From the category archives:

Emotional Eating

Is Stress Eating Your Answer To Everything?

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The other day I sat in an airport in Raleigh, NC. It was 10 a.m. and I was exhausted.
I had gotten up early to pack. My best friend wanted to have 1 last chance to go to breakfast before I left.
It had been a whirlwind trip, visiting friends and my old stomping grounds where I [...]

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Women Food and God on Oprah

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“Women, Food and God” will be featured on the Oprah show this week, with Geneen Roth, author of 7 books on compulsive eating. Geneen has always been masterful at describing her compulsive eating and compulsive dieting in artful detail. This book discusses the process of her retreat students, as well as the connection of spirituality [...]

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Stress Eating Is NOT The Problem

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I can’t tell you how many posts I have read with statements like “I am gaining weight because I am stress eating!”
Many people seem to have an awareness that something is driving them to eat, and it’s easy to focus on that as the problem.
Stress eating itself is NOT the problem. It is whatever is [...]

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The Downside Of Losing Weight

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What’s your downside of losing weight?
Hmmm . . . it could be any number of things . . . most commonly the fear of having to maintain it . . .  or having to give up the foods you love . . . or the fear of unwanted attention from others.
It can certainly go deeper [...]

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Are You Hungry For Something More Than Food?

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We use food for stress relief, and as a source of comfort and solace. But no matter how much you eat, it won’t bring more love, nurturance or acceptance into your life.
The more stress we feel, the more the felt need for a reward or a distraction in order to feel good – a way of [...]

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Heartmath and Emotional Eating

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I just watched a webinar on how to stop emotional eating and stress eating from the folks at Heartmath. In a 6-week pilot study, their research showed:

5.2 lb. average weight reduction over 6 weeks of using the Heartmath stress reducer
Average waist size reduced by 2.1 inches
Average hip circumference reduced by 1.78 inches
Calmness significantly increased
Anger, resentfulness [...]

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