How were the holidays for you?

[sarahmichigan]

Holidays can be a big challenge for some trying an intuitive eating approach because there's SO much social pressure around food at the holidays. In my case, my family tends to swing between crazy diets and food-pushing. This holiday was about the food-pushing. It wasn't too obnoxious, but I felt like we were pressured to eat on other people's

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[chimalis]

Perhaps more related to my recent cancer diagnosis and stress caused thereby, but HORRIBLE. I didn't eat well, and nobody around me did. None of us felt particularly well, either. My family learned the bad emotion=eat=guilt=eat=guilt=eat cycle from each other, and my sister and my mother and even my tiny grandmother (who has never been overweight in her life) have gained weight. I have not gained any weight at all, but given that before I stopped exercising and started paying attention to what I was eat that I was losing steadily, I know I have changed my eating habits in bad ways

[sarahmichigan]

I SO understand stress-eating under the circumstances and fully agree that this is no time to pursue weight loss dieting. I think it's common to overeat for stress relief because stuffing yourself full really *does* give you sense of calm. It's the guilt afterward that is the bigger problem, though, like you've noted.

I think yoga and meditation would be great for you right now, if you can manage, but it's no use beating yourself up if you don't find much time for it; you've got a LOT on your plate right now.

*pats & hugs*