Here is a great YouTube video featuring motivational and weight loss speaker Michelle May, M.D. I love to hear her speak. She really puts emotional eating in perspective.
For more information on Michelle’s program, click here.
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Overeating at Bedtime
I don’t know why but it seems that even as adults, some of us just don’t want to go to bed, no matter how tired we are. Maybe it’s what bedtime represents–the end of a day that we don’t want to end.
Even on the most unproductive of days, it’s hard to say good-night and call it a day. And what better way to avoid going to bed than by eating?
Evenings can get lonely. When you’ve had a great day but have no one to share it with, food is often the substitute. Whether you are an emotional eater, a person with a food addiction, or just a regular person who doesn’t want the day to be over, night time eating can be a menace.
For one person, it could be that extra five pounds–I wish. For me, it’s that extra twenty-five pounds, and for someone else, it might be an extra fifty or more pounds. Being overweight is a problem for many people, and it doesn’t matter how much extra weight we’re carrying.
Overeating at bedtime is a big mistake. It’s a real temptation. Even when we go the entire day without binging, craving or faltering, when darkness falls, the comfort of food beckons.
Of course, the simplest thing is just to go to bed when you’re tired. Let the day be what it is, have a cup of tea, or take a nice bath, read a book. Relax for an hour and embrace sleep.
Sleep rejuvenates the body in a way that nothing else can. Make sleep a priority if you want to take the weight off and keep it off. Yes, it’s true, especially for food addicts.
A food addiction will not make you skinny like some other addictions may, but you’ll miss the problems that inevitably accompany other addictions .
Tonight, the remedy is simple. Get some sleep. When you’re sleeping, you’re not eating. And more importantly, you are re-charging your batteries. All that renewable energy will help you burn fat.
So go to bed already. No more food for the night, just sweet dreams. They have no calories.
Food Addict Searches for Candy As The Votes Are Tallied
My goodness! That health care vote was intense. I was on the side of the nays and we lost by 5 votes. But only 5 votes.
Since I pay for my own health insurance, under the new health care plan, I would have to pay $5300 a year plus $2000 out-of-pocket expenses for a “qualified plan” the details of which have yet to be determined.
If I declined to pay, I would be fined $5000. That’s not the kind of stress a person with a food addiction needs to be subjected to, so off to the cupboard to search for candy.
Comfort food doesn’t really comfort a food addict when stress grips you at the heart like this issue grips me. If you don’t understand why the bill upsets me, click here.
Where did I hide those candy corns? The sugar temporarily counteracts the insulin war that is going on inside my body until my blood sugar balances out and the addictive urge suddenly disappears.
Some people don’t take governmental issues too seriously. But this issue is near and dear to my heart, so I let people know about it. They can make up their own mind.
Maybe a tootsie roll fell down between the couch cushions on Halloween. I don’t feel like baking anything. There must be a piece of candy somewhere in this house.
Why don’t more Americans know what’s going on in their own country? My European friends ask me that frequently. So I work to gain as much information and insight as I can, and share it when the opportunity presents itself.
My health is the most important asset I have, and I aim to take care of it. That means taking action, learning what I need to know to keep stress levels down and carry on an everyday productive life.
Emotional eating is more common these days perhaps because there are more things to get emotional about. When unexpected outcomes occur–sounds benign, doesn’t it–we become agitated and “emotional”.
Food is convenient, easy, and it works. That is, when you can find the treats your triggers are demanding.
Sometimes, you just have to accept yourself the way you are, make the best of all situations, and hang in there until the food addiction tendency goes away.
Maybe this new health care plan should include weekly massages, forced vacations of 3 weeks a year minimum for all workers except executives who would naturally get more.
Hey, and how about relaxing and fun activities that aren’t labeled “exercise”? And all foods containing more than 5 grams of saturated fats in one serving could be removed from supermarket shelves.
Preventive health care means having a plan. Plan to be healthy. Plan to be relaxed. Plan to heat when you’re hungry and stop eating when you’re no longer hungry. Plan to enjoy life more.
It was only 5 votes, so there’s more work ahead. So no more stress for tonight. If I have to live with a few extra pounds for a while, I can live with that. Sometimes it just goes down that way.
Thanks for listening to my rant. Now I’m going to take a nice, relaxing bath, forget about those five lousy votes, and have a Ricola cough drop, apparently the only candy I have in the house.
Does Food Addiction Cause Obesity?
Here is a short YouTube video about obesity, comfort foods and food addictions. What happens to to the food addiction when you lose the weight? These experts share some interesting insights into obesity, its causes and treatments.