Emotional eating.......

Hey guys..... i haven't been on the site for a few weeks and thought i would write a blog for a little update....

My surgery was June 2 and I have lost 66 pounds to date. I have had great willpower and control and been able to handle most of my temptations until the past couple of weeks.....

On October 15, we moved into our first house. What a great day :mad2: The next day, i received a phone call from my boss that i no longer had a job. I'm a nurse and work on a cardiac step down unit in the hospital. The hospital board held a meeting and decided it best to shut down the entire heart program effective immediately at the hospital because it was losing money. Without notice or warning, in one night, 40 of us were out of a job. They transferred our patients to other departments or to other hospitals. We didn't get the chance to say goodbye to our co-workers or anything. The hospital did not have any openings in other departments to place us in because of all the cut backs they have been doing. This week, i have been job hunting like a crazy person and was able to get a job at another hospital. I took a paycut, and took a department that is not my area of expertise nor desire, but it is a job and i am so thankful to have it.

Needless to say, a lot of my willpower has went out the window this week. I have found myself eating comfort foods.....and eating too much.... I find myself walking by the table and putting a piece of halloween candy in my mouth....not even realizing what i'm doing until i've done it, and thinking, why did i just do that?? I should not have the candy in the house, but i wanted to have it for the neighborhood kids, and have not even been tempted with it until now... it's all emotional.... How do we stop this crazy cycle of emotional eating?????? YIKES!!!!

I have really got to get back on the straight and narrow!!!!

Thanks for reading, and any advice is always welcomed!!!!

Julie

I feel for you girl - if you get any insight on emotional eating - please share, other than (Oh, just go for a walk, or read a book) -I want REAL insightful EMOTIONAL help - I will be watching for some great answers!

It's easier to eat than it is to be honest with myself, but when I'm wanting to overeat I've started to ask myself "what would I be feeling if I wasn't eating?". Sometimes the answers are startling (anger, resentment, fear, abandoned)and sometimes simple (tired, bored, thirsty). I don't always want to face my feelings, but honesty is the most important tool I have in my battle with food. Hope this helps - Joanne

Thanks guys for the comments.. :mad2: I think this is a battle we will always have to deal with.