"Do You...?"

These are some things we must remember during our movement toward healthier living... these are some of the things we have done- that we should avoid in the future:

Do you "hide" when eating?( i.e.- park on the far end of a parking lot while eating delicious fried foods we know we shouldn't be eating, or hide the bags/containers from fast-food restaurants so no one will know we cheated on our "diets".)

Do you turn to food as a comfort when you have a bad day?

Do you ask yourself "why am I eating" when you're really NOT hungry?... you just don't have anything else you would rather do

Do you open the fridge looking for "something" out of HABIT?

Do you find that you are often not satisfied, even after eating what you THOUGHT you were craving?

Do you eat(unhealthy food), eat again within a couple of hours, then eat AGAIN- then when you realize you have "over-eaten" the "bad stuff" you continue to eat weird combinations of food in order to PURGE yourself of all the bad stuff you've already eaten? Example: you eat chocolate cheesecake for breakfast with Pepsi, then you eat the leftover fried chicken and 3 spoonfuls of beans and rice with another slice of cheesecake (desert!), then you feel bad for overeating the bad stuff and then you eat 2 bananas, corn and 6 glasses of water to "move" everything through your system. ***Don't feel bad admitting this, I have done this MORE times than I could EVER COUNT!

All these things signal a need for us to pay attention to ourselves because we are missing something. We may be depressed, lonely, anxious or just bored- we must focus on finding new ways of using our time wisely. Keep a food journal that rates your mood when you're eating and that will help you see a pattern develop. Keep me posted on how you're doing and I'll do the same!