hello!   I just started posting here but it's  pretty quiet.

glad your life is going well.

Jackie

thanks for your thoughts hpaige - sounds like you have some good strategies.

do you live alone? because you talked about  loneliness on weekends, I mean. it's funny: I love weekends in a way - not having to go to work!  all that time you can use how you like!  but it's like I have too high expectations and the reality is kind of a let down or something.

planning things helps.

Jackie

you are absolutely correct!  maybe you should be a shrink. I'll bet you are an excellent Mom.


I prefer to distract myself with binge eating as at least it is familiar. what happened that night was I got really sick because of lactose intolerance and was expecting the familiar pain of too much food and got the vomiting, gas and other fun instead. whoops. but it does serve as a wake-up call so I'm thinking of it as useful that way.

I didn't have kids (and now am too old) the Mom is just to my pets, currently 3 dogs and 2 birds.

I have some specific ideas to de-stress and I think that will help a lot. also am re-reading all of Geneen Roth's books and they are perfect for emotional eating. I have gotten so I am aware of what I've done and why just not soon enough - in other words I can't (always) catch it as it is happening or before which is the goal. but I'm working on it.

thanks for your post, you are right on target.

how's it going with your DH?  post about it if you feel like it. pm, if you prefer.

Jackie

I am no shrink but after rereading your post it sounds as though you do this so that you can deal with a problem you are familar with (binge eating) so that you dont have the time to think about the other problems that feel too big for you, ie the lonliness?  Maybe more than help for the eating you need to get counceling for the other areas in your life that seem out of controll for you.  I see by your name that you have several kids the same age.  Are you overwhelmed with what that brings maybe?  I ahve 2 kids and take care of 2 neices and at times I can feel like everything is out of controll.  The only way I am able to stay in somewhat of controll of things is that the kids have 7pm bedtimes.  They get to watch TV for 30 mins but that is it.  thjis gives me about 3 hours of quiet at night so that I can calm down and feel like life is not totally out of controll.  if I am totally off base ignore me please.  I just feel for you and hope that you can figure out what it is you need to get your life and eating where it should be.  You have come so far in your weight lossand you deserve to be happy.

Hi Ramon, mind if I join you?

I am grateful for my dogs, all of who are consistently optimistic and enthusiastic about everything, novel or routine.

Jackie