I posted this in another thread, but I know that this category gets more views and I thought maybe my findings would be best shared here...
So, this week has been majorly stressful for me - my boyfriend got rushed to hospital on Tues night so I've spent a couple of days with no sleep/very emotional... and on top of that I got a job offer which needed an immediate answer (it was less money, so not easy to say yes or no straight away). Having to make that decision without involving him, and also in my current wrecked state isn't easy.
Normally I would have grabbed convenience & comfort food, but for the last two days I've only eaten enough to get my body ticking over (weetabix, porridge, etc). I know a lot of worriers go in for not eating, but this has never been me. I just drank my first coffee in 2 days... I normally drink 4 a day. It's like my brain was so focused on everything else that it didn't care what I was eating.
I want to try and channel this after this week, when things are right again, and remind myself that I don't have to spend my whole life thinking about my next meal (I'm one of those people
) and try to focus on the fact that my body needs food to survive and function, and not because it likes pepperoni pizza.
** edit
After another day of him being kept in the hospital, I found myself again only eating to survive... I almost feel as though I've been on a mini-detox although I'm now craving fresh food (fruit and salad) like you wouldn't believe. Yesterday I ate a bowl of cereal, a tuna sandwich and then half a sandwich for dinner... I probably ate my calorie intake as the sandwiches weren't exactly low-cal options and it was enough to sustain me. I'm going to make an effort to eat normally today, especially as bf is out of hospital and seemingly OK.