Recommitted on a Monday Morning

Still struggling, but going with the motto: Never give up! If I'm brutally honest, overeating is just a symptom of how I "stuff" my emotions. I know I am not alone in this. And eating is probably either the strongest form of comfort, or at least the most habit forming way to deal with emotions. Or, more succinctly, NOT deal with emotions. I've used food for so long, I'm not even sure what emotions.

But, whatever the reasons that I overeat, I need a game plan. For now, I'm going very simple. When I get the urge to eat, I'm going to wait 1 minute. I'm going to ask myself what's going on right now, or recently, that might cause the desire to eat. I'm going to take 3 deep breaths and sit with the feeling for that minute. If anything comes up, I'm going to write it down. Otherwise, I'm going to do something different for at least 15 minutes, i.e., play on the computer, play with my dogs or groom them, go for a walk around the block, or maybe dance around the house to some music. Then I'll check in with myself and see if the desire to eat is still present.

Let's see how it goes. Oh, and last, whatever happens, I'll be gentle with myself.