FEEDING FOOD TO THE MIND: STAGES ONE AND TWO
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD
  
This is the second blog in the series about Feeding Your Mind with Food. I intended to write a different story today but the responses to the last blog were so informative that I thought it would be more enlightening to tell the story through those thirteen comments. This new story is about the stages one has to go through to break the emotional eating habit.
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FEEDING THE MIND
FRIDAY, MARCH 05, 2010 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD
I’m going to use this blog each week to tell, and retell, just one simple story, and that is how the mind feeds itself on food. Here’s the first version.
Once upon a time, a long time ago, a patient said to me, “You know, there are good food days and bad food days.” As usual, I asked the obvious question. “What’s the difference?”
“Well, on good food days, I know exactly what to eat, and I enjoy eating healthy. Not too much, but enough to feel satisfied, and I don’t feel guilty.”
And bad food days? “That’s when I don’t want to do that. I want my reward. I am too stressed out.”
So, you know how to eat healthy and you can enjoy it but some days you just don’t want to do it, and on those days you are feeding your mind, not your body. “Yes, I am feeding myself a drug.”
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Only Measure Meal by Meal
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 | POSTED BY MICHELLE
Are you always judging, critiquing or evaluating yourself? Do you feel like you can never measure up? Do you believe, especially when it comes to food (not to mention other things), you can never get it quite right? If so, you’re not alone.
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Self-Acceptance Starts Now!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 | POSTED BY MICHELLE
Do you keep telling yourself that when you lose weight you’ll finally love yourself? Do you think it’s completely acceptable to reject your body in its current state? If you are plagued with thoughts about wishing you looked different, read on.
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If Food Isn’t Love, What Is?
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 | POSTED BY MICHELLE
Has food become a substitute for the real love, affection and passion you crave? Did you comfort yourself with food after a relationship ended or someone died? There is a quote from Song of Solomon in the Bible that says, “Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.” Since the beginning of time food has been a replacement for the disappointments that love can cause. We know that while food might work as a short-term quick fix, that it can never fill the hole that only love can. If food isn’t love, what is? Keep reading to find out.
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Codependence Contributes to Overeating
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2010 | POSTED BY MICHELLE
Codependence is defined in many ways. A common definition is being overly focused on other people in a way that inhibits the quality of your life and your relationships. I’ve heard it called being O.P.P. (other people oriented). Another way to think of codependency is people-pleasing, or being a bobble head, saying yes without consideration of your own wants and needs. The concept was originated when mental health workers observed the partners of alcoholics and the ways in which they sacrificed their own health, happiness, and well-being because of someone else’s disease. As human works-in-progress, we are probably all a little bit co-dependent (heck, in our selfish society, some of us could even stand to be a little bit more O.P.P.) however, after working with overeaters for years I can assure you that some of the patterns of codependency contribute to overeating and this is what we’re going to look at today.
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3 Ways to Trust Yourself Enough to Lose the Weight
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010 | POSTED BY MICHELLE
Have your past weight loss failures left you feeling like you’ll never succeed? Have experiences with dieting contributed to your loss of faith or confidence in yourself? Do you feel defeated? Most dieters have feelings of failure that lead to lower self-esteem. Here are three ways to regain your trust in yourself.
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