Survival Skills
There are good divorce coping mechanisms and bad divorce coping mechanisms. We all need these mechanisms and we will all use them as we progress through the divorce. But only you decide which mechanisms you adopt during the divorce. So what’s it gonna be? Bad mechanisms?
- Alcohol abuse
- Binge eating
- Lethargy
- Periodic outbursts
Or will you chose positive coping mechanisms?
- Healthy eating
- Daily fitness
- Personal development
- Openness with support network
Choosing positive coping mechanisms over negative ones leads to so many good changes in your life it’s hard to overstate the difference. Negative coping mechanism begin the spiral of depression and tie you the past. Positive mechanisms, even if they are only small or just begun, help ease divorce survivors into a new, happier life.
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A fundamental, positive coping mechanism is healthy eating. Eating the right foods, in the right amounts at the right times of day, will make you feel better, give you more energy, improve your strength and improve your body image.
Healthy eating can mean a “diet”. But never confuse a simple reduction in caloric intake for healthy eating; i.e. “starvation” dieting is never healthy eating. Eating half a bag of potato chips, instead of a whole bag, may sound like a healthy start, yet it’s anything but.
The health experts agree that the safest and most effective way to achieve permanent weight loss is to follow a healthy eating plan and get adequate physical activity.
Selecting a weight loss plan from the variety of confusing and contradicting philosophies can be enough to scare people away. You should always choose a plan that promotes healthy eating habits to lose weight and to maintain weight loss, rather than a plan that just reduces caloric intake.
When you’re ready to select your weight loss plan make sure you choose one that includes:
- Eating Healthy - Choose a weight loss plan that reduces calories but keeps all the food groups. Make sure your weight loss plan includes foods from all the food groups on the nutrition pyramid.
- Exercise - Enough cannot be said about the importance of a regular workout plan. (See our section on Women’s Fitness) You should be putting in 30 to 60 minutes of cardiovascular activity at least 5 days every week – 6 to 7 days a week is even better.
- Medical Supervision - Prior to starting any significant diet program, you should visit your own health care provider, or see a medical professional who participates in weight loss planning.
- Measure and Weigh - Choose a weight loss plan that provides gradual and consistent weight loss of about 1/2 to 2 pounds per week. While you may lose weight faster than this at the beginning of your diet, generally, you should not lose more than 3 pounds per week to maintain good health while losing weight.
- Stay With It - Any diet that doesn’t include a maintenance plan for after you’ve reached your goal weight isn’t worth even trying. Make sure you have a plan to maintain your healthy new weight after your diet. Your plan should incorporate healthy eating and regular physical activity as a permanent part of your daily life.
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