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Default Oct 02, 2019 at 12:48 PM
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I'm on WW but struggle to overcome these issues. I just can't get a handle on emotional eating, advice, tips? I started exercising and have eaten myself up 3 lbs. I was suppose to lose. I think I have a mental block on losing weight but I don't know what it is.

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I recall reading, somewhere, that physical exercise, in-&-of-itself, is not a weight loss technique. Plus I believe muscle weighs more than fat. So it well may make sense you gained that 3 pounds.

I don't have a weight problem myself. But I do find that when I'm stressed (which is a lot of the time) I feel the urge to gorge myself on something. (Mixed nuts are one of my go-to snacks.) What I do is to simply sit with the urge to go eat something. I feel it in all of it's intensity. (And sometimes it is pretty intense.) I breathe into it & perhaps even smile to it. It's the practice that is known as "compassionate abiding". And it's how I try to respond to all of my anxieties, intrusive thoughts, & other similar experiences. I would have to admit it doesn't work perfectly all the time. (Don't I wish.) But it helps.

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Trig Oct 28, 2019 at 02:38 PM
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You never said what you binge eat? Do you drink tea?

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