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Lindsay Boechler Fitness

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Lindsay Boechler Fitness
Lindsay Boechler
Kelowna, British Columbia

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LOOK at the glorious, peanut buttery-chocolatey goodness! The sight of it even just makes my mouth water and I actually smile when I look at it. For real..LOOK AT IT!!!

Let's talk about the most recent time I felt so stressed, that food seemed like my only comfort. I consider myself an emotional eater, because less often do I "crave" sweets when I'm actually hungry. I normally gravitate towards certain foods when I'm stressed and I want/need a release of energy. 
 
Most recently, I had been going through a lot of change. Our condo had been sold and the move out date was Aug. 15th and we were unable to move in to our new place until September 1 (two weeks from move out date). This would put us back staying at my parent’s place, commuting 30-45 mins to and from work and trying to accommodate my love/need for the gym amongst all of it. I had also planned a 10.5-hour trip to Alberta for a family function on the weekend of the move in date (before I knew of this whole charade I might add). Times were... busy! To top it all off, I released my Fall Program which would be starting on September 4th, the Monday after all this madness. 
 
The time was coming closer to the weekend of the move and the family function. Our plan was to drive 10.5 hours to AB on the Friday, attend the function Saturday, drive back to Kelowna Sunday and move all our things from storage into our new place Monday (overachiever much?) this is what the mind of an over achiever looks like. I think I can do it all! So, I plan to do it all and when my expectations don't measure up with reality, I'm disappointed. Mostly in myself. On the Wednesday morning before the weekend, we were discussing our plans. As I was saying the plan out loud, I soon realized how ridiculous this all sounded. How the hell... are we going to do this all? After talking with Mike and one of my amazing friends, I decided that another family function would have to be missed. I had to weigh the pros and cons of the decision to go and not go and the realization was that I was only one woman and there were only two of us doing all the moving. 
 
"What's the big deal?" You might be thinking. “So, you missed a thing, who cares?!" The trouble is, I do. Family is very important to me and if at any time I feel as though I've let someone down, I feel very guilty. Especially if someone points out the fact that my decision to not attend could be miss perceived as a gesture of my "Not caring" enough to attend. People attend my functions and I want to return the favour by supporting them and attending theirs, but at what cost? 
 
After the decision had been made, I told family members and was feeling down about my decision. I had felt like a failure and mostly a shitty family member. Why can't I do both? Why can't I go, drive back and move us in one day? “Why am I not immortal?!" Is what it all comes down to. That evening I had a disagreement with a family member on the topic, as I was already in an emotional and guilt-ridden state of mind. If you're me, you can't sleep when you're angry, upset, or anxious. I tried to sleep, but I got very little of it that night. The entire time, I was thinking about ice cream... (yes ice cream). "I think if I have some, I'll feel better. I think that's what I need to get some sleep!" This is how your mind works when your emotional and love food. You use it as a coping mechanism. I Lay there tossing and turning waiting for Mike to come home and explain to him what happened and to save me from the ice cream! As soon as he got home, I could sit with him and explain to him how I was feeling while I snacked on a salad (hey it's progress). After getting everything out to Mike and releasing my “snacky energy”, I lay back to sleep. But I was still only able to get a few hours of snooze time. 
 
The next morning, I woke up dissatisfied and even more in funk. What did I have for breakfast you ask? Why ice cream and yogurt of course! At 6am this is what I had. Now, we could look at this from two ways. One-there was no sense in continuing to push passed this obsession with ice cream and just allow myself to have SOME and track what I had. I've spent many years avoiding the foods that I love out of sheer terror that they will instantly make me fat. Or two-I'm a failure who submitted to my cravings and had some ice cream for breakfast on a bad day. I've spent too long being number two-so I'm choosing to go with option one :) 
 
Emotional eating is exactly as it sounds. It's emotional! You are constantly trying to decipher between actual hunger and just feeling like you need to be comforted in some way. I love sugary foods because they give you the sense of a release and you feel AMAZING while you're enjoying/indulging. I also love the gym and the endorphins that are released while I'm exerting energy and training hard in the gym. Does loving both make me a bad person? I think I will always fight with wanting to comfort myself with food because to me, it's an easy way to find comfort with out seeming weak or vulnerable. I'm not asking anyone for help, or to listen to me. I'm simply comforting myself with treats and feel good foods which in my opinion, is an independent way of finding comfort. I CAN DO IT MYSELF! BUT! This is not the way to find comfort in difficult situations in life. Talking things out and finding a solution to the pain and struggle is the more difficult, but healthier approach to a problem or a feeling. I used to wonder why the girl in the movies would be eating something as delicious as ice cream when she was sad. Sitting in her room, alone, crying  and eating ice cream. When you’re little, you don’t understand this. But when you grow up, you most certainly do. I feel as though its a way for us independent ladies to comfort ourselves with out actually having to seek out comfort. We are too proud to ask someone to help make us feel better emotionally, so we eat our feelings instead.

I scream, you scream? We all scream for... ;) FEELINGS!





 
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