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10/9/11 4:28 P

If you reread your blog, you will notice you have given yourself all the answers you need. We will strive to help you along your path to health and healthy thoughts.. You are not alone in your feelings, I am like you in your thoughts. Stay strong.

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10/8/11 3:25 P

I consider myself to be on the healthy side. But I am an emotional eater. Before logging in my daily calories with Spark people, I probably ate about 3 to 4 thousand calories a day. My weaknesses are cookies, donuts, and cake. Also anything with a high fat content like avocados and peanut butter. I have beat myself up about giving into temptation since I was 14 years old. I punish myself for binge eating under stress or boredom. Negative self talk has become the norm for me. I never thought I would be such a negative person. I would never treat anyone else the way that I treat myself sometimes.

I have been doing the SparkPeople a lot in the last two weeks and I have seen a major difference in my energy level and attitude. I feel happier and stronger. I have "messed up" and gone over my calories several times now, but I try not to beat myself up, because I still need to give myself credit for actually logging in my donuts as oppose to giving up.

How can I be kinder to myself after spending so many years aiming for the unrealistic goal of perfection??