tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post2194411909111297348..comments2023-08-26T08:08:27.767-04:00Comments on The Hungry Little Caterpillar: Emotional EatingLynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13102363251376084521noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-54123915820961350662008-10-24T07:56:00.000-04:002008-10-24T07:56:00.000-04:00Congratulations on your loss! (Quite an odd sente...Congratulations on your loss! (Quite an odd sentence, come to think of it...) <BR/><BR/>I have been rather emotional lately and am starting to think it's not the food, it's that I'm scared to be thinner. I'm working on a post about that... Why can't this be easier?<BR/><BR/>One of the best pieces of advise I've heard is to drink a glass of water whenever you feel hungry. Often we're merely thirsty, but are reading our bodies' signals wrong. If you're still hungry after that, it's real hunger. It works for me!Hanliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16476650601531649816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-47035223264607975382008-10-21T22:39:00.000-04:002008-10-21T22:39:00.000-04:00Brilliant post, as usual. I try to control any emo...Brilliant post, as usual. I try to control any emotional eating issues by sticking to the same basic diet. When ugliness rears it's head, I pretend I'm eating something sinfully delicious. So far it's working most of the time. :)Cammy@TippyToeDiethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547787031318303521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-12083098230490424632008-10-21T13:03:00.000-04:002008-10-21T13:03:00.000-04:00Whoa. You're 2/3rds the woman you used to be. Fa...Whoa. You're 2/3rds the woman you used to be. Fantastic!<BR/><BR/>My emotional eating this is that I eat more when I'm happy. When I'm stressed or depressed, I lose my appetite. I can tell how my life is going by stepping on the scale... when my quality of life goes down, so does my weight.<BR/><BR/>And right now? I'm happy. Very happy. So I know I need to keep an eye on my eating if I want to maintain. What's helping me is redefining what I think of as "treat foods." A treat used to be a bag of chips or doughnuts, but now I'm treating myself by buying expensive-but-healthy foods I used to forego because of the price. Tuna steaks. Avocados. Mangoes. The stupid thing is that an avocado or a mango costs the same as a bag of chips or a small box of yesterday's doughnuts, and yet I used to walk right past the "expensive" produce and purchase crap! It's been liberating to give myself permission to buy good food for myself. I deserve it!Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319015365750440674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-73608958512381598592008-10-21T11:44:00.000-04:002008-10-21T11:44:00.000-04:00oooh I echo the SCREW THE TOOLS and am glad youre ...oooh I echo the SCREW THE TOOLS and am glad youre back (I worry because I love).<BR/><BR/>for what its worth MY TOOL for emotional eating (brace yourself)...not the cure but the barometer...is to ask myself:<BR/><BR/>does a can of albacore tuna sound good?<BR/><BR/>99 percent of the time I gag :) but yes sometimes i think HOLY CR*P YES.<BR/><BR/>then I know I was wrong and I AM hungry.<BR/><BR/>xo xo,<BR/><BR/>Miz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3380136761770650017.post-13260464741424857372008-10-21T11:22:00.000-04:002008-10-21T11:22:00.000-04:00First, congratulations on the loss, and screw the ...First, congratulations on the loss, and screw the eTools. Messages like that just piss me off, pardon the language. You're doing great.<BR/><BR/>I am SO with you on emotional eating. 90% of my food issues are emotional. I eat when I'm happy, I eat when I'm depressed...and yeah, I know I'm doing it, and that doesn't stop me for a second. I also know it'll just make things worse, and that doesn't slow me down either.<BR/><BR/>The only thing that has ever helped me is having a set eating schedule for the day, with meals pre-planned, and just removing the option of eating ANYTHING that isn't on the schedule. Sometimes it works. :-)<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to find other ways of dealing with emotional things, but so far I haven't found anything that is as easy as food. I won't say "works as well" because you're right - the food doesn't work either. It just takes away the "I'm depressed AND I can't eat what I want to" one-two combo kick.<BR/><BR/>Gah. Why can't this crap ever be easy?<BR/><BR/>V.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com