "stress eat light", with more chips/ice cream every once in a blue moon due to some momentary high octane life challenge.
For OTHERS (like myself) it's been a life long challenge using a variety of strategies, research, and EFFORT.
Stress eating sucks honestly, and it sucks because it makes you feel POWERLESS.
It seems like the simplest thing to NOT do, but in the heat of the moment that truly does not feel like an option.
Because it kind of isn't.
When our nervous system is tweaked out.
I recently had an experience that showed me the drive to eat for what it was - NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION.
And I am now THOROUGHLY onboard with WHERE to put my attention, versus trying to deal with my emotional state - or simply trying NOT to do it.
So here are some quick tactics to REGULATE YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM when you know you need it AND when you're starting to want to turn to food to help yourself get back on solid ground.
1. BREATHE & PRESS PULSE
Put your fingers on your wrist where you can feel your pulse and BREATHE slowly and deeply.
Notice your pulse SLOW.
2. SOFT EYES
When we are tense our vision narrows.
When we our relaxed our field of vision expands and our gaze softens.
Squeeze your eyes shut hard and hold, then open and deliberately allow your sight to remain relaxed.
3. YAWNING
How cool is this?!
Deliberately yawning activates the nervous system in a way that tells it to CALM DOWN QUICKLY.
Apparently a reason why yawns are also contagious is because in packs it helps animals settle down as a unit if many are over excited.
4. DEEP BREATHE & HOLD
This version involves taking a deep breath in, holding it, and then bearing down internally (create more pressure), and release.
Do all these tactics (or whichever one you're choosing) SEVERAL (read 5-10) times OR until you feel a shift.
That's what this is all about - DELIBERATELY shifting how you feel from wound up or freaked out, to CALMER, lighter, more relaxed, clear, steady, at ease.
Aim to make a point to USE these techniques with regularity ESPECIALLY if you wrestle with stress eating.
Use them when it's clear you have a need.
Use them when you're uncertain.
Use them with regularity so your nervous system gets more time being in a REGULATED state which will make it EASIER to STAY and GET BACK to that place.
Our nervous system is no joke, and a highly important thing to tend to for just about EVERY reason.
Including our feeling of personal control, esteem, and waistline desires.
Would love to hear if you check it out!
And guess what we talked about on our WHAT GETS IN THE WAY call this week?
NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION.
Everyone had their flavor of what got them off base - and those that had solutions shared them for the group as well.
COMMUNITY helps with regulating ourselves.
Sharing stuff we're struggling with helps us to feel calmer and connected.
Getting support from others that can relate helps us to feel like we're not alone and that our challenges are not personal to us.
This community rocks, and if you'd like to be part of it WHILE cruising towards a smaller pants size and a lower number on the scale - check out Fat Burning PRO.
We are ALWAYS keeping it heartfelt here and we are ALWAYS looking for/offering solutions that WORK.
Whether that's through my DECADES of research and experimentation in the realm of weight loss due to MY STRUGGLES with emotional eating.
Or real world answers that other Fat Burners share based on what they've found to be effective.
It can take a village.
And we just happen to have an AMAZING one.
Would love to have you be a part of it especially if you've struggled and found it hard to stick with any plan for the long term.
Set up a free call and see if this might be for you.
To getting you clear on how the body works and how to make it work for you.
xo, M
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