I wanted to make a note of some resources, some things that I've found helpful, and some things that I want to look more into. Because god forbid I add a weight-loss board to my Pinterest account!
I just found this website: Isabel Foxen Duke. She's a food coach and I guess you can get daily emails, too. I've just been poking around at some of her articles, and I like what she has to say. The first thing is about falling off the wagon, how that necessarily means that there's a set of rules that you're trying to stick to. She says, "'Falling off' is not your problem. Your wagon is your problem." I love it. That totally speaks to me about the struggle I had with the low-carb, high fat diet I was trying. Diet being the key word. There was a wagon to fall off, and fall off I did. What I'm having more success with is generally improving how I eat, and trying not to eat compulsively. There aren't rules, so if I mess up, I haven't 'ruined everything.' I can just pick myself up and get on with trying to take care of myself.
One of my favorite food/diet/emotional health writers is Geneen Roth. I've read two of her books: Breaking Free from Emotional Eating and When Food Is Love: Exploring the Relationship Between Eating and Intimacy. Both were wonderful, full of insight and compassion. I need to go back and reread When Food Is Love because there was so much there.
I just heard about this book: Starting Monday: Seven Keys to a Permanent, Positive Relationship with Food. It looks like a good read, and I'm all for books that delve into the psychological issues of weight instead of just food plans or CBT techniques. She also has a Facebook app, called APPetite, that I just signed up for, as well as a Yahoo Group called Food and Feelings for Emotional Eaters.
Hopefully these new finds will help me along my way, and if they help you, all the better! Have any other good suggestions? Post them in the comments section!
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