That's good, then. I don't tell people to go down to 1,200 calories a day (it's too little for most but the shortest women anyways), and cabbage is yummy at all, but not a good basis for a diet. :)
I don't buy most of the "Eat XXX and Exercise XXX minutes to lose 2 lbs. a week" garbage anyways. There's no guarantee it'll work for you and most people need to make healthy eating and exercise a part of their lifestyle, not some temporary thing they do while they try to lose weight.
I'm a stress-eater as well, and a bored-eater, so I understand. Theoretically, the answer is to better deal with the emotions. I find that.. easier said than done, in actuality. However, there's a few tricks I've learned, which all basically come down to Food Avoidance When I Know I'm Prone to Eating Badly (stressed, bored, etc.)
I have no idea if that's a helpful strategy for you, though. I wish I could offer more than that, but... I can only imagine that as a single mother of three, your life and my life are, often, pretty different and I don't know that I can offer you any great advice without any idea how you run your life. Sorry. :/
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Date: 2009-05-13 02:55 pm (UTC)I don't buy most of the "Eat XXX and Exercise XXX minutes to lose 2 lbs. a week" garbage anyways. There's no guarantee it'll work for you and most people need to make healthy eating and exercise a part of their lifestyle, not some temporary thing they do while they try to lose weight.
I'm a stress-eater as well, and a bored-eater, so I understand. Theoretically, the answer is to better deal with the emotions. I find that.. easier said than done, in actuality. However, there's a few tricks I've learned, which all basically come down to Food Avoidance When I Know I'm Prone to Eating Badly (stressed, bored, etc.)
I have no idea if that's a helpful strategy for you, though. I wish I could offer more than that, but... I can only imagine that as a single mother of three, your life and my life are, often, pretty different and I don't know that I can offer you any great advice without any idea how you run your life. Sorry. :/