Tag Archives: emotional eating

Feeling Guilty About Thanksgiving? Seven Tips to Help Curb Holiday Overeating!

If you celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday, I hope you had a lovely day full of good food and great family and friends. I also hope you have no regrets about your eating behaviors. Thanksgiving and other holidays tend to encourage bad habits. The meals are full of “special” foods we don’t get on a regular basis, so there can be a feeling that you NEED to overindulge because you’re not going to see it again for another year. Plus, there’s just SO MANY good foods to sample — you don’t want to insult the chefs by not filling your plate, right? … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! – Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

I’m afraid to say that things are still on hold for me, weight loss-wise. My foot is still pretty injured, and while I can walk (sort of) exercise is out of the question right now. I’ve learned that I don’t lose weight if I don’t exercise, so while I’m trying to eat decently, the weight is still just sitting there. Right now I’m fluctuating up and down in the 262 range, from 262.2 up to 262.8. This is giving me a lot of time to think, however, about the reasons why I overeat. About why I don’t exercise. About why … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! Tristi’s Story

Today’s Weight: 262.2 Current Method of Weight Loss: Watching portions, increasing water intake, taking Xocai chocolate, reducing sugars and refined foods, increasing fruit and vegetable intake. I have been overweight for most of my life. There was a brief time just before and just after I got married that I was slender, but that hasn’t been the norm for me. I started putting on weight at the age of ten, when I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (which essentially just means I take a pill everyday to replace the thyroid hormone that my body doesn’t produce naturally) and my weight … Continue reading →

So Tell Me—Why’d You REALLY Eat That Doughnut?

A major component of weight gain is comfort eating; that is, eating for emotional fulfillment of some sort. That emotional fulfillment may be to “erase” a bad day at home or at the office, to “celebrate” something good that has happened, to “ease” loneliness, to inadvertently “get back” at someone who has called you names, etc. Emotional eating is not always the reason people are overweight, but it is certainly true for a high percentage of individuals. Are you an emotional eater? 1.Do you frequently “celebrate” with food? 2.Do you find yourself raiding the refrigerator after a stressful day? 3.Do … Continue reading →

Avoid Emotional Eating

The connection between feelings and food is a simple one. We were indulged as children and we indulge our children. It’s called emotional eating and while we may want to think we don’t do it – have you ever offered your child a cookie to stop their tears? A bit of chocolate to soothe some hurt feelings? Thinking about it, I know I’ve done it. I’ve used food for comfort for my daughter and for myself. Emotional eating is very common, especially during the holidays when stress and anxiety run high. My family marks get togethers with feasts. Christmas dinner, … Continue reading →