Appetite and Stress
mcmiller you've got me thinking about food for fuel and how much to eat and all that.
I feel good when I make "high quality" food choices as often as possible - meaning less junk or processed food.
It is easy to understand how your appetite sometimes goes away when you have a headcold. The sense of taste and smell are tied together. If you can't smell something, often it doesn't taste right either. I remember a bad cold I had last year and nothing sounded good. All I could stomach was liquids and I just wanted to sleep until it was over. I was told that it was my body focusing on elimination.
Then there are other times when I'm ill or rundown and my body seems to want creamy, fatty, sweet things.
I don't know exactly what all this means.
I also think that there are certain events that can throw you off. Life happens and we don't eat, exercise, or take care of ourselves in a way that we know would be good for us. I don't know if it just "emotional eating", (not sure if I believe in that) or if we are just hungry. I try not to think about it too much because I have a tendency to beat myself up. That old negative programming of good food bad/food is hard to shake sometimes.
I think to myself - wouldn't it be simpler if life didn't throw you any stress so you wouldn't have to figure out a coping strategy? I was telling mcmiller how T-Tapp is one of my stress coping skills right now. Thank goodness for it. As time goes on I am finding little things don't get me bent out of shape like they used to.
This has turned into a rambling post, I think I just wanted to get some of the junk in my mind cleared out. Thanks for indulging me.
I feel good when I make "high quality" food choices as often as possible - meaning less junk or processed food.
It is easy to understand how your appetite sometimes goes away when you have a headcold. The sense of taste and smell are tied together. If you can't smell something, often it doesn't taste right either. I remember a bad cold I had last year and nothing sounded good. All I could stomach was liquids and I just wanted to sleep until it was over. I was told that it was my body focusing on elimination.
Then there are other times when I'm ill or rundown and my body seems to want creamy, fatty, sweet things.
I don't know exactly what all this means.
I also think that there are certain events that can throw you off. Life happens and we don't eat, exercise, or take care of ourselves in a way that we know would be good for us. I don't know if it just "emotional eating", (not sure if I believe in that) or if we are just hungry. I try not to think about it too much because I have a tendency to beat myself up. That old negative programming of good food bad/food is hard to shake sometimes.
I think to myself - wouldn't it be simpler if life didn't throw you any stress so you wouldn't have to figure out a coping strategy? I was telling mcmiller how T-Tapp is one of my stress coping skills right now. Thank goodness for it. As time goes on I am finding little things don't get me bent out of shape like they used to.
This has turned into a rambling post, I think I just wanted to get some of the junk in my mind cleared out. Thanks for indulging me.