Stress Relief

[Goldenlici]

One of the biggest problems with losing weight for me is that I tend to eat sweets when I get stressed or overwhelmed. Though I'm sure I'm not the only one, I still feel like I'm alone in it.

I just need to find another outlet for my stress and my steam. When I have a bad day, I will write about it here. If you think I am crazy or being weird, please just don't read this topic. I'm not looking for pity or comfort, nor do I care if you think I am stupid.

If anyone else has bad days and needs to let it out, feel free to do so here. I will do everything I can to help or just listen. I will write out my problems here to make sense of them and then hopefully I won't feel like cramming ice cream down my throat as some kind of life preserver when I feel like I am drowning.  

[Goldenlici]

These last two weeks have been torture for me. Last week I had finals, which did not go very well. I was stressing the entire time and basically not caring one bit about what I ate or if I exercised (which I didn't). What I did eat wasn't so bad, but I didn't get a lot of variety. Some days I ate cereal four different times a day just because I was too lazy to do anything else.

Then, on Friday of last week, my parents decide we are going to go on the two week vacation they had canceled a month ago, giving me no time to plan for Christmas. So, when finals finally ended, which felt like an eternity, it was a dash to get all my Christmas stuff done and get ready for a long vacation.

I have had so many errands to do and cards/gifts to prepare this week that I was exhausted long before I even started packing for my trip. I haven't been sleeping well this week, partially from the cold weather (my mom refuses to turn on the heat) and partially from the stress, which doesn't help.

I have also had horrible eating habits because we don't want to buy anymore food before our vacation, which means various noodles for every lunch and dinner perhaps occasionally interrupted by a sandwich or a burger and cereal every morning for breakfast. The massive intake of carbs is just increasing my tiredness.

To top it all off, my head was such a mess today that I washed my cell phone, which was in the pocket of my jeans. Thankfully, the sim card still works and I was able to transfer it to an old phone we had lying around the house, but still, I feel so stupid and upset. I have lost all the numbers I had on that phone and more important all the wonderful pictures I had of my friends and my pets.

Tomorrow, I have to wake up super early to finish packing and get ready to go speak to my little sister's high school class about college life. My main point: forget about sleeping through the night.

We are leaving for the airport right after school, with not much time to spare. I hope we can get on the plane without any more problems and that the vacation will make me forget all about the nightmare it has been getting ready for it.

I feel much better now. To anyone reading this crazy rant, wish me luck, as I wish you luck in all you do.  

[lavender opheliac]

Good luck hun <3  

[SacredDemon17]

I like to use a punching bag to relieve stress or just to take my mind off things. Give it a try sometime and see if it helps.  

[themadwriter]

Actually a thread in the main discussion area about stress relief would probably be a good thing. A lot of weight issues are caused because of stress and anxiety, finding a healthy way to deal with it that doesn't involve stress eating is a good idea.