[jbug]

I need to learn how to not eat my emotions.

I had an extra session this week with my therapist and we talked about what could have caused me to gain weight 2 weeks in a row. It's not a lot of weight just 1 1/2 pounds and part of that was the clothes I was wearing today. I wasn't prepared to be weighed today so I wore heavy clothes as it was cold today and I know that had to be part of it. But any way we talked about how when I am up at night and also during the day when the "bad feelings" come up I either make myself go to sleep or raid the fridge. Mind you I can't eat a lot at one sitting but repeated trips to the fridge can add up during the day. I also can't go outside to walk as the windchill here lately has been in the single digits and I don't have any exercise DVD's to workout to.

So how to you learn to not eat your feelings?

Jan

[tarabug922]

Originally Posted by jbug

So how to you learn to not eat your feelings?

It's an extremely slow process of acknowledging your feelings and learning how to process them. I found that therapy was the best place to learn this skill. I hope that helps.

Love and Hugs,
Tara

[turquoisesea]

Haven't figured it out, but I have a tendancy to eat when I'm upset etc.

I agree with the above post
try to find other ways to cope with the feelings so you don't HAVE to eat them away