NWP 159: Q&A on Eating, Exercise and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
I am pausing another week on the content I had planned out to more specifically address what is going on right now with the COVID-10 Pandemic. Many of you have told me that this quick change in routine, the lack of unknown, these out of control times are bringing on a lot of food, exercise and anxiety challenges. I am going to answer questions I received from Instagram to help you with this.
These answers are catered towards the anxious mind and disordered patterns popping up as a way to cope. I do want to acknowledge some listening with actually be experiencing food insecurity because of loss of job, etc and that would of course add to the scarcity mindset around food. If you have been affected by a job loss and are food insecure, please let us know so we can spread the word to support our community.
Questions answered in today’s podcast episode:
Question:
I am finding that i”m struggling with taking a “rest day” from working out and getting close to my normal amount of steps. I usually workout 5-6 days in the gym but am now doing at home live workouts and I just don’t want to take a “rest day”. I think partially because i like the group fitness online but also because i’m afraid of losing strength/gaining weight.
Question:
How do you deal with exercise addiction in a time like this? I was so active at school, and being more sedentary messes with my head and makes me anxious. It makes me want to restrict, but I’m continuing to eat enough because my body needs to eat! I wanted to ask this because I know I’m not the only one.
Question:
I’d love if you could talk how to challenge the scarcity mindset when there is so much scarcity of food at the stores. Definitely triggering my ED thoughts!
Question:
Would love for you to explain on anxiety! Feels like my chest is clenched up so tight and I have trouble concentrating on anything even when watching TV, without feeling anxious.
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