Lost site of what 'healthy' is

[earthyambitions]

I am suffering at the moment from some anxiety issues and really need to get a grip on things. My anxiety is focused around getting ill and specifically being sick. I am already phobic about being sick but this has got worse over the last few months and now I think about it far too much.

I am already doing some mindfulness meditation using the headspace app which is helping me deal with it. I Know exercise will help by boosting my happy hormones and also by helping my immune system therefore making it less likely that I will be sick. But at the moment I am so exhausted by the end of the working day there is absolutely no way I have the energy to go for a run.

So I'm thinking starting with diet and maybe supplements will help but the more I read the more confused I get. It's got to the point that I can't think straight and work out what I am meant to do to be healthy. Vit d tablets sounded good but then I read about risk of overdosing, multi vitamin maybe but then the levels of things might not be high enough. Drink more water is good but I work in a job where I can't keep nipping to the loo every two minutes. And food wise I have no idea any more. Low carb hi fat, high fibre, high protein, little and often, fasting, eat 'clean', gi, I just don't know what I'm meant to be eating.

At the moment I have porridge with banana and honey in a morning with a coffee and some water ( honey good or bad? Banana to carby?)

Mid morning I might have something like a tea cake.

Lunch varies, chicken salad, jacket and cheese, beans on toast, on a lazy day cheese roll crisps and a choc bar from the shop.

Dinner things like sausage veg and mash, stew now it's getting colder, chilli and rice lots of slow cooker food cos we work long hours.

I have to get a grip on this anxiety but at the moment it's stopping me from thinking straight about what I need to do about it. I would really appreciate someone helping me gain a bit of clarity, to develop a to do list, a plan for getting myself sorted.

Sorry for the long post and thank you of you have taken the time to read it.

I'm in a similar position.

I worry constantly about catching something that will make me vomit or eating something that will make me vomit.

It's not a way to live.

After all kinds of therapy, I'm getting better at controlling the negative spiral of thoughts, but it is a constant battle. My negative thoughts are most intrusive when I'm worrying about other stuff.

The only sure thing is that you can't eliminate risk completely. You can minimise it by keeping your hands clean, but exposure to germs is an inevitable fact of life.

Personally, I wouldn't be fretting too much about a carb overload. Concentrate on breaking the cycle of thoughts.

I was given a book called Thrive by Rob Kelly. Of all the various things I tried, this book had the most lasting impact.

Do you want to lose weight or just eat more healthily to avoid catching every cold going?

Not concerned about weight loss at the moment just want to avoid foods that might make me feel nauseous and cause a spiral of panic and boost my immune system so I don't get genuine sickness bugs.

I will have a look for that book pastimperfect, thank you.