Archive for the "Food Abuse" category

 

What Are You REALLY Hungry For?

 

What are you really hungry for? If you are an overeater have you ever considered that your hunger has nothing to do with food or the physical need of your body for sustenance?
Perhaps you eat when you aren’t even physically hungry and maybe you cannot remember the last time that your stomach was empty or [...]

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Shrink Yourself Emotional Eating Experiment - Week Eleven

 

You’ve heard all the talk (and maybe even said it yourself) about the lifelong struggle with food and weight, the struggle of keeping it all going, of watching what you eat, staying motivated to exercise, etc., etc.?
Well for myself, this isn’t so much a struggle with anything outside of me as it is a struggle [...]

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What Is A Trigger Food?

 

Have you heard of the term “trigger food”? Do you know what your trigger foods are?
Trigger foods are any foods that trigger you to overeat and/or binge. They are foods that you just can’t get enough of; one bite is never enough and one helping isn’t enough. Trigger foods can also lead you to [...]

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MTV’s True Life, I’m On A Diet - Eating Disorders & Double Standards

 

Do you ever watch MTV’s True Life? It’s a documentary series that covers different topics that people are experiencing in their lives. I like documentaries in general, and I’ve added this one to my list. It’s funny because these are true reality shows, unlike the shows that are called reality shows.
Last week during one of [...]

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In-Depth Interview With Author and Food Addict Debbie Danowski Ph.D.

 

I am very excited to bring you an in-depth interview today with Debbie Danowski, Ph.D., the author of Why Can’t I Stop Eating? and Locked Up for Eating Too Much, as well as The Overeater’s Journal, books that I recommended to you in this post.
Her newest book is The Emotional Eater’s Book of Inspiration: 90 [...]

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Why NOT To Watch Inside Brookhaven Obesity Clinic

 

Have you ever watched the show Inside Brookhaven Obesity Clinic on Discovery Health? It’s a show about the 75 residents of an obesity clinic in Brooklyn, New York who have serious health issues because of their morbid obesity. I don’t think anyone weighs under 400 pounds, and there is even a man who weighs 750 [...]

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Turning 5 Weight Loss Fears Into Motivation

 

Yesterday we looked at 10 fears that could be draining your weight loss motivation. If you haven’t read that post yet please do, otherwise this post might not make much sense. Besides that, yesterday’s post was meant to stir up your thoughts and help you discover whether or not you have any fears that are [...]

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10 Fears That Sap Your Motivation To Lose Weight

 

Why is it so hard to motivate yourself to lose weight? I’ve been thinking about the reasons why this can be so hard after going through my own times of strong motivation where nothing could veer me from my path (even during those times of slow weight loss after you’ve been at it for a [...]

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