STRESS Face fears instead of | feeding them E ALL KNOW how hard it is to stick to our healthy ways of ealing. Food provides us with instant gratification, and never argues with us. After all, who doesn’t associate some kind of. food with comfort and feeling good? The trouble: comes when we tum: to food to relieve our stress. We use it to bury feelings, and to hide ¢ ‘our hurt. It’s a trap anyone can fall:into secasionally. But what-if it’s more than an occasional Japse? Let’s talk about: ways.to: recognize some improper food behaviours, and alternate ways of dealing with them. » Some people use food to help ‘them through times of depression. You can deal with depression in -.Many..more positive ways than overealing. . _ Try ‘using some non-food- _ related pleasures to rid yourself _of the Blahs, Try a long hot bath, “or.a-Massage. Or, if you really must use food, you can do it ina positive way. Go out to your «favourite restaurant, and order a oo small portion of a choice entrée. : Practice using moderalion as a tool to control your eating. “If -you find that you lose your good eating habiis when you’re > angry, “stop for a moment and ‘think: ‘Will 'any amount of food 7 solve, this problem?’ “Instead ‘of overeating, try to resolve the source of your frustra- tion. Or, ‘try to work off some of “the | pent-up emotion with some - physical: activity,’ vent: your ° aggressions and: Work ‘off extra pounds while you're at it. .. “Sometimes, people will follow . “their good habits while in the ; company of others, but ‘‘cheat”’ with big. ‘helpings of = their ‘We turn to food to relieve our stress. We use it to Bury feelings, and to hide ‘our hurt, It’s a trap anyone - can fall into occasionally. favourite ‘bad’? foods while they’re alone, The basic problem withthis is:that it means that " people. are: dividing . food into **good’* and ‘‘bad” types. We all “need “to realize. that we can eat : reasonable portions of any food. By-taking a smaller portion of a ‘ “forbidden” food, we can learn ~ that all foods can be included in ‘our.diets, in the appropriate - amounts, . ‘+ Some people use food as an ex- cuse to avoid facing their fears. Overall, this just leads to low -selfesteem,-and never addresses _ the fear that’s the problem in the ifirst place, . -TE-you can face your fears, it . will work out better in the long “run. Or, if you're afraid to face “them alone, there’s no shame in approaching others for help. It ould bea close friend, or the lergy of: your church, Others may -prefer-to seek professional help -inthe form of a4 social worker or psychologist. Resolving fears can help you lead amore productive life, and remove the crutch of overeating. ‘Lastly, don’t let food become an outlet for you, People who try to live up toa ‘‘perfect’* image of emselves will inevitably meet with some kind of failure. They “rebel!” against the image that they’ve ‘set for themselves, and se food to break out of the shell, This can Jead to the ‘‘Now-that- I’ye-fallen-off-my-dict,-I-may-as- well-go-all-the-way” - line of thinking, , ‘Remember, there’s room in any healthy ‘way of cating for all foods, Practising moderation will 1 you eat the foods you crave (in faoderate portions) and __ still tain: a. healthy lifestyle. It $0. allows you to be human, in- stead-of a ‘‘perfect’’ being, who vér eats anything ‘‘bad,’’ Remember, instead of. using Nutrition Notes by Gerry Kasten tood to reinforce negative emo- lions, use a positive approach to overcome . overeating. Assert yourscif, relax, and work at de- stressing yourself in moderate, non-food related ways. If you feel you can’t do it alone, enlist. the help of others, be they friends or -counsellors, To be the person you want to be, you need to bein charge of your reactions to your emotions. 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