Showing posts with label boredom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boredom. Show all posts

Emotional vs. Boredom Eating

Reading the Winning by Losing book by Jillian Michaels. I'm about 3/4 into the first chapter. She talks about emotional eating, and it got me thinking- I don't know if I'm an emotional eater.

The most miserable time in my life was my skinniest, 2004-2005. I was working out, eating better, and I felt good. The happiest time of my life (the last two years, meeting/dating/marrying my husband) have been the fattest. Fattest to the tune of about 80lbs being packed on from late 2005 through now. What the hell?

I do know that I'm a boredom eater. Like, big time boredom eater. I tried to think back to the last time when my body was physically hungry? Can't remember. Why do I eat? Because its lunch time, not because my body is asking for food. I eat because its time to eat and food is yummy. My family is all about food, our gatherings revolve around food.

I'm reading down these scenarios, and I can't see myself in any of them. What I do see is needing to make sure that I'm actually hungry before I eat. Other than that? I'm not connecting to the emotional eating thing. I'm not sure if I'm completely missing the applicability in my own life, having a glossed-over version of what I think I am, or maybe its just me! But the book is good, I like her style. Its very much like how she talks in the gym, completely straight talk, no BS.

Question- does anyone know where I can get/watch earlier seasons of the Biggest Loser? I got Season 6 on iTunes, but can't find any other ones. Any suggestions?