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Diet Tip: Express Your Emotions Don't Eat Them
If you tend to overeat because you're stressed, overworked, or depressed, instead of turning towards food to cope with your problems or fears, get to the root of your feelings. Satiating your soul with food is only a temporary fix, and after you binge on comforting foods, those emotions will still be with you. So ask yourself what you need in order to make your life (or that particular moment) better.
Emotional Eating: How to Regain Control
Food, the nourishment for our lives, can be loaded with issues. In our troubled relationships with food, emotional eating ranks at the top of the list. Once you understand the characteristics of emotional eating, the next step is to regain control in your patterns.
Understanding Emotional Eating
Food, the nourishment for our lives, can be loaded with issues. In our troubled relationships with food, emotional eating ranks at the top of the list. Understanding the phenomenon and recognizing the symptoms are great ways to start redefining your relationship with food.
Put a Check on Emotional Eating
The holidays are often stressful. Plus, sweet treats and rich foods come with the holiday season. This combination can really challenge the emotional eater, who reaches for food in emotionally charged times of need.
A Few More Eating Habits to Avoid
I'm always telling you good habits to pick up when it comes to your health, but some people need to be told habits they should avoid. Breakfast is crucial, but you're not doing yourself any favors if your daily breakfast is loaded with saturated fat. So in an effort to cover all grounds, here are a few more eating habits you should avoid:
- Feeling Invincible: It's easy when you're young to think that a diet of cheeseburgers, fries and soda will never catch up with you.
Eating Through the Holiday Stress
Do you find the holidays to be particularly stressful? If so, you may find a few extra unwanted pounds under your clothes come next year.
This year, try your hardest not to turn to food this season.
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Sheryl Crow Is the Picture of (and on) Health
When I think of breast cancer survivors, Sheryl Crow is one of the first people to pop into my mind. Three years ago, she was diagnosed with the disease and is now happy to say she's cancer-free. These days, this down-to-earth, single mom is a breast cancer advocate, and in a candid interview with Health magazine, she talks about ways she's taking care of herself to stay healthy.
The Skinny On: Volumetrics Diet
In a recent post about which diets match your personality, one diet mentioned was The Volumetrics Eating Plan. Designed by nutritionist Barbara Rolls, PhD, it's based on the simple fact that people love food. It doesn't deprive you of any types of food, since limiting your diet too severely can cause you to binge and won't help you lose weight.
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