Stress Management and Dealing with Emotions and Failure

Aerobics Class Judgement 

I went to a class on Sunday called Abs Blast. It was so hard! I did feel a little tearful as I peeled myself off the floor and hit the showers. It made me think about two things. If I had a gym

a) I'd point out which classes are for beginners
b) I wouldn't judge the person for not being at the right fitness level yet

I think that's the problem. When I think of fitness I immediately think of being shouted at in P.E for not getting the ball. There was no reason, that I saw, to be out in he freezing cold weather chasing after muddy object. Not for my health, not to be slim, not even to get fit. It's just something to think about.

Stress Management and Dealing with Anger and Failure 

I also had a dessert at a Mother's Day meal and....I didn't actually want it. In my head I could hear, 'clear your plate' and 'you're about to pay for it anyway.' Nothing about how delicious it might be or how filling. It made me think that I see food the wrong way. Now I eat less junk food emotions have risen to the surface. I'm currently reading "Brain Over Binge" by Kathryn Hassen. Some parts I agree with and others I'm unsure about. One thing she talks about is dealing with your urge to binge. The problem I have is that I don't think I've ever had a healthy relationship with food. Even when I was a child I was a finicky eater who wouldn't finish my meals.

So now I have to learn how to deal with my emotions and learn how to manage stress which should be interesting. Even the job I'm currently doing makes me feel like a failure because it's not what I want to do and I have a degree I'm not using. There's nothing wrong with earning money honestly but my brain feels as though it's dying and my creativity is going unused. But the problem I have is that to make a change and a move I'll have to deal with failure. Not even feelings of being a failure, the chance that I might fail at something I really want. Then I'll have to move on.

So that's something to explore next. How do I deal with my own emotions, how to I proceed if I've failed and how do I cope with stressors?So first I'll tackle what binge eating means and then move on to dealing with those feelings and stress.  Next it might be worthwhile to consider how to lose weight naturally. If I'm not restricting my food the way I have been doing because it isn't healthy, how then can I possibly lose weight? NHS choices said something interesting,..

"People who binge eat do not purge themselves to control their weight, but may try to limit weight gain by having periods of eating very little between binges."

NHS Choices-Binge Eating

I always thought binge eating was just about eating too much, I didn't even consider the restriction. So that's something else to think about, how to lose weight without restricting yourself beyond a certain point. 

I hope to tackle...

1) What is binge eating?
2) How do you deal with stress, emotions and failure
3) How do you lose weight naturally 
4) How do stop yourself getting into a pattern of binge and then restrict, binge and then restrict