Posts in Emotional Eating

I have an emotional cold!

Sorry I haven’t been in touch the past month. I’ve been out sick. First I got the terrible flu that’s been going around this year. That took two weeks out of my life!

I’m over it now, and feeling much better physically. But somehow, I’m still dragging around emotionally. I finally figured out what’s going on. I have an emotional cold. [Read more…]

Need a “Grace Period?”

Beach chair

We’d like to think we can push through the roadblocks that hit us in life and stay with our weight-loss efforts in spite of them.

But sometimes, it’s just not realistic and we need to allow ourselves a Grace Period. I’ve been reminded of that myself during the past month. [Read more…]

Body memories make you overeat

I’ve just been through a couple of hard weeks.

My exercise program went away because I “didn’t feel like doing it.” Then I found myself eating a lot more cookies, desserts and nighttime ice cream.

I couldn’t figure out why I had slid into this overeating pattern.

My life seems fine right now, and I didn’t feel overly stressed. The weather’s been good, my home life is stable [Read more…]