emotional eating/comfort foods :)

[Guest guest]

Hello Jeanna@...,

In reference to your comment:

ð I also think that more women than men have the

ð emotional eating thing, but, I do think men suffer from it

ð too.  The food you eat brings you " comfort " .  It dulls

ð your senses makes you sedate.  You stuff the food

ð and along with that stuff the emotion you are feeling so

ð it doesn't grow and you don't have to deal with it.  I

ð have searched for years to figure out what I get from

ð food that I don't get from anything else in my life.

I think that men do the emotional eating as well as women, but i think that

its more socially acceptible for men to be a bit overweight. they carry it

better etc.

I don't think that figuring out why you eat or what you get from it, really

helps as much as just finding other things to do instead...

I highly recommend a 12 step program, such as www.overeatersanonymous.org to

deal with emotional eating Its helped me a lot to change my perspective of

food and make it more just fuel

heather

[Guest guest]

>>I don't think that figuring out why you eat or what you get from it,

really

helps as much as just finding other things to do instead...

I highly recommend a 12 step program, such as www.overeatersanonymous.org to

deal with emotional eating Its helped me a lot to change my perspective of

food and make it more just fuel >>

***, you make good sense here. As a recovering alcoholic, it is much

easier to not pick up that drink, than it is to not eat, since we all need

to eat. I'm also an overeater, so there are many things I don't have around,

or if I buy it, I'll eat the whole thing, no matter what it is. For me,

I've found that by treating my overeating as an addiction (which is what it

is) I do much better. I limit my food choices, which helps tremendously.

There are many ways to limit food choices: so

many carbs per day, only protein and low carb veggies, only 3 meals per day

with the above choices and nothing in between, etc. I also found it very

useful, when first diagnosed, to keep a complete journal of everything I

ate, times, no. of carbs, exercise, bs readings, how I was feeling, etc.,

because I could see patterns in my eating. Following a program, no matter

who's name is on it (Atkins, Carb Addicts, etc.) is very helpful, because it

eliminates a lot of the difficult choices and temptations. I also found

that a few days after lowering my carbs, the cravings went away. That and

feeling better helped me stay on track. Now, when I do indulge a little,

the cravings will stay around for a couple of days. Not worth it really.

" A moment on the lips can lead to a lifetime of complications. "

btw, the last time this came up, someone mentioned a program like OA

(above), that they like better. Perhaps this is a good time to repost that

resource.

Barb