Emotional Eating

Has been fairly rough around here since Christmas Eve and I have been eating like hell and like crazy . I have done alot better for the last 2 days but man it has been hard.
Our new baby we adopted attacked me and my DD on Christmas Eve, thankfully we did not have open wounds but we are free bleeders so the bruising is tremendous.
Needless to say animal control in our area takes the "holiday" off and I was told to call back on the 27th. By then I had been giving him benadryl to calm him down, that didnt work and he continued to snap at us pretty viciously.
Yesterday I finally got the courage up to take him to animal control and I bawled like a baby for hours. Although I dont want to be biten like that ever It was the hardest thing I had ever done.
Prior to him attacking me, he had biten my 6 yr old and needed his chin glued back shut..... Needless to say i know it was the best decision but it hurts badly. Now I am snacky and I know it is emotional. I am going to get a grip on this today and get it under control.
Sorry but I needed to share. Happy New Year everyone may it be wonderful!

I too am STRUGGLING with emotional eating. I do pretty well when I have my normal routine, but being off work this week has presented tremendous challenges. I've tried to distract myself and to simply control myself, but like you said, it is HARD.

I'm so very, very sorry you had to surrender your pet. I know how hard that is. You simply can't put yourself and your family in continual harm's way though so I support your decision. Being snapped at and bitten repeatedly just can't continue and your efforts were not making an impact. I know it's so hard, but I support you.

Oh Stacy, that would make me eat too.  He was so cute but you just can't have that kind of behavior with something that big and kids around.  What a shame he didn't have yall form the beginning so he didn't have those bad habits. 

Routine is certainly best for me but between the knee and the holidays, there hasn't been much.  Keep fighting it, the holidays will be over soon and things will be back to some kind of normal.

Price, I havent been here for awhile and just seen your pic.  WOW!!!!  You're a tiny little thing!!!   Congrats!  you look AMAZING!!!!!     Cindy

Thanks.  good to have you back.  Hope your family is ok and you will be able to do more Happy camping this year.

So sorry to see this! You must be stressed beyond!!! You just never know what you'll inherit. I can imagine how scarey that was for you and your kids. Take care.

Meg

Its so hard to do the right thing sometimes. So sorry you have to go through this.

I know I am finding it very hard right now to stay away from the white carbs. My pouch is grouchy and I upped my pepcid to 2 times a day. I am hopping to try to decarb yet again today. Do well during the day, but the evenings are rough!

Hang in there.

~Maria

Maria,
Thats what gets me, during the day I do great but at night OH MAN!!! Wham it slaps me so hard, its like I can HEAR them calling my name from the kitchen...

I don't have any stress so don't even have that for a reason. I think I just got used to some extra carbs and don't want to give them up.  I am eating sugar cookies made for myself with whey low and bobs red mill low carb flour,so not even terrible,but shouldn't be regulars on my plan right now,like they have been since Christmas.

Gonna have to hit it hard soon s surgeons release me for exercise.etc.

Sorry bout your pup. We have actually had to have two dogs of ours put to sleep over the years for situations like this. They were sweet,sweet dogs with us,but every now and then,something in their brains would snap and we couldn't predict what they were gonna do. Had had both of them since them since they were 3 and 6 months old.

Lived with one for 8 years,never knowing what was gonna set her off.Trying to watch her like a hawk,keep her and everyone around her safe.Never realized just HOW MUCH stress the situation caused us till she was gone.

The other  we lived with for 3-4 years before dd deciding he was too unpredictable also. We were afraid     to let him be around our grandchildren Ho often made sounds like small animals as young chil;dren often do.. Vet said sometimes it is an organic brain issue..often from the worst genes from some of the mixes that dogs are being dominant and causing it.

We had had ours so long,we took it upon ourselves to euthanize them since we hadn't gotten them from s  shelter to start with.

Your shelter will likely euthanize the one you had to return since he is a known biter now. they can' take the risk/liability of re homing him now. Too sad.

I'm going through something like that with my Tazzie.  I've had her since she was 6 weeks old and she's 11 now and has always been a sweeting but a few weeks ago she had surgery for cancer and since then she will get aggressive all of the sudden for no reason, then just as suddenly she'll snap out of it.  Hasn't bitten thank God but she can get scary.  I had to find a new home for the rescue we just got because she was getting the brunt of it and she was too tiny and fragile for that.  She was just scared to death so I found her a real good home hoping that would solve the problem.  I thought Tazzie was just upset that we got another dog but even though she is much better she is still doing it.  Now she is upset at Pepper, her son.  Poor Pepper is scared of her now.  She has never bitten him, she just growls and snaps but it's enough to scare him.
I took her to the vet because I thought maybe she was still in pain from the surgery and he gave her some more pain meds that also had a seditive effect but that didn't do a thing so now I am going to try an antidepressant because I think her problem is anxieity, combined maybe with her old age.
I don't think I could ever put her down but if it came down to safety I would have to consider it.  I am hoping that it is something she'll get over.