Re-do's of the mind

[Guest guest]

I have had a stellar (and easy) time of eating right and exercising for

the past several weeks. But I've found myself upset the past couple of

days and reverting back to old habits of using food for comfort. Today

at the office, someone brought in donuts and muffins for someone's

birthday. I reached for 1-2-then 3 muffins and couldn't seem to feel

good enough to tell myself no. As I started to think about the the re-

do, it wasn't enough to just say " the healthy me wouldn't take them off

the plaste. " Instead, it's more like " the healthy me would have

realized that she was upset and wouldn't have wanted to use food to

numb the feeling. " Re-do's about emotional eating are hard for me.

Does anyone else have any suggestions for tackling this issue?

[Guest guest]

Hey,

You say that the healthy you would eat to comfort yourself. I don't

think that is accurate. The healthy you would say, " I shouldn't use

food to comfort my emotions, I should to talk someone about my

discontent mood. "

Using this approach will prevent you from having to Self-Correct

often and you will get your problems taken care of with words rather

than calories.

Just remain positive even with the darkest light because the positive

thoughts will brighten up the dark room with a ray of hope. Don't

give in and stay strong, because you are and you CAN do anything if

you set your mind to it!

stay positive and be healthy!

- Jess

>

> I have had a stellar (and easy) time of eating right and exercising

for

> the past several weeks. But I've found myself upset the past

couple of

> days and reverting back to old habits of using food for comfort.

Today

> at the office, someone brought in donuts and muffins for someone's

> birthday. I reached for 1-2-then 3 muffins and couldn't seem to

feel

> good enough to tell myself no. As I started to think about the the

re-

> do, it wasn't enough to just say " the healthy me wouldn't take them

off

> the plaste. " Instead, it's more like " the healthy me would have

> realized that she was upset and wouldn't have wanted to use food to

> numb the feeling. " Re-do's about emotional eating are hard for

me.

> Does anyone else have any suggestions for tackling this issue?

>

[Guest guest]

i think your re-do was great! the awareness that your healthy you would have

known that eating was not the choice you wanted to make allows you then to make

a different choice. we can't make another choice so long as we block our

conscious awareness of our patterns to turn to food. you can always build your

re-do around making a different choice for your emotional response, like instead

of reaching for muffins, imagine the re-do as calling your best friend for

support or some other activity which helps you to feel better after you realized

you wanted to eat those muffins. then feel the great feelings that come with

knowing that you made a healthier choice and did not rely on food to solve those

feelings!! yeah

niki_rabren wrote: I have had a stellar (and

easy) time of eating right and exercising for

the past several weeks. But I've found myself upset the past couple of

days and reverting back to old habits of using food for comfort. Today

at the office, someone brought in donuts and muffins for someone's

birthday. I reached for 1-2-then 3 muffins and couldn't seem to feel

good enough to tell myself no. As I started to think about the the re-

do, it wasn't enough to just say " the healthy me wouldn't take them off

the plaste. " Instead, it's more like " the healthy me would have

realized that she was upset and wouldn't have wanted to use food to

numb the feeling. " Re-do's about emotional eating are hard for me.

Does anyone else have any suggestions for tackling this issue?

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