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How I'm doing it....

This post could easily be titled "how to stop eating your emotions". I mentioned in an earlier post how food is closely connected to my emotional responses. So, over the past few months I have been training myself to react in different ways to emotions. I also have stopped buying things that trigger overeating (one snack leads to another). Instead of Happy= Eat a piece of cake, the equation is now happy= share the love with someone else. Usually stress means overeating for me, but now it is just the opposite. Rather than eating when stressed I pray, try to eliminate the stressor and move on. If it is a problem I cant fix I just keep praying and leave it in Jehovah's hands. Why stress myself into a tizzy over something i cant change anyway. I also had to learn to replace the foods i loved to binge on with healthier options or just new options. That whole want something sweet eat a piece of fruit works sometimes, but sometimes i want the chocolate or a cookie. So, I use foo

Wow..It's been a while...

Looking at the date I see it has been approximately 3 months since I wrote my first entry. Good news: things have been going well in the weight loss department. Otherwise it's been a whirlwind of happenings. With the surgeries and deaths and moving and learning languages I have been a very busy girl. But through prayer I have been able to maintain my weight loss goals. I haven't done the official measurements yet, but I have managed to lose about 4 inches from my waist, which as anyone who knows me knows is my mortal enemy. The most popular question: How did you do it? (Actually it usually goes more like: "Girl you gettin so skinny? What you doing to lose all that weight?") Well, you will just have to tune in tomorrow to find out...See you then!