Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 ---I look in the mirror as little as possible! Pictures, forget that! I dodge the camera! I need to lose about 60 pounds. I realize where I am but dont want the reminders! Even more so, do I not want it on film for all generations! I gained a few pounds lately and boy do I know it. Pants don't fit as well as before. Was in a rotten mood shopping the other day. So now I am on the way of life eating plan here again because I want the extra pounds off along with the rest. They sneak up and seem to just be there all of a sudden!!! Madge In diabetes_int@y..., " Jeanna " <Jeanna@M...> wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: Denial (WAS: , SAD seasonal affective disorder) > > > > > I am not so sure that a person who is overweight is in denial. > > ***************************** > > I know it is never an " All " , but, I think for most there is denial of > some kind. I know for me, I can look in a mirror and I don't see myself > as thin, but, rather " medium " , then I'm so shocked at what I look like at > a picture or if I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror when I'm out. Full > length of course. How many overweight people enjoy having their picture > taken and looking at it??? > ************************** > I have heard and read hundreds of reasons why people are overweight > > but none so far have claimed that it was because they used food as a > > comfort zone. > > *************************** > > I disagree with this , again, never an " all " situation, but, I think > that most overweight people do not eat because their hungry. > I think a lot (myself included) eat for emotional reasons. Just as the > choice of what those foods are when it's emotional. Me, I like crunchy > food full of fat when I am really stressed. I also think that more women > than men have the emotional eating thing, but, I do think men suffer from > it too. The food you eat brings you " comfort " . It dulls your senses makes > you sedate. You stuff the food and along with that stuff the emotion you > are feeling so it doesn't grow and you don't have to deal with it. I have > searched for years to figure out what > I get from food that I don't get from anything else in my life. I've never > figured it out, but, I find that when I make it less a priority in my life I > lose weight. What's that saying something about just letting go...... > > Jeanna > Colorado > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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