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5 Secrets to Turning Resolutions Into Reality

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery December 30, 2009 December 31, 2009 2 Comments

The end of the year is a time to review and take stock. The news media recounts the major events of the last 12 months, and makes lists of the public figures who have died. And we, as individuals, think about our own lives. What happened to us over the …

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Are You an Emotional Eater? Take the Test!

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery November 8, 2009 November 8, 2009 13 Comments

Are you an emotional eater? If so, what are the reasons you eat? Are you mainly soothing negative emotions, or do you eat primary to distract yourself from the real problems in your life? How does being fat affect your view of yourself, and perhaps even serve you? Take the …

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Eating Candy and Feeling Guilty

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery November 1, 2009 November 2, 2009 11 Comments

Today is the day after Halloween and candy leftovers abound. Are you locked in a war with yourself about eating it? Here’s how to take the power out of the candy and put it back in you, where it belongs. The crucial shift is in your attitude. You must know …

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Change Your Thinking, Change Your Body

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery October 14, 2009 October 26, 2009 8 Comments

Last night I went to hear Deepak Chopra talk about his new book, Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul. The book was just released yesterday and we all got copies, so I’ve got it hot off the press. The talk, sponsored by the New York Open Center, was held in …

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What Is “Normal Eating”?

Sheryl Canter Attuned Eating / Tools for Recovery August 26, 2009 August 26, 2009 2 Comments

Since everyone else today seems to be asking “What Is Normal Eating?” (Psych Central blog, New York Times Wellness blog, Feed Me I’m Cranky blog), I figured I should address it here – at the official “Normal Eating” Web site. “Normal eating” means eating according to body wisdom – which …

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5 Reasons Emotional Eaters Shun Mindfulness

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery August 3, 2009 August 3, 2009 9 Comments

There’s been a lot of discussion in the forum lately about mindful eating – generally how much people don’t want to do it. It’s ironic that emotional eaters who claim to love eating find it so hard to just eat – to focus only on eating when they’re eating. It …

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5 Main Triggers for Emotional Eating

Sheryl Canter Eating and Self-Care / Tools for Recovery July 8, 2009 July 8, 2009 24 Comments

When you’re in the moment of craving – wanting to eat, though you’re not hungry – it doesn’t help to have abstract knowledge of why you eat. If you know that you eat when you’re angry, for example, that doesn’t help much in the moment that you’re angry. You’re still …

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How to Stop Emotional Eating in the Evening

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery July 2, 2009 July 2, 2009 38 Comments

Do you eat in the evening – and eat and eat? If so, you are not alone! Here is a sampling of the many posts about this in the forum: “Night eating has been my number one curse. When I initiated that terrible habit then the pounds really started a …

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Eating Out of Loneliness (or Is It?)

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery May 26, 2009 May 27, 2009 18 Comments

The Normal Eating® approach is to figure out the reasons behind emotional eating, and then take steps towards fixing the real problem. So if you’re eating out of loneliness, you’d take steps towards enriching your social life. The tricky part is figuring out the real problem. It’s not always obvious. …

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A Simple Tip to Stop Compulsive Overeating

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery May 22, 2009 May 22, 2009 8 Comments

Not all emotional eating comes from the expectation of future deprivation, but some of it does. How many people, for example, decide to start a diet on June 1, and then spend May 22 to May 31 overeating — getting while the getting is good? A lot! Even if you’ve …

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