How to 'cope' like a skinny person!

Research on coping styles links task-oriented coping to high life satisfaction and mental health while emotion-oriented coping is associated with EMOTIONAL EATING, depression, anxiety, addiction, pathology... and the list goes on...

The coping/emotional eating research study:
as pdf :
http://arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi?fid=76398
{**this link does not open a webpage but rather a downloadable pdf doc that is a bit easier to read **}
as html:
http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:NEZ-j-5fMXsJ:arno.uvt.nl/show.cgi%3Ffid%3...

Still gathering task-oriented 'how-to' info....freakishly scarce!!!....will ABSOLUTELY post it when I am done!!!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• emotional eating
• over eating
• binge eating
• coping
• stress
• coping skills
• intuitive eating
• dieting
• weight loss

[VanessaCArthur]

When I get anxious, I clean the house. There must really be something to Feng Shui because when I'm emotionally a mess, so is my house. The house is a reflection of what's going on in my head. As a coping skill I clean my house when something is really bothering me it it really brings me peace to see a clean house. It clears my head and after that, the problems seem to resolve themselves like a magic. The negative self talk dissapears.

[josielenore]

@VanessaCArthur ...AND you get a beautiful clean house! I love it!!!

[VanessaCArthur]

Excellent information. Bless your brains, you have a gift. Fallow your intuition!

[josielenore]

@VanessaCArthur Thank you so much what a lovely thing to say!!!

[hypeegirl]

Hi Josie, thank you so much for all your videos. You really break down intuitive eating in a way that makes it much easier to understand and implement it. Thanks for sharing your journey with us, you are an inspiration. I hope you keep making these videos :)

[josielenore]

@hypeegirl Hey Hypegirl (super cute username!) Thank YOU..wow what a nice thing to hear! I think it is a direct result of how hard it was for me to understand...if that makes sense. Books would say to just" sit through negative emotions" and I would be like "'what in the world does that look like!!??" I needed the paint by numbers step by step answers and they were nowhere to be found !! Your kind words are really encouraging I am SO glad that this connects with you!!! thanks!

[smelltheaironcemore]

Thank you so much for posting videos. You have a way of explaining all of this without being condescending and humorous. Please continue to do what you do! It helps so many people, including myself.

[boostah27]

I like the way your not at all patronizing and just sharing what your learning, really helpfull - thanks for making these videos.

[imactuallyasuperhero]

Wow, your story resonates with me so much. I started emotional eating around the same (when I was a kid) and have definitely had my struggles with binge eating as well. I never thought to separate the two. This make so much SENSE now. Thanks for sharing!

[feelingoffbalance]

continued.. This is a major insight! Linking this to learned helplessness is a stroke of genius. I am a neurobiologist and I was aware of this effect but it never occurred to me that I was in fact behaving like this myself. You are spot on. Why not do a PhD on that?

[feelingoffbalance]

Great job on the research, congrats! Your insights (and the humorous delivery!) really helped me to think constructively about the issue of emotional eating. I was/am certainly concentrated on dealing with my negative emotions.. So even when it's 'working', what I do is eat well and exercise/meditate to feel better but what I do not do is deal with the REASONS why I have negative feelings.

[RichardPapen1]

emotional eating at 9? that is a tragedy,. did you know what you were doing or are you now looking back and seeing that is what you were doing?

why can't we just get off the processed food wagon and avoid the depression because that wagon contributes to our depression. eating well will boost our coping skills for just a start. then the weight loss will make us happy and a positive cycle has begun. we all need coping mechanims so make it the treadmill.

[lovelylollys334]

Thanks you so so soo much for these videos...I've felt stuck for a while and these videos are truly helping me. Do you have any recommendations on books about task oriented coping? Thanks so much!