4 Ways to Stop Stress Eating.... a little long...
I'M SHARING THIS...THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM PREVENTION GUIDE....Aug 2009.....
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Can't resist snacks at the office? Blame your boss. According to researchers at Emory University, when alpha female monkeys ordered around less dominant pack members, the inferior animals ate significantly more (and gained more weight over a 2-month period than those in charge. The submisive monkeys had higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone linked with dangerous belly fat. Here, ways to prevent stress eating at work:
1) Email yourself every time you eat. Include cir****tanes and note how you were feeling. Review the message every Friday and look for patterns... We can text each other...
2) Instead of turning to food, email a buddy and tell her how your're feeling. Wait for her response before you head to the kitchen. We can text each other.....
3)Sip. green or black tea before you reach for a snack. The drink contains theanine, an amino acid that increases levels of relaxing cemicals in the brain.......
4)Join an internet support community: Log on when a craving strikes...(thank goodness for Internet on phones....access to fb..if nothing else.......Try the emotional-eating forum o our web site (prevention.com/foodtriggers)......
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Can't resist snacks at the office? Blame your boss. According to researchers at Emory University, when alpha female monkeys ordered around less dominant pack members, the inferior animals ate significantly more (and gained more weight over a 2-month period than those in charge. The submisive monkeys had higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone linked with dangerous belly fat. Here, ways to prevent stress eating at work:
1) Email yourself every time you eat. Include cir****tanes and note how you were feeling. Review the message every Friday and look for patterns... We can text each other...
2) Instead of turning to food, email a buddy and tell her how your're feeling. Wait for her response before you head to the kitchen. We can text each other.....
3)Sip. green or black tea before you reach for a snack. The drink contains theanine, an amino acid that increases levels of relaxing cemicals in the brain.......
4)Join an internet support community: Log on when a craving strikes...(thank goodness for Internet on phones....access to fb..if nothing else.......Try the emotional-eating forum o our web site (prevention.com/foodtriggers)......
- Pease check out Dr. Connie Stapleton's Website. A lot of good information on there for all WLS patients regardless of the surgery you chose. Good luck to all and I'm here for you if you want to send me an email. I'll answer it as soon as possible.
- Total Lost: 139 lbs
- Current Weight: 263
- As of 11-10-13 I have had weight gain. Not happy about that.
- RNY: 10-16-07 = 338: Highest weight: 350+ Lowest Weight: 199
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