My biggest concern is eating enough food at lunch to fill me up till dinner. My lunch break is at noon and then I have class until 7:20. I know I'll experience some hunger, but I also know I won't die if I get hungry!
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So, here we go!
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This is going to sound so stuck-up of me, but I have come to totally enjoy telling people that. They always look sort of confused - like - you don't have sweets every day? Or whenever they're around? Or just because it's been a stressful day and now here it is? I feel a mysterious pride. And I think it's an excellent example for kids, to realize that treats are for special occasions, not something that's part of a normal (get it, normal, haha N!) day.alene1 wrote: I told her I'm saving my sweets for the weekend and tucked it in my purse. I guess I just have to get used to people being a bit disappointed if I'm not eating sweets during the week at work.
I love this!! You know, you are so right! It's kind of beyond people's comprehension to think of just dealing with life on life's terms without using food to soothe, distract, and numb out. It's going to take me some time to learn to do this too, but I know it's possible. Not only possible, but so much better to deal with and process life and stress instead of numbing out and going for the sugar when life gets hardautomatedeating wrote:This is going to sound so stuck-up of me, but I have come to totally enjoy telling people that. They always look sort of confused - like - you don't have sweets every day? Or whenever they're around? Or just because it's been a stressful day and now here it is? I feel a mysterious pride. And I think it's an excellent example for kids, to realize that treats are for special occasions, not something that's part of a normal (get it, normal, haha N!) day.alene1 wrote: I told her I'm saving my sweets for the weekend and tucked it in my purse. I guess I just have to get used to people being a bit disappointed if I'm not eating sweets during the week at work.