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I actually did some exercise today (something I've not done in a while). I took my son to the pumpkin patch and we walked around for a good 2 hours or so. We rode on a lot of wagons and tractors and had a good time. I'm happy we went and did that - I do feel LOADS better.
I read an article the past few days and I can totally tell I'm an emotional eater. The past week or so, even with my medication, I am still feeling down and out. Makes me want to eat everything in sight (which sort of happened, but didn't). One of the main things it talked about was substituting exercise for eating. Any time you get that urge to emotionally eat, do some sort of exercise...be it breathing and relaxation exercises (this would be easy for me to do at my desk at work) or going for a walk or a jog (better to do at home or when I'm not working). It also talked about keeping your goal handy - when I want to pick up that food, just look at my goal. Also said to surround yourself with positive reinforcements, like pictures or people. I think I'm going to make a collage of things I want to do and other things, only after I get to my goal. Might push me a little harder.
The other thing...it said that if you keep coming back to food, at least keep better options at reach versus the typical junk food. Here were the examples they gave:
Apple or orange slices **I LOVE!!!**
Carrot sticks **if I find a bad tasting carrot, it turns me off**
Banana **bananas are quick and easy**
Broccoli **I'm learning to love Broccoli**
Whole wheat toast **might be a little come by**
Bran muffin **same with this one**
Fruit smoothie **suppose I should whip out my blender**
Applesauce **YUM YUM!**
I'm also going to set my caloric intake to 1500 and see if I can get close to that or under that. ALSO, I'm going try REALLY hard to get my carbs to around 75g to 100g a day and my fat around 40g a day.
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