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I've spent the last few months following a new diet/exercise plan. I notice that my past failures came down to using food as a way to regulate my mood and deal with stress. Exercise mollifies this to a great extent; however, I find that I regularly experience temporary spurts of depression lasting a few hours, and in those times I find it difficult to maintain discipline. Is there a good way to guard against this sort of thing?
Very tentatively offered-- maybe you actually need to use food to regulate some of your moods. Possibly you could use a few more carbs.
The word depression in his medical meaning doesn't describe a state that lasts hours. Maybe you mean an emotion like sadness?
I don't think I'd class it under sadness. Despair might be the right word. Once it hits, I find it very hard to function and when it passes I feel grateful I don't keep loaded weapons in the house.
Might want to type your diet into cron-o-meter and see if you've screwed up any nutrients. Had similar feelings before? If so may want to see doctor. Sounds dangerous to me, and I would likely pull a white flag on the diet if this has not happened to you before.
How is your calorie balance, and how low in carbs is your diet?
One thing that might help you from my experience is to remove any food from your surroundings that could tempt you. I myself have only fruits, milks and cereals in my kitchen and basically nothing else. While I could easily go to supermarket or order food the fact I would need to do do some additional action is enough form me to avoid doing that. You can use laziness for your advantage.