I saw this woman on TV who had gained about 100 lbs in about 6 months. When she was interviewed, she said that when she lost her job she just started eating all the time. The woman said that eating was the only thing she felt control over and it made her feel good. Since she didn’t work, she didn’t get out of bed until 10:00 a.m. each morning. There was no reason for her to get up early.
The woman’s problem was emotional eating. This type of eating happens when something is out of wack in your life. In this woman’s case, unemployment left her with such a large void in her life that she filled that void with food. When I look back at my own life, my story is similar to that woman. There was a void in my life and I used food to make me feel better. Eating made me feel better for a short time but didn’t solve my personal problem. One day, I looked in the mirror and realized what the void in my life caused me to be very overweight.
I decided one day that I needed to do something about my weight issue. Since I have started this journey, it hasn’t been easy. There are still issues that I have in my personal life which makes it difficult for me to keep motivated. If I didn’t have those issues, my weight loss would have progressed faster. At least I keep plugging along. There are those days that I just don’t care anymore and just want to eat a whole pizza by myself and have a big piece of chocolate cake.
When I have those thoughts, I stay motivated since I never want to go back to where I once was. I want to go forwards and not backwards.
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