Let’s be real, oftentimes we eat because we’re bored.
Or we binge eat because we want to avoid feelings – feelings of loss, pain, excitement and happiness. Whatever the cause, once we have started, it’s oh so hard to stop. We eat, we feel guilty, we eat, we feel ashamed, we eat, we cry, we eat, we want to die. Being caught in that horrible vicious circle creates an emotional turmoil like hardly anything else.
Yet it’s not always easy – who am I kidding, it’s freaking hard – to avoid falling into this circle of shame and losing yourself in the mind numbing movement of “fork to mouth”.
And while it feels somewhat great in the moment, it feels really, really shitty afterwards. Suddenly all that’s important is to get rid of the calories or beating yourself up over them. All that matters is your body, your weight, your fucking “weak mind”. The world suddenly gets oh so small and you’re secluded from everything but your own delirious universe.
But the world is so much more colorful than a few chocolate chip cookies and the guilt ridden aftermath can do it justice. The world is a playground and even you feel bored or overwhelmed with emotions, you have a myriad of games and coping tools at your fingertips. All you have to do is reach out and pick one!
Here are just a few examples of what you can do instead of mindlessly putting food in your mouth.
1. Play with your cat
2. Write down promises to yourself and your body
3. Meditate
4. Create a Pinterest body-love inspiration board
5. Paint
6. Do a jigsaw puzzle
7. Watch a movie
8. Go to bed early
9. Write a song about yourself
10. Visualize your dream life
11. Watch a few TEDx talks
12. Take a spinning class
13. Dance!
14. Decide to do nothing and just chill out
15. Spend time with a baby and lose yourself in his/her laughter and giggles
16. Give yourself a mani/pedi
17. Go on a photo walk
18. Go on a mindfulness walk
19. Stretch
20. Make jewelry
21. Create a collage
22. Define your values in life, love and work
23. Work
24. Do a Sudoku puzzle
25. Garden
26. Close your eyes and really feel your body
27. Write a letter to yourself – be kind!
28. Watch a couple of editions of Love Yourself Friday
29. Do an at-home spa day
30. Spend time with an 8-year old and dive into his/her magically unlimited world
31. Plan a short trip
32. Organize and declutter your closet
33. Scrapbook
34. Write a handwritten letter to a friend
35. Watch National Geographics and absorb the awe-inspiring planet we live in
36. Join a meetup group
37. Pick up a new hobby that you’ve always wanted to learn
38. Smell essential oils
39. Do something that makes you laugh uncontrollably
40. Create your own self-care toolkit
41. Drybrush your skin
42. Play on a playground
43. Pick yourself a flower bouquet
44. Call up a friend
45. Journal about some body-love prompts
46. Do random acts of kindness
47. Clean your home
48. Create your own goddess ritual
49. Give yourself a foot massage
50. And when you really, really, really want to fall into a chocolate coma, then just EAT. 😉
Ready to change your relationship with your body and yourself?
Join the Body-Love Wellness Circles – starting April 21!
- work on your relationship with your body
- dig deep into the reasons you’re holding on to body-hatred
- clear the path for a life of true freedom
- let go of the beliefs you’re holding on to about yourself, your body and food
- create a life that is true to what you actually want
- learn to live without dieting
- experience your body again
- learn stop your dependance on sugar and food
- find ease in your body and comfort in your skin
- learn to stop thinking about food all the time
- and SO much more!
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