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(reply to RacerWife7)

RacerWife,

Here's a big, big pat on the back for you. Sounds like it was really tough to admit that you eat food when no one's watching. I get you, girl. I've done it too, many times. But here's the thing I'm coming around to: if you're addicted to the fat or sugar in the products, that's part of the explanation for the eating, do you see? Our brains need more and more to feel satiated in those pleasure centers. It isn't about our stomachs at all. Which is why we can eat and have it not even register.

Don't be hard on yourself, RacerWife. Figure out a baby step that you can take -- note I said BABY STEP -- and try it. It may not be cutting something out. It may be ADDING something to your day that is good for you. If it's carbs that are regularly calling you to the kitchen, try string cheese and an apple or lean shaved turkey and mustard in a wheat tortilla instead for a snack. (You notice how we can eat an entire bag of chips without getting really full, but we get full on one chicken breast? That's the difference between empty carbs, and real protein.)

I'm working to tell myself these things even while I'm typing them to you. It's not easy!

April 2, 2010 - 9:23am

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