Yesterday an EF4 tornado ripped through the area where my daughter, her husband and infant live. Click here to see a picture of the area around the news station where my daughter is Executive producer and her husband is a teleprompter technician. They were not home or at work, they were upstate visiting his mother where an EF3 tornado touched down.

Everyone is ok but I spent all day fighting the urge to eat out of stress and worry. It took my daughter and her family 6 hours to get back home, normally 2 1/2 trip, driving through debris and high winds.

Even though they are home safe and sound, even though their home sustained no damage, I am still worried and struggling with the need for emotional eating.

As a person with Fibromyalgia, I've noticed that changes in weather, especially barimetric pressure, make my pain and fatigue worse. All last week I had terrible insomina. I was up walking the halls at night because I could not sleep or get comfortable. Now I just want to eat my worries away, luckily [i guess] I cannot binge.

I know eating is not going to help my daughter. I know that overeating will only make me sick, but old habits are soooooo hard.

How are others out there handling the desire for emotional eating?

I did it. I made it through the turmoil and aftermath of the tornado where my daughter lives. My so drove me down to Peoria for the holiday. I did all the cooking and did not do any taste testing. I let everyone else do it.

When it came time to eat, I used the baby's sliverware to make my plate. I only got down one bite of everything for Thanksgiving dinner and then had the rest for lunch on Black Friday.

We then went shopping on Black Friday and I completed all my shopping. Now for the drive back to Chi-town. I know I will go into a flare but I am proud I did not give into the desire for emotional eating. :-)