Comfort Eating

Are you someone who over eats or under eats when you are stressed? I most definitely over eat, no surprises there right?

I am a terrible comfort eater. The worst of it is you comfort eat and then you feel guilty so you comfort eat some more. It is such a vicious circle. 

With everything that has been going on in my life recently I find myself comfort eating more and more and I have no idea how to get out of it. 

It doesn't help that I work shifts and can often be eating meals at a stupid time of day. For example starting at 6am and not eating anything until 12ish. No wonder I find myself snacking later on. It's like I'm not hungry for that time between when I'm getting up and when I first eat but once I eat something I get hungry again quite quickly.

I know if I was organised and planned meals and things I wouldn't feel the need to snack so much but I am the most unorganised person in the world and just can't seem to do it.

I don't know about anyone else but comfort eating really gets me down. I hate myself for doing it but it's like I have no control. I will tell myself I am not going to do it but by the end of the day I will have ate something I shouldn't have. 

I have tried not stopping myself but limiting myself. That doesn't work either. 

I'm going to try and find a way I can stick to, in terms of planning meals, and I will keep you updated with how I get on.

In the meantime does anyone have any suggestions? How do you avoid the temptation to eat things you shouldn't?

Julz xx