Just needed to be heard for a little while

Pyxis

Hello Mellymoo.
Stress at this time of year is always extra hard.

Oranges, peeled and split into segments, kept in a plastic container, then you can dip in and out with hardly any effort.
Cheese, cut into cubes, ditto with cherry tomatoes.
Tasty yogurts, same thing.

Pyxis

Sloe gin..............yum!




It's nearly Reindeer-time!

elsien

I stop eating when I get stressed as well. Satsumas are good, handfuls of nuts and raisins, that sort of thing. Or a bit of cereal . Not "proper" food, but easier to face than a plateful. Or grazing out of the fridge - make sure there's bits and bobs you can munch as you go, cut up carrots and peppers, bits of meat, finger food basically.

jobbingmusician

Imagining the reindeer right now :heartpuls:heartpuls:heartpuls:heartpuls:smileyhea

:rudolf::rudolf::rudolf::rudolf::rudolf::rudolf:

mellymoo74

Am anorexic have relapsed before is the getting myself to eat is the problem.
Only thing I can control

elsien

Sorry you're feeling out of control mellymoo. What did you find helped before with the stress? Can anyone around you help in any way?

Pyxis

elsien wrote: »

I stop eating when I get stressed as well. Satsumas are good, handfuls of nuts and raisins, that sort of thing. Or a bit of cereal . Not "proper" food, but easier to face than a plateful. Or grazing out of the fridge - make sure there's bits and bobs you can munch as you go, cut up carrots and peppers, bits of meat, finger food basically.

That all sounds like pretty good food to me, Elsien! More 'proper' than a burger! Just because it's not hot, doesn't mean it's not nutritious!

mellymoo74 wrote: »

Am anorexic have relapsed before is the getting myself to eat is the problem.
Only thing I can control

I can understand that. You are also able to control the sort of food you eat. As Elsien says, that type of finger food might suit you better than a meal on a plate on a table, but is no less nutritious. Probably more nutritious than a lot of meals I've seen people eat!
A lot of green vegetables can be eaten raw. Sugar-snap peas, green beans, lettuce leaves, rocket etc. nice and light. Hardly feels like eating, but nutritious! And nibbly, you don't have to cut it up or eat it with a fork, just nibble away at the whole leaves/beans! No ghastly full feeling. Just nice and light.

elsien wrote: »

Sorry you're feeling out of control mellymoo. What did you find helped before with the stress? Can anyone around you help in any way?

Mellymoo, is Christmas the source of the stress, or is it exacerbating it?

mellymoo74

It's the MIL and SIL Just gotta focus on eating something once I break the deadlock I work on upping the amount

whitewing

Mmmmm sugar snap peas.

code, I think your CBP is okay to stay - you followed the etiquette.

elsien

Just keep reminding yourself that in a couple of days it'll all be over, and with any luck the outlaws will be back in their own homes.:)
Stick with it, you can do it.