The end of the day

When I wake up in the morning I feel refreshed, light, happy, comfortable with my body... but by the end of the day I feel pretty miserable. My body is really slow to digest my food so it kind of feels like all the food I've eaten throughout the day is just piled up in my stomach and it's really uncomfortable. So I try to comfort myself as much as possible. 

1. I put on comfy clothes. Loose pajama pants or shorts and a tank top so that I don't feel my clothes gripping at my body. 

2. Avoid the mirror. It just isn't worth it. By the end of the day, YES, your stomach is going to be bloated and bigger than it is when you wake up in the morning. I try to remind myself of this fact. That in the morning the bloating will be gone and I will be ok. No need to over react

3. Eat my snack no matter what. By the end of the day, I am STUFFED. But I make my night snack as enjoyable as possible and get it down. I usually pick something yummy and sweet like nutella and banana or almond butter and hot chocolate or a tea latte. I lure myself into enjoying my night snack, even though a lot of the time I feel pretty stuffed and miserable!

4. Distract. At night I color, watch TV shows, go on Pinterest, write, read, play games.... anything I can do to distract myself from thinking about my body. Because there are MANY more important things than the size of my belly, and lots of fun things to do when I am in a healthy mindset. 

5. Drink tea. I usually have a big cup of tea at night to soothe my stomach. I have a ginger tea that is very good for digestion and stomach aches, so I drink that. I also have mint, decaf english breakfast, and apple cinnamon (though I might be out of that one). It helps to calm me down and helps me to stay hydrated. I love my tea. 

6. Cuddle up with lots of blankets and stuffed animals and build a fort. I am an adult, but my other parts love toys and stuffed animals, so I snuggle up with my toys to soothe my younger parts. It's comforting to all of us. And I don't care how old I am, I think I'll always love stuffed animals!

I just tell myself over and over and OVER I will go to sleep and wake up refreshed and ready to start the day. It keeps me from going absolutely insane!

How do you comfort yourself at the end of the day?