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This blog is a deeper exploration of the work on this site, and the book, Shrink Yourself. It gives me an opportunity to share some of the clinical insights I have learned about emotional eating; and it gives members and visitors a chance to share their experiences, which I respond too in subsequent blogs. In that way the insights come alive in the stories told, with all their personal detail. The comments are amazing and insightful, and taken as a whole, reveal the powerful lingering effect of childhood on the emotional eating habit.



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Why People Binge

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2012 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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"If I am all doped up on a food high, nothing else matters."
"When I feel inadequate, I eat... then I'm some body... I matter."
"When I concentrate on what I am eating I don't have to deal with other emotions."


Do any of these statements sound like you? If you're a binge eater, you're not alone. It is something that millions of people struggle with. It is more common than either anorexia or bulimia.

There are two main reasons why people binge. One is to cope with painful feelings and create the illusion of feeling good, and the other is to feel "safe" or to shut out the world.
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The Secret Ingredient For Success

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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A patient came in the other day with the best advise I've ever heard!

"I realize now that I have to recognize my personal development issues as much as I have to pay attention to what I eat."

In all of my experience with the Shrink Yourself program, and with the patients that I have treated, I can tell you that this perspective is absolutely essential for overcoming emotional eating.
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Are You Ready For A Warm Bath?

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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Just the other day a member asked me to explain, how taking a warm bath, was going to help her with her emotional eating habit that caused her to put on twenty pounds. I was puzzled at first, but then I remembered it was one of the items on a list in the second session about "what else" you could do when you feel emotionally overwhelmed.
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Successful Resolutions for the New Year

FRIDAY, JANUARY 06, 2012 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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We all make New Year's resolutions, and often these resolutions involve weight loss. However, many of us quickly lose traction before we achieve our objectives. In this week's blog I will answer the following 5 questions that will help you stay on track and reach your goals.
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Another Year... Another Diet?

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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Studies have shown that only about 12% of New Years Resolutions are actually achieved.
And since statistics show that most diets fail over time, what makes for a successful New Years Resolution? Instead of yet another diet or setting a goal of losing weight, why not focus on getting to know yourself better...
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Checking Out in Advance

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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Just the other day I heard a patient describe something about emotional eating that I had not noticed before. She said that she found herself "checking out" for the last several weeks, which meant she was binging in anticipation of a stressful event that was to take place soon.

Checking out meant to her that she was no longer pausing and thinking. She didn't want to even try to understand what her emotional hunger was all about. Usually she "checks in" with herself, is on top of what is going on, and quite able to limit and control her binge eating.
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Riding 100 Miles Uphill

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011 | POSTED BY DR. GOULD

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This is the story of a patient who has been struggling with weight issues since her early teens. One day she told me about how she had just completed a 100 mile bike ride for a charity organization. She was proud of her achievement because this ride was on a grueling course, up four hills, each of which had an 8 mile incline. The story itself made me exhausted. I marveled at her strength, endurance and ability to stick to it. She is a married woman in her mid-50s and had only taken up biking later in life as a way to get the exercise she needed to complement her chronic dieting efforts.
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