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So, to start off I’d like to say that I’ve always known that I am an emotional eater and that it is a problem for me. I worked my way through Google and onto this site where I spent a good few days digesting (wink :-)) everything I could.<\/p>\n
I learned a TON<\/strong> about emotional eating and about myself and couldn’t be happier. I started to work with some of the material and started to lose a bit of weight but it was gradual. I didn’t care though, as long as the scale was moving in the right direction I was happy. And it did too, week after week. <\/p>\n Then I hit a plateau and knew that it was because I was still dieting but also binging a bit more as well and I stayed there, at that current weight for about 3 months. Then, over the next two months I lost 10 lbs.<\/p>\n My secret was APPLES<\/strong> and WALKING<\/strong> but it had nothing to do with the apples nor the calories burned during walking. At least I’m pretty sure it wasn’t those things.<\/p>\n What changed at that time was that I did start to take walks in the late afternoon. I never used to but as I started losing weight I felt like I wanted to do something more and decided that walking was an easy first step. EatingLove recommends baby steps and so that’s what I did. Plus I like walking and wanted to get back into it.<\/p>\n Now, it’s important to note that I was used to an afternoon snack at that time of day to hold me over until dinner, which was usually a granola bar (homemade), and on my first day of walking I had none left so I took an apple instead. <\/p>\n It turns out that the apple worked just as well and was easy to eat while I walked so I made the switch and enjoyed going out for a walk with that instead and never looked back. Truth be told I never thought I would lose any weight but wanted to push myself ever closer to making good changes.<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n After a couple of weeks I noticed that the scale showed a loss of 3 lbs which I brushed aside as perhaps lost water weight or something like that. But after 6 weeks and another 3 lbs I started to wonder what was going on as nothing much had changed in my diet. Surely walking 45 minutes everyday and eating an apple instead of a granola bar wasn’t enough to get those kinds of results on the scale, but I WAS<\/strong> losing weight.<\/p>\n After 2 months I lost a total of 10 lbs and started to look into what I was eating more carefully and really had to think about what was going on with my diet to find the answer.<\/p>\n It turns out it wasn’t the walking or apples. <\/p>\n What changed was what was happening after that. Because I walked 45 minutes to an hour so late in the day, I was making dinner later and was a bit more hurried so I ended up spending less time in the kitchen and at the table with my family and so ate less at that meal.<\/p>\n Then, because of time again, I was hurried cleaning up and didn’t really feel like eating a small dessert like I usually do, even though they are usually healthy (sometimes I’d just have a bite or two and that’s it). But what I discovered that is most important is that I didn’t FEEL<\/strong> like eating as much as I usually do because of the walking. <\/p>\n It wasn’t the calories or muscles working or anything like that. It was just how it made me feel. I never would have thought of that.<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n So now a few months have passed since losing those 10 lbs and I haven’t lost any more but I am thrilled to have moved closer to my weight goals and will continue walking and eating the apples just because it feels good.<\/p>\n I don’t know what the next thing will be to make me lose more but whatever it is I’ll make sure it’s easy and that it feels good.<\/p>\n Thanks for the site, I wouldn’t have discovered this tip without all of the reading here and the mental state of mind needed for it. <\/p>\n I hope that this tip can help others and push them toward their goals just a bit too.<\/p>\n Cathy M.<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n KEYS<\/strong> – The keys to cathy’s 10 lb weight loss are:<\/p>\n 1- Replacing carbs with better carbs or better food; granola to apple. – EatingLove<\/p>\n <\/i> <\/p>\n …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Note: It wasn’t because of the Apples So, to start off I’d like to say that I’ve always known that I am an emotional eater and that it is a problem for me. 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\n2- Longer fasting time between dinner and the next day’s meal which would be breakfast.
\n3- Less food overall, occupying her time with something that feels good instead.
\n4- Baby steps in the right direction, without worrying whether or not she will lose weight with the application of that step.<\/p>\n