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Honesty About the Psychology of Weight Control
01/25/08
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Colleen Laing is honest about the emotions she experiences as she works to maintain a healthy weight. Because of her many demands from family, work, and community activities, you might be able to identify with her.
Besides eating for survival and nutrition, virtually everyone has an emotional and social connection to food. Eating is part of our psychological well-bing. Eating the right thing at the right time can lift our spirits, help focus our attention, or provide other emotional responses. Diabetics know perfectly well how high and low blood sugar episodes sffect emotions and mental sharpness.
If you have struggled to maintain a healthy weight, consider the emotional connection you have to food. Read some of Colleen Laing's entries on our sister site, My Weight Loss Solution. She confidently reveals her moments of strength, her battles, and even her defeats with the emotional side of weight maintenance.
Some of her articles include: