I am an emotional eater and no matter how many tools you have to help you lose weight, if you don’t defeat the demons that made you fat in the first place, it won’t matter. A few weeks ago my Mother-In-Law passed away. We were close, she was my second Mom. Even though me and her son did not work out, I loved her. I was devastated over her death because it was a surprise, but my girls took it harder. They felt that the only connection they had to that part of their history was gone. It wasn’t helped by the fact that other people seemed to be more important and that no one asked for their help planning the memorial service or even called to see how they were. It caused very, very bitter feelings on their part, so much so that they did not feel comfortable going to their Grandmother’s memorial service. They don’t have a relationship with their biological father and didn’t even expect him to reach out, which is sad. Through all of this I was torn both ways, not only dealing with my grief but dealing with theirs and their emotions. I wanted to eat, everything. I didn’t care if it meant I would gain weight back. I needed something to keep me from hurting andI realized then that if you are an emotional eater you need to fight the reason you eat in order to lose weight, permanently.
Food has always been a hard thing for me. I didn’t start to get heavy until high school. It seemed the harder high school got, the more I turned to food for comfort. By the time I graduated high school I weighed 170+ pounds. I can’t even watch the video of my graduation without cringing at the sight of me waddling across the stage. When I got out of high school I actually thinned down, got married, had my girls, and then life sort of turned into chaos and I started tipping the scales again. Over the years have I just continued to pack the weight on. I watched my life slip away as a single Mom that works all the time just to make ends meet, has no social life, and really no future, and eating was the only “treat” I could have. I need to break this cycle and now. Emotional Eating will not control me anymore, I can’t let it. Because if it does then all of this hard work was for nothing and I can’t let it be for nothing. I have to show my girls you can do anything you want too.
Even though it has been difficult Nutrisystem helped me see the issue. I slipped up, yeah but having Nutrisystem and knowing what I needed to do food wise helped. I know now I need to fight those demons for a healthier and skinnier me.
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