Wino Wednesday: Sessions in Stress Eats

We all do. Stress eating is a common practice in today’s world. Either you binge eat, or you skip meals. Two extremes of the spectrum. Neither one will bring you happiness or good health.

My recommendation on the rough days? Check the side of the packing for “nutritional information”… we all know that our go to snacks during periods of stress are NOT nutritious. But we can look at the serving size.

For example… I LOVE Mike N Ikes. The serving size is 16 pieces. Count out the amount you can fix into your day and then savor those suckers like they are going out of style.

Another example: I love fries… They are my weakness at restaurants. But they are filled with contamination outside of my own home. I buy Alexia sweet potato fries. I miss the chipotle seasoning ones. But I can measure out 12 fries. Heat them up and then add whatever protein source. These fit perfectly into my macros and I still feel like I’m eating as I want to eat.

*Disclosure: I have been trying to eat with my macros and eat healthy for a LONG time. I have struggled with good periods and bad. Logging macros, tracking calories, meal prep and overall healthy eating is HARD. But with friends and enjoying the response to clean eating you can stick to it.

One of my favorite people to follow on Instagram is Heidi Powell. She is my inspiration for eating what I WANT… and just adjusting my other meals to still fit into my macros. She enjoys a marshmallow dream bar from Starbucks as her indulgence. I like those and do indulge in one every so often. But it’s not my Achilles heal. So use that mixed with my own thoughts about food. I’m tired of punishing my body by being overweight… I’m also over this idea that food sucks. I definitely have my love hate relationship with food at times. I mean… when it makes you sick it’s hard not to blame food. But on this journey to better health I’m hoping to heal more than just my gut. I’m hoping to heal my relationship with food.. and my mind, body and soul.

Wish me luck. AIP starts next week!