Bellerine
Silver Member
Hi there
I realised recently that I am an emotional eater - I mask my strong feelings by eating. I eat when I am happy, sad stressed, tired etc etc etc. It seems to work - I cope very well with life and I would describe myself as "happy". Happy marriage, happy kids, happy me.
The negative impact is my weight. Emotional eating works for a while to resolve one problem but then it creates another - I was 8 stone overweight hitting a BMI of 40.
I'm a little less now and thats good.
But if I don't deal with the emotional eating I will wind back here in two or three years time greeting a lot of new newbie members and feeling like a fat old failure. (em This is my second time to do a VLCD and I want to say that it is my last).
So i am going to try to do something about it. I am NOT going to go to therapy - I really don't think I am that bad (and it costs, like, a fortune) so I am looking for assistance with my emotional eating elsewhere.
If anyone knows of resources in books TV online or elsewhere to help with emotional eating could you post them here?:
I found this and maybe it might help someone out there:?
Emotional Skills Toolkit: Bring Your Life Into Balance
Belle
p.s. could someone post the details of Becks book here cos I want to get it but none of the local bookshops stock it. Is it only available on amazon?
I realised recently that I am an emotional eater - I mask my strong feelings by eating. I eat when I am happy, sad stressed, tired etc etc etc. It seems to work - I cope very well with life and I would describe myself as "happy". Happy marriage, happy kids, happy me.
The negative impact is my weight. Emotional eating works for a while to resolve one problem but then it creates another - I was 8 stone overweight hitting a BMI of 40.
I'm a little less now and thats good.
But if I don't deal with the emotional eating I will wind back here in two or three years time greeting a lot of new newbie members and feeling like a fat old failure. (em This is my second time to do a VLCD and I want to say that it is my last).
So i am going to try to do something about it. I am NOT going to go to therapy - I really don't think I am that bad (and it costs, like, a fortune) so I am looking for assistance with my emotional eating elsewhere.
If anyone knows of resources in books TV online or elsewhere to help with emotional eating could you post them here?:
I found this and maybe it might help someone out there:?
Emotional Skills Toolkit: Bring Your Life Into Balance
Belle
p.s. could someone post the details of Becks book here cos I want to get it but none of the local bookshops stock it. Is it only available on amazon?
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