I've noticed that when a big event like a meeting, or a family get together, a holiday etc is coming up, I overeat the day before or right after the event.
I've also noticed that I do this when someone shows me strong emotion and I needed to comfort them.
It's like these things sap all of my energy, and I need to eat to regain some of it, or harness the energy to face these events, beforehand.
The sad thing about this is that it is sabotaging and prolonging my weight loss goals! It is a new thing for me, or newly noticed, and I have no idea how to manage it!
I don't want to drink alcohol (stopped this to lose weight), I don't smoke, I don't want to eat and sabotage my weight loss goals (once I give in, I just go full on and it's bad news), I can't exercise 24 hours a day, and drinking caffeine makes me more manic and sleep deprived so what does everyone do to manage stress before doing something that will add to it like the above mentioned things?
I get into a state so I can't seem to calm down with reading or anything quiet.
I'm happy that I've noticed this is a problem, since everyone says that's half the battle, but I don't know how to tackle the other half of this battle!