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Emotional eating?

gail2

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Last night i was feeling blue so I went back to an old habbit of reaching out for food I had 3 bananas and a lot of walnuts A LOT OF THEM. 12.5 was my bedtime reading and this morning on waking it was 7.5 not high high but bad enough. I'm not going to guilttrip myself over it. I have a very complex relationship with food, used to have a eating disorder and had successful treatment for it i not going back there it was a minor blip don't feel guilty about it
 
Might have been a blip but at least you were pretty healthy about it!........couldhave been a giant pizza and chips followed by a big tub of ice cream!!

Ive always said its ok falling off the diet wagon as long as you get straight back on it







Why am i hungry now? 🙄
 
Don't know if this is the right section to post in please feel free to move if you wish
Last night i was feeling blue so I went back to an old habbit of reaching out for food I had 3 bananas and a lot of walnuts A LOT OF THEM. 12.5 was my bedtime reading and this morning on waking it was 7.5 not high high but bad enough. I'm not going to guilttrip myself over it. I have a very complex relationship with food, used to have a eating disorder and had successful treatment for it i not going back there it was a minor blip don't feel guilty about it
Don't beat yourself up @gail2. I have a complex relationship with food too so I can relate (not that my issues will be the same as yours of course). Honestly, from my experience, the best thing you can do now is show yourself some kindness and do something nice for yourself rather than beating yourself up for something that actually wasn't that bad anyway! Your sugars weren't horrific, they've come back down to a level that I would consider acceptable and they will likely improve even more during the day. You were obviously feeling low in mood so how about doing something you enjoy today?

Oh and well done for eating healthy options and not reaching for the junk food like lots of people would!
 
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