Personal Evaluation
1. What are some areas of stress or anxiety in your life at this time? Work has been really crazy this year, as well as our efforts to look/shop for buying a house. Additionally, I feel stressed out when my husband is stressed - and since his work schedule has also been crazy, I feel his anxiety transferring to me.
2. Have any of the above situations affected your eating behavior? If so, how? On Friday, I went to the grocery store after work to get some food for supper - I bought certain things with the intention of 'treating myself' after a long, hard week at work. As soon as I got home, however, I realized the error of my ways. I didn't need to be rewarded for making it through a long week with my food, I needed to find another way to reward myself for a job well done - so I watched one of my favorite TV shows instead.
3. What are some alternative activities you will choose to deal with stress and anxiety? Shopping, watching a favorite TV show, exercising, cleaning/doing dishes, painting nails, playing a game, hanging out with husband/family/friends
4. How has your commitment to the program guidelines helped you deal with stress and anxiety over the last seven weeks? How will the changes you are making during your journey help you to deal with stress and anxiety for a lifetime? The program has allowed me to experience my stress and anxiety without the comfort of certain foods which I often abused before in similar situations. It forced me to look for comfort elsewhere than in my food, or in different types of food which wouldn't give me the same numbing effect as sugar and high carbs would. Additionally, these changes that I have been/am making, will help me learn how to properly deal with my stress and anxiety in a way that will be beneficial to my body and well being in the long haul. I will not abuse foods when under stress or anxiety, and will be able to adequately cope with these situations in a healthy manner.
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