Carnival of Emotional Eating #1 January 2007

Welcome to the first blog carnival at the Centre for Emotional Well-Being. I'm very excited by the posts that have been submitted, which I hope will help people who are struggling with emotional eating, body image and stress related eating.

What you think (and read) affects your weight

Jon Schnaars presents Reading About Diet Can Encourage Eating Disorders posted at Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments, saying, "This post looks at research that identified dieting stories and suggestions in magazines could contribute to unhealthy body images and eating habits."

Karen Lynch suggests that you can use your thoughts in the process of Attracting Weight Loss posted at LivethePower.

Hal Sommerschield, Ph.D. presents North Star Mental Fitness Blog: Why Did I Gain Weight? posted at North Star Mental Fitness Blog. According to Hal, gaining weight is the results of "over-weight thinking" and over-weight eating with insufficient exercising.

Strategies to help you stop overeating

Linda Freedman presents Everyone needs therapy? Lessons from a family therapist: 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 posted at Everyone needs therapy? Lessons from a family therapist, saying, "TherapyDoc asked her resident genius why people eat and got the answer, "Tastes good." But seriously, she presents a few strategies and thoughts on how to pass, even though it does, indeed, taste good."

Personal experiences: changing eating habits

Matthew Paulson discusses the real cost of drinking soft drinks in Say No to Soda posted at Getting Green. His theme is that you can save money and avoid potential caffeine addiction by cutting soft drinks. The post isn't really about emotional eating, however as caffeine addiction does stimulate eating and drinking, it may be of interest to those of you who crave coffee, energy drinks, or soft drinks.

Craig Harper talks about the choices he has made to keep himself trim in Nothing tastes as good as being in shape feels posted at Renovate your life with Craig, saying, "Next time you're feeling a little 'deprived', don't focus on the cake (biscuit, ice-cream, chocolate) that gives you five minutes of pleasure... focus on the body that you live in twenty four hours a day." This article isn't so much about emotional eating as it is about general dieting, however it is interesting to read Craig's personal experiences with food. Turns out he likes sugar as much as the next man.