Posted by mair on May 6, 2003, at 15:01:32
In reply to Re: trying to curb emotional eating » lostsailor, posted by bookgurl99 on May 6, 2003, at 13:23:09
For most of my adult life, it never occurred to me to snack between meals or eat sweets of almost any kind. I might get a craving for an ice cream cone or bar about 3 times a summer.
Last summer I gained about 15 pounds almost without thinking about it. I think it might have been related to a new drug I started. Now I'm trying to be a bit more serious about losing weight because so few of my clothes still fit, even ones I bought at the end of the summer to accommodate for the additional weight. So far, all my efforts have only gotten me to a place where my weight is fairly stable. I haven't lost so much as a pound. Now that I'm paying more attention I'm noticing that I do a lot of unconscious eating particularly when I'm cooking. It's the constant tasting; its the slicing of something and when I get to the end I eat the last slice; and its the readily available cheese and crackers. Also I now have a sweet tooth I never had before.
My husband was a wrestler in high school and college, so he was used to having to continually lose and gain weight - a few years ago, at the behest of his doctor he lost about 25 pounds in a matter of a couple of months. I think it is so much more difficult for women.
If you come up with a way to get control over this, please clue me in.
Mair
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