Swapping one comfort for another
This week I have noticed that I have started to do a very good thing, quite unintentionally. Where I used to reach for my favorite comfort foods, I am now looking to go for a walk.
Alittle background about me, last May my mother died unexpectedly. My parents had been married for 55 years and my father was actually the one in worse health. In August my husband and I moved in with him to take care of him. I don’t know what I was thinking but neither man is a push over and now nearly a year later it is quite diffcult living in a house with 2 men where both think they’re king…one is always wrong. And I am caught in the middle.
Getting back to the walking. I have noticed when things get very stressful around here it is now more comforting for me to get away for a few minutes and walk then to just stuff something in my mouth.
I dont beleive things are going to change between my husband and my father. But at least I found a positive way of dealing with some of the stress.
That is a great feeling isn’t it? Mastering your own reaction to stressful circumstances? Keep it up!
That’s a great idea, swapping one for the other.

Good for the body and good for the mind.