
Normal Eating Some tips for emotional eaters on dealing with the Thanksgiving feast:
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Question: What is the surest way to lose all control over yourself during the holiday season and gain massive amounts of weight?

Normal Eating "...a wonderful day set aside on the 4th Thu of Nov when no one diets...why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" ~Erma Bombeck

Normal Eating There are levels to emotional eating triggers. Knowing the situation is not enough - you need to know it is ABOUT the situation.

Normal Eating Knowing your triggers is key to recovery from emotional eating. 1st Step: Write a weight history in the NE style. http://bit.ly/leQ6n

Normal Eating Make a list of things you'd do if you were slim, then go through & see which you can do RIGHT NOW. Don't put off life!

Normal Eating Try eating in new ways. Experiment! If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting.

Normal Eating If you've stopped emotional eating, the way to "stay stopped" is to keep the focus on self-care. Don't slack off!

Normal Eating "Intermittent access to foods rich in fat and sugar induces changes in the brain which are comparable to those observed in drug dependence, according to new research."
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ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2009) In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal ...

Normal Eating Study finds that dark chocolate eases emotional stress - it's physiological (anyone surprised?)
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The study found that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed.

Normal Eating And 10% of those joining the Normal Eating Facebook page are men. That 10% number is remarkably constant. http://bit.ly/pp5Kt

Normal Eating Studies say 10% of men are emotional eaters & 10% of those taking the Emotional Eating Test are men. Interesting. http://bit.ly/4nTfCx

High-fat, high-sugar diet alters bacteria in the gut, making it easier to gain weight | Booster Shot
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A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than just pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, increasing the proportion of the little buggers that make it easier for you gain weight and harder...

Normal Eating Diet betting is a weight-loss tactic where people at work or groups of friends join weight loss pools. Everyone puts in some cash, and whoever loses the most weight in a given time period wins the pot. Does it work? Perhaps in the short-term.
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Does diet betting really work? Find out on this Moment of Science.

Normal Eating If you've taken the Emotional Eating Test, what did you think? Was it interesting, informative, fun? http://bit.ly/4nTfCx












