Christmas/Lockdown panic buying

Hello beautiful humans

The end of the year always goes something like this for me: October = Mild panic. It's my birthday in November and usually pictures are taken - best look reasonable for them. November = Pretty decent panic. It's my birthday, pictures will be taken. Do I look okay? have I gained weight from last year? Will people comment on my body? Oh shit it's Christmas next month. December = Major panic. I had photos taken at my birthday, and people will compare them to the pictures from Christmas.* Food. So much food. Lots of people. Stressful family times. Diet talk. Help.

This year for sure is turning out no different, apart from the fact that we are in a global pandemic, and lockdown is being re-implemented. So no biggie really 😉.

For me, the added stress at the moment is the fact that people are already panic buying. Around Christmas time is when I like to stick to my safe foods, even if throughout the rest of the year I am relatively relaxed. Safe foods mean that I can eat food that my brain deems 'acceptable'. These foods were the foods that started to get me into recovery at a steady pace. They're foods that I know my brain won't overly obsess about. Which for me is really valuable and important!
Unfortunately, with the second lockdown being implemented, I've already seen a lot of my safe foods go out of stock online. This has caused my anxiety levels to raise quite significantly. What if I can't get my safe food for Christmas day? This year I am not spending Christmas with my family, which is another huge change from the norm for me. If I was giving advice to someone else who wasn't spending Christmas in their normal place, I'd say to make it as normal as possible, by eating what you'd normally eat and keeping a routine. It's going to be quite hard to achieve that this year. A routine is possible, but eating as normal, may not be.

There really isn't a big point to this post, nor any advise for people, which is why I am not going to promote it; however if you get anything from this post, please don't panic buy. There are people out there with ED's, allergies etc that really on certain foods to get them through the festive period.

Loads of love,

Dais xo

*Obviously not true, but this is where my brain goes.

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