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dragonflylvr21    161

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Today wasn't the best day! Preband I was such an emotional eater! Emotions are high ...I want all the wrong foods! The good news is the band restricts my intake but I need the good food to keep up my weight loss! When I eat the wrong foods I have no room for the good ones! Then I feel guilty ... Ugh! Please tell me I am not the only one that struggles with this!

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So sorry you had a crummy day; this can be a stressful time of year. Well, yet to find a nom-stressful time -- seems like life can get dialed up fast! Still, end of summer, lots going on.. I think emotional eating is how most of us got here. I am still pre-band but really working to address the issues that I know the band can't -- if possible I want to be ahead of my game. One thing I realize is that when I'm stressed I prep myself with food. Like if I have a conference call and I'm starting to bank anxiety, I eat. I use food to anchor myself, too, so if it feels like things are flying out of control I look for food to tamp things down. Then there's the whole reward system. I won't have these devices anymore -- I don't want them -- but I know I will need other outlets. Healthy rewards. Hoping to use walking. If I can walk off my feelings instead of eating them down then maybe I'll really be on to something. I hope things go well, that you get rest, etc. Do you know HALT? Don't get too hungry, angry lonely or tired!

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dragonflylvr21    161

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I haven't heard of that before .. But will look into it! I am a teacher and when I get home is my hardest time of day! All I want to do is eat! I am thinking if I start walking at that time and then come in and make dinner .. I won't crave the Snacks as much! Hoping that helps! I am in counseling and talk a lot about my emotional eating! Just a bad day! Not the end of the world!

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I haven't heard of that before .. But will look into it! I am a teacher and when I get home is my hardest time of day! All I want to do is eat! I am thinking if I start walking at that time and then come in and make dinner .. I won't crave the Snacks as much! Hoping that helps! I am in counseling and talk a lot about my emotional eating! Just a bad day! Not the end of the world!

We all have them hun x its good to share x hugs x

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Erin1985    14

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You are not alone! The first two weeks I felt like that. I just wanted to feel "normal" again. My husband works nights and I feel like I had nothing to look forward to. Usually a good meal would make me feel better but obviously that wasnt an option. After I started seeing the scale move and my clothes get looser I started feeling much better. Hang in there. It's worth it!

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