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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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A Lightbulb Moment to Stop Emotional Eating?

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery May 19, 2009 May 19, 2009 17 Comments

Are you waiting for a “lightbulb moment” to catapult you out of emotional eating once and for all? This came up recently in the Normal Eating Support Group. It’s a very common attitude, but not one that gets you where you want to go. This is the same thinking that …

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9 Truths of Normal Eating

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery May 1, 2009 May 13, 2009 Leave a comment

I went into a Barnes & Noble recently and asked for their section on emotional eating. They didn’t have one! Books on emotional eating are scattered across at least three sections: Nutrition, Diet, Eating Disorders, and Self Improvement. What a vivid reflection of how eating and weight problems are misunderstood. …

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The Zig-Zag Nature of Recovery

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery April 29, 2009 May 13, 2009 2 Comments

People like to think – or hope – that they can stop emotional eating once and for all, and never have to deal with it again. But you don’t ever forget the old behaviors, and it’s dangerous to think that one day you’ll be immune. If you have this unrealistic …

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A New Year, A New Start

Sheryl Canter Eating and Self-Care April 29, 2009 May 13, 2009 Leave a comment

The beginning of a new year is a time for fresh starts. We assess where we’ve been, and where we want to go. We make course changes and adjustments. We resolve to do better. But too often, new year resolutions are a form of self-flagellation. You’ve put on a few …

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How to Stop Food Cravings

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery April 29, 2009 May 13, 2009 3 Comments

Food cravings are, without a doubt, the biggest obstacle in recovery from emotional eating. Even when you know what is triggering the desire to eat, the craving can remain. As I mentioned in my previous post, the first step towards stopping is to insert a pause between impulse and action …

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The Importance of the Pause

Sheryl Canter Tools for Recovery April 29, 2009 May 13, 2009 3 Comments

Eating what your body tells you to eat, when it tells you to eat it, is obviously a more pleasant and effective way to maintain a normal weight than dieting, but how do you do that if you’re a compulsive or emotional eater? What you need is a road map …

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