What do you do when there's tragedy/chaos/discord/whatever

[Guest guest]

It was literally 5 days of getting back to eating right and 3 days of starting

new work outs and the worst of the worst things happened to my family.  I'm not

talking about a fight with a family member or everyday stressors, I mean,

gravely devastating news that caused so much emotional pain and chaos that still

is not over yet.  I've gone from hysterically crying to anxious to immense

sadness everyday since Wednesday.  So here I am in the thick of it but with all

the chaos and running around.  I am emotionally drained, fatigued and

sleep-deprived that I haven't had it in me to plan good meals.  It's either eat

on the run, eat shit or don't eat at all right now.  I'm trying again to get a

hold of myself tomorrow WHILE dealing with everything.  Those of you who have

maintained good eating habits and work outs during crisis, please tell me how

you do it?  How do you do it without feeling selfish or guilty?

 

I'm watching my father suffer and anytime I think about working out or doing

something healthy for myself I feel immense guilt for thinking about myself in

any way, " How can I be thinking about working out when he's all alone in that

place? "   I know this is my personality and it's me that does it to myself. 

Stress, sadness is something that makes me stop all things and then I just do

the bare minimum...i.e. go to work because I have to and go through the rest of

the day on autopilot.  I'd really like to know what it is in those people

who experience a family illness/death/hospitalization and keep up with their

health?  Those people who deal with these things by running, lifting

weights....then there's people like me who become all consumed by it and do

nothing except what absolutely needs to be done, the rest gets put on hold. 

 

Has anyone continued to live/eat healthy going through something traumatic?

What's worse is I " know " I should be doing these things even more so now that

I'm watching my father, to try and prevent the same thing happening to me and

yet....I feel like thinking of myself is selfish right now. 

[Guest guest]

IM so sorry u are having a hard time and you father is sick. I would

have to say that u need to focus on you being healthy so u can be

there for him. If u arent healthy it shows and he will hate the fact

that u are not taking care of yourself. He wouldnt want u to get sick

and if this is a family illness then he would really not like u not

taking care of yourself. As far as working out, that is a great

stress relievor. As long as u dong over do it. I clean or workout

when im stressed. It keeps me away from the kitchen and food.

I went through a very nasty divorce and was all alone in it. And i

turned to eating junk and it made me all shaky inside and not healthy

at all. Make sure u take care of yourself!!

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> It was literally 5 days of getting back to eating right and 3 days

of starting new work outs and the worst of the worst things happened

to my family.  I'm not talking about a fight with a family member or

everyday stressors, I mean, gravely devastating news that caused so

much emotional pain and chaos that still is not over yet.  I've gone

from hysterically crying to anxious to immense sadness everyday

since Wednesday.  So here I am in the thick of it but with all the

chaos and running around.  I am emotionally drained, fatigued and

sleep-deprived that I haven't had it in me to plan good meals.  It's

either eat on the run, eat shit or don't eat at all right now.  I'm

trying again to get a hold of myself tomorrow WHILE dealing with

everything.  Those of you who have maintained good eating habits and

work outs during crisis, please tell me how you do it?  How do you do

it without feeling selfish or guilty?

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> I'm watching my father suffer and anytime I think about working out

or doing something healthy for myself I feel immense guilt for

thinking about myself in any way, " How can I be thinking about

working out when he's all alone in that place? "   I know this is my

personality and it's me that does it to myself.  Stress, sadness is

something that makes me stop all things and then I just do the bare

minimum...i.e. go to work because I have to and go through the rest

of the day on autopilot.  I'd really like to know what it is in those

people who experience a family illness/death/hospitalization and keep

up with their health?  Those people who deal with these things by

running, lifting weights....then there's people like me who become

all consumed by it and do nothing except what absolutely needs to be

done, the rest gets put on hold. 

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> Has anyone continued to live/eat healthy going through something

traumatic? What's worse is I " know " I should be doing these things

even more so now that I'm watching my father, to try and prevent the

same thing happening to me and yet....I feel like thinking of myself

is selfish right now. 

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