MFP Weight Goal ACHIEVED - 95 Pounds GONE - Wheelchair User

brenn24179 wrote: »

I have lost weight before and this time I lost 40 lbs and worked on my emotional attachment to food, It is making a big difference. If I didn't want to deal with something or having hard conversations I would overeat. I am trying to find pleasure in other things now not just eating. When you mentoned emotional attachment, yes that was me also.

Figuring out the emotional cause as to why we eat or behave the way we do will go a long way into solving how we can change our current behaviour towards a healthier lifestyle. People don't get overweight through random events - there is a cause that drives their weight to increase beyond a normal range.

My causes were how I perceived food (placed too much value & excitement), and treated it like an activity. Understanding the cause/and pull towards food allows one to devise strategies to isolate it, and then do the work it takes to shed the weight (that is where MFP comes in).