tweetrita's Journal

Emotional Eater!
May 05 2008 11:17

I have found out that I am very much an emotional eater. I turn to food for comfort too often. I have quit smoking within the last month and I started to eat more for the first week before I realized what I was doing. I started counting my calories to help me monitor what I was eating and how much I was. I learned so much about myself then.

I also have a very sweet tooth, which makes my lifestyle change a little more difficult. I try not to look at this as a diet because it makes it harder for me. When I tell myself this is a lifestyle change to become healthier, I tend to eat better. I do try to drink a lot of water when I eat sweets or I try to eat some vegetables with it. I don't know if this helps at all but I hope it does.

Now that I know what kind of eater I am, I need to learn how to retrain the way I think to better myself and my body. It will be work, but I know that I can do it.