a new day, a new lady

EMOTIONS! You name the emotion, it’ll probably give me the desire to eat. Well that’s not entirely true. I don’t eat on my OWN (by myself) when I am happy or some form of happy, positive emotion. I only really eat when I am WITH people and feeling happy, positive emotions. However, I’ll eat on my own during ALL the negative emotions - boredom, loneliness, anger, frustration, exhaustion, sad, depressed, etc. Those are the ones I have to look out for - ESPECIALLY if I am alone!

It kind of sucks though because I am usually happy when I am with people and feeling the other negative emotions when I am alone - so it’s like either way, I’m in trouble! Fortunately, NO one around me ever encourages me to eat (well that’s not entirely true, I have one friend who can eat anything she wants and never gain a pound and she tends to always want me to indulge with her - but I have learned to say “no thank you!”) but for the most part, I don’t have to worry about people egging me on to eat, that peer pressure eating. The majority of the people around me eat healthy or are health conscious for that matter. So that’s a big help!

However, it’s also a help to be with people regardless of the emotion because unless other people are eating, I don’t like to eat! I usually don’t even have an appetite unless other people are eating and then I never out due anyone, I will just indulge right a long side them. So it’s funny how things work. If I always had something to do or always had someone around me, I think I’d be a skinny minny. Unfortunately for me though, I really do enjoy my alone time. But then again, there’s a difference in choosing to be alone and being happy alone and NOT wanting to be alone but being alone anyways. (OK my thoughts are ALL over the place today, I’m sorry if this post is hard to follow, lol).

But the long and short of it is that emotions cause me to (over)eat. Dang those emotions!