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June 22nd, 2008 by asithi · 3 Comments
The Diet Mentality - What We Hear and What We Do
Like children, sometimes what we hear and what we do when it comes to improving our health are two different things.
What we hear:
What we do:
Eat less at night.
Eat nothing at night.
Eat smaller meals.
Eat carrot sticks.
Your caloric needs will eventually decrease with weight loss.
Start counting calories and eat as little as possible as soon as you [...]
Tagged Emotional Eating, Gender Differences, Motivation, Weight Loss, diet, health, Motivation
April 9th, 2008 by asithi · 1 Comment
Moving Away from Guilt after a Mistake
When it comes to a healthier life style people think that once they fall off a bit or something unexpected happens, they need to start over. That is not true! Life crisis happen. We are still ahead if we just pick up where we left off. We are only setting ourselves up for disappointment and [...]
Tagged Emotional Eating, guilt, Healthy Eating, Motivation
April 2nd, 2008 by asithi · 1 Comment
When You Cannot Say No
Can’t say no when someone insists you eat that extra slice of cake? But you immediately feel guilty after eating it? You might have the disease to please. And it might be sabotaging your goal to loose weight.
Usually if you have this problem, it does not just effect your eating habits. In your desire to [...]
Tagged Emotional Eating
March 13th, 2008 by asithi · No Comments
Kick Emotional Eating to the Curb
A co-worker asked me ‘What is emotional eating? Why does his wife talk about it all the time? Is it just a female thing?’
Emotional eating is when you cannot separate mood from food. Some people eat when they are happy, unhappy, bored, excited, stressed, relaxed, etc. Give me an emotional and there is someone [...]
Tagged Emotional Eating
March 2nd, 2008 by asithi · No Comments
A Coping Strategy for Emotional Eating
For those of us that view food as a mechanism for coping with our emotions (ie. loneliness, stress, anxiety, and etc), we need to identify what is causing the behaviors in order to change it. We cannot loose weight when we eat to fill a void in our emotional state when we are not [...]
Tagged Emotional Eating, Healthy Eating
January 31st, 2008 by asithi · No Comments
Stop Talking about Food as if You are Still a Child
As emotionally balanced adults, some of us never came out of the childhood stage with regards to food. As responsible adults, we learn that all actions have consequences. When we were children, we think for the present moment. The food taste good, we put it your mouth.
Stop talking about food as if you are a [...]
Tagged Emotional Eating, Healthy Eating, Motivation
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