I have been realizing more and more how much I am an emotional eater. I tend to eat when my body is in pain. It's my way of dealing with the pain. I don't think it really does anything, except increase my food bill and give me something else to think about besides that I am in pain. I had purchased a deck of "emotional face"cards at the Substance Abuse Conference I attended last September. I decided one way that may help me overcome being an emotional eater is to make refrigerator magnets. I made a copy of the cards and placed magnets on the back of each one. This way it reminds me to stop and identify the emotion I am currently experiencing before I just begin to eat. It's amazing how it has really helped me, plus increased my emotional vocabulary. - the picture only shows a few of the cards I have. I think I may need to get a bigger refrigerator to hold all my magnets :-)
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I need a set of those!
I think we ALL need a set of those cards! I know there's quite a few, as I saw your deck of cards. Good idea. Gee, if you get a bigger refrigerator for your cards, that will hold that much food to feed your emotions. Vicious cycle!
I'd like a set, too!
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