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This Pretty Much Says It All...

This Pretty Much Says It All!


This image pretty much explains my eating challenge. Many people are faced with 'emotional eating'. I define emotional eating as eating for comfort, rather than nutrition. If you're having a good day you celebrate with food. If you're having a bad day, you celebrate with food.

Here's good news- breaking that connection is a learned skill that starts with awareness of the real problem. I have many good strategies within my blog on how to begin to break the cycle of insanity.



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