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I need some serious talking to.  I have been eating things that I shouldn't like crazy the last couple of weeks with everything that has been going on and it seem like I just can't stop.  I need to get back on the wagon and start eating like I am supposed to.  I have not been drinking my water just tea and coffee and have been eating chips.  I could really use some support right now.  Thanks in advance. Kylie

Kylie, Try not to beat yourself up for "falling off the wagon"  I know that when I'm not doing what I know I should I choose to keep a food journal.  Be honest and write down everythign that you're eating and mention a few words about how you were feeling at that time.  It really helped me to learn what made me eat badly and made me own up to what I was actually putting in my mouth!  I hope this helps.  Try not to punish yourself for slipping a bit.  You just have to say 'ok I messed up but I am worth getting healthy for'!  Good Luck, Andrea 

Kylie: I am right there with ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have been terrible lately.  It scares me terribly! Claudette

Kylie, I have been drinking a lot of iced tea and have developed a bad coffee habit.  Funny thing is I didn't really like coffee before.  I don't know how this has happened. But as far as the chips and things, don't beat yourself up too hard.  Just know that now you've "been there, ate that" and now you can walk away from it. Here's an exercise from my counseling that I still rely on from time to time: Take a bite of whatever it is.  Write down how it tastes, describe it in detail.  Describe the texture, flavor, etc. Take another bite.  Describe in detail again.  Only don't repeat from your first description. 

Take another bite.  Describe.  Usually by the third bite, you're not even tasting anything.  Your taste buds are numb.  You've been there, tasted that and gotten all that you're going to get from it.  Put it down and move on. This exercise works for emotional things too.  When something bad happens, go ahead a feel the pain, journal your feelings.  Then say to yourself, "This is what this emotion feels like.  I've been there, done that, felt that.  I can now pick myself up and move on."

You've been through so much lately it is easy to see why you would turn to food for comfort.  But you have a new life now.  Comfort is found in friends and loved ones; a warm robe, a hot bath, a walk down the street, a game with your little one.  Comfort is not found in a bag of chips. Hang in there.  You can overcome this. I know you can do it.  Look how far you've come already! Love ya, girl!

I have been seeing more & more people talk about drinking just coffee & tea. Hey..coffee & tea are great! Just be sure they are decaf and it counts as water! As to chips, get you some Quaker BBQ soy crisps. There's 3 servings to a bag so be sure you watch that, but they are delish and satisfies that crunch need. Sometimes, our body just craves for us to be 'bad'. You can be bad..but in a 'good' way. If you don't have any Lay's in the house, but you do the BBQ crisps, guess which one you are going to eat at 11 pm? If you get your taste buds use to the decaf drinks, they won't even miss it...and ONLY buy the decaf. If 'bad' isn't there, 'bad' doesn't get consumed. I know you've been going through a rough time. Try to take nice warm aromatherapy bubble baths with a cup of decaf hot tea and a book. You wil be so much more pampered by that than any junk food. What am I doing tonight after the stressful dy at work? I'm dyeing my hair and then doing my nails. Simply girl stuff, simply 'me' stuff. Pamper yourself hon.... Sherri

Hi Kylie, I agree with all the other posts.  I keep chips around for my family, but I make sure they are the Lay's Light Chips or Baked Chips.  Then, if I do decide to have a few, I know I'm getting fewer calories and fat.  Also, remember, each new day is a new beginning.  You don't have to give up on your new lifestyle and eating habits just because you had trouble yesterday.  Try some of the suggestions on the previous posts (I know I' m going to) and try to make today a little different.  We all have to fight our "head hunger" at some point, but we can triumph!