Emotional Eating | The Fit Shack

Here’s something that seriously bugs me - referring to how you eat by announcing, “I’ve been good today” or, “I was so bad today”.
Why does this bother me so much? Because you’re essentially labeling yourself as being either good or bad based on how you eat.
Well I don’t know about you, but I’m much more [...]

Your belief is your biology. With every thought you think, there is an associated chemical reaction and physical affects. - Attacking Anxiety & Depression, week three.
Depending on how long you’ve been a smart reader of The Fit Shack, you may remember that I used to write daily motivational posts.
These posts were focused on your thoughts [...]

Welcome to week two of my 15-week series in my latest experiment on myself here at The Fit Shack. In this experiment I’m using Lucinda Bassett’s program Attacking Anxiety & Depression on myself.
In this series I’m reporting my weekly experiences with you like I did in my emotional eating experiment, my ban on refined sugar [...]

Do you have a lot of stress in your life? Ever feel anxious? Do your worries and anxieties become a bit of a downer, maybe even giving you feelings of depression, and then you might even use food to attempt to cope with those feelings?
Well I shared with you yesterday that I was going to [...]

I didn’t post anything for you yesterday and here’s why:
First off, I’ve gotten into a writing schedule that I want to break. I’ve been writing my posts at night, which leads me to staying up late and not always getting enough sleep and hey, I’m focused on living a healthy lifestyle here and rest (good [...]

I have something new for you today, my first video post! It’s my first time doing this and it isn’t perfect but I could be at this all week trying to get perfection, and I’m already tired of it (LOL). I’ve also included some notes following my video post for a few more details.
My video [...]

So you want to lose weight but is the fact that you’re being too hard on yourself making it almost impossible for you to move forward?
Are you continually playing those tapes in your head, regretting past weight loss missteps, bemoaning your overeating, and continuing to overeat because you think “why not, look at how far off [...]

Have you heard this before? It’s so very very true: if you keep on doing the same things, taking the same actions and thinking the same thoughts, guess what you’re going to get? The same results that you’ve been getting!
Look around you right now. That’s right - please stop reading this for a minute and [...]