*Trigger warning* Eating for Health and Wellness

[Guest_1055]

I have been struggling eating and eating healthy foods over the last couple of weeks. I really do not want to go back further to how I use to eat, that is eating junk food, takeaways, copious amounts of chocolate, processed junk and comfort eating.

Finding it challenging to stay motivated to actually prepare what I know helps me feel better mentally, emotionally and physically. Plus I have been feeling overwhelmed with other stuff happening in my life, which somehow makes it more challenging. The old unhealthy comfort eating thing is coming back. And I think I am getting concerned and scared about that. I so much do not want to go back to how I use to be. I was so sick. Plus I now have some physical things not right in my body , so I need to be more careful and mindful of what I eat. ( Pre cancer cells , high blood pressure )

I was eating really well since Febuary of this year, it’s just the last couple of weeks I haven’t.

So I would like to use this thread to help me be accountable to Beyond Blue people. So like a diary where I can post and report what I eat. And also any healthy eating tips, motivating strategies to help eat better or anything related to healthy eating for our bodies including our mental health.

[Guest_1055]

Hey Sleepy

I think that is the way to go to eat in the day rather then into the night. Gives you digestion a rest through the night or something.

You did pretty good with the oats and berries for breakfast. And the mushrooms and rice yesterday. And also the papaya. I have never tasted them.

And I had to do a search for gyoza, as I hadn't heard of those. Japanese little dumpling things?

[Guest_1055]

I did not do too well in the late afternoon. But pretty good during the remainder of the day. I do like to experiment preparing new things. It feels like an adventure to me.

I also have this app called simple green smoothes which is real fun to use. It has loads of smoothie recipes. So credit goes to the recipe maker of that app for some of the smoothies I have posted in here.

Breakfast... Smoothie ( beetroot, orange, pineapple, frozen mixed berries, flax seeds and coconut water)

Mandarine

Lunch... BBQ chickpea Salad ( chickpeas, lettuce, corn, tomato, onion, red cabbage, quinoa plus homemade BBQ creamy sauce dressing)

Dinner... None

Junk... 👎👎👎 Not cool or happy with my choice, trying to focus on the good things I ate. Ate from feeling sad..

Snack chocolate 180gm, flake, Tyrrells lightly salted chips 165gm packet.

[Britishinaus]

Hi, I just saw your post and wanted to reply. As someone who has been recovering from a binge eating disorder and lost weight, during my weight loss I restricted so much and counted all my calories. But I’ve been binge eating since I was a kid as a comfort mechanism but the last few years whilst losing weight I binged because of restriction as well as a response to anxiety and rejection and comfort and trust me I know how it feels. I had a diet break last year and I’ve actually found it difficult to go back to calorie counting and tracking. This means that it doesn’t work for me anymore. Please please please don’t restrict yourself harshly, allow a treat every now and then and eat in a way that works for you.

[Guest_1643]

Hey British Au i'm so happy your able to eat more freely now and your body has taken you to a new way of eating
I struggle with overeating where I just can't stop but then feeling like I hate food and don't want it at other times

[Guest_1643]

Hi Shelll thank you for the support. The smoothies sound fun and colourful, especially with the beets. Beetroot is meant to be really good for you.
I feel very different already eating more during the day. I try and eat every few hours when before I used to go for like 8 hours with no food. I think i still feel the pain in my body from those big gaps, so much hunger. Then overeating or eating nutrition-lacking food.

I like wat you wrote about enjoying the presentation of the food, it makes a big difference and is very self-nurturing. that's really special that yuo can celebrate eating like that and make it a fun process, whipping up the smoothies. I love smoothies too.

[Guest_1055]

In what way do you feel different Sleepy eating in the day. Like more energy, feel healthier better routine, sleeping better?

And yes I do love presenting food. The creative side coming out, I guess. I have an Instagram account with pics of meals and smoothies that I make. It is sort of helping me keep on track and a place to store my favourites, so I can easily remember them.

What sort of smoothies do you like?

Tonight... Sipping on Hibiscus Tea

[Guest_1055]

Hi, very nice to meet you.

Thanks heaps for sharing what is has been like for you in regards to all this eating stuff. I really like the last bit you said "Eating in a way that works for you".

My body copes so much better just on a variety of plant foods. All kinds. I feel awful, sick, bloated, foggy headed, and more emotionally messed up if I stray from that. So personally for me it works if I just stay close to eating that way.

Sometimes it works if I just drink mainly fresh juices with mainly vegetables in it.

I hear you big time about bingeing when you feel rejection. That is so very true for me as well.

And hey welcome to this thread too.

[Guest_1055]

Just venting...

It appears to me I never learn the lesson. Why do I keep doing this to myself?

I feel sick, headache, so very tired, disappointed and other feelings that I don't even know. I am so sick of existing in this stupid circle. I want to get off. The junk food makes me sick. Why do I not just stop it, if it does that? That even seems logical to me. What's wrong with me?

I feel shame because of this, because I am fat, I hate the way I look. I am not comfortable in this body that I lug around. I often wonder if I am just vain? I don't want to be like that either. I just want to be free.

[Guest_1055]

Currently sipping slowly through a litre of juice. It has carrot, cucumber, celery, apple, lemon and ginger.

Just watching through these videos on ytube by the Binge Therapist

https://youtu.be/YdtFWZSdBek

[Ggrand]

Hello Shell...and everyone...🤗..

I must admit that I think I am the queen of comfort eating...

I am overweight, most would say I’m fat...I do feel guilty after I’ve had that chocolate, cake, biscuit, lolly etc...These are foods that I was never allowed to even have in my home before....

Maybe I’m buying them and enjoying them as a kind of revenge for what I wasn’t allowed before...My hubby used to keep check on my weight..he disliked and judged fat people so much...

I hated my body when I was thin..being thin doesn’t bring happiness..being yourself and accepting your body shape does bring you happiness...Inside is what counts..not the packaging...

Social media..is hurting a lot of people with their adverts..I have noticed the latest trend now is moisturiser..telling people it’s not okay to have wrinkles..I for one have extremely rarely ever worn make up or use moisturiser...

Im okay with my wrinkles, my body, my unkempt frizzy hair..because it’s who I am....I don’t worry about what I look like...Everyone is different..their are many people who are labeled as obese, skinny, cuddly, fat..This is so wrong....All people are born differently...We all mature into beautiful adults..We are the size, weight, wrinkled, skin colour, hair colour..that we are meant to be...Embrace your beautiful self Shelly and everyone...

Enjoy that piece of chocolate, cake, lolly etc. you deserve it..by denying yourself these small treats..you are in actual fact punishing yourself...for just being who you are..

Life is short..enjoy it anyway that you can..even if that’s having a yummy snack of foods that are sugary, sweet, chocolatey...give yourself some...enjoy it without shame or guilt....you deserve it..We all deserve a special comforting treat...when ever we want to....

Grandy...