Emotions: Why am I overweight?

Emotional roller coaster. We have all experienced them probably multiple times. I know I have. As I have started on this journey I have learned that women tend to be emotional eaters (maybe men too but I am not sure). I have heard so many stories of overweight or obese women say "I was going through some major depression" or "I was so angry." I have realized that to tackle your weight loss you have to tackle your emotions. Why are you mad? Whom are you mad at? What is making you sad? Are you discontent? Does the world owe you something? Are you scared? Are you worried? Are you just downright overwhelmed? Have I stuffed these feelings with food? Have I nursed my emotions with sugar? When I finally decided to put my health first. I had to analyze all of these things? I can not feed my emotions. We should be eating for nutrients. We have to look at food as fuel for our bodies. That does not mean that it shouldn't taste good. Food is not our comfort. We must find comfort in some other form. For me my comfort comes from full dependency on Jesus Christ. Our perspectives must change to find freedom. So here are three things I recommend to take control of your emotions and your eating.

1. Truly analyze your emotions. Start keeping a journal. Write about your day. How you felt? What made you feel that way?

2. Start keeping a food diary. Write down what you ate all day long. Is there a connection between what you ate and how you felt.

3. Find another source of comfort. I can't tell you what that is for you. Maybe self help books. Maybe talking it out with a trusted friend. For me, my comfort is Jesus Christ. God loves me, he frees me and he makes me new. He loves you and he can do that for you too.

You are what you eat, so don't be fast, cheap, easy, or fake!

Welcome to my home

This blog is about health. Mental, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual. To truly be healthy they must all 4 be in harmony. If one aspect is out of whack then the other areas will suffer. My posts will all be focusing on one of these aspects.

Mental: We must always be challenging ourselves, learning and growing. You are never to old to learn something new. The brain must be excercised regularly too.

Emotional: Oh boy, as a woman sometimes we let our emotions run our lives. This is no way to live though and can cause so much grief. It can affect our relationships, our physical health, our eating habits and so much more.

Spiritual: We are all spirtual beings. God created us with a soul. That emptiness inside that craves something more, something different. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior, without him I would be nothing. I have grown so much spiritually recently and will share some of those struggles as well.

Physical: As you all know according to my first post. I am changing a lot physically right now. So there will probably be a lot of posts about this.

Thank you so much for following me on this journey. I am so glad you are here!

32 Days and Counting

Before

Now

I am now on day 32 of my fitness journey. You see I am overweight. I hate saying that, overweight. I am though, according to my BMI of 29.5. I need to lose 34 lbs. to be in the normal range. I have been this way for a few years and have tried to lose the weight without a lot of success. I would start dieting or exercising and lose 5 to 10 lbs. but would quickly give up and fall right back into old habits. I have struggled with my weight for awhile now. I started gaining a little after high school but really gained after I moved out. I was always active in high school with Track, Cross Country and Weight lifting but I never learned to eat properly. So I ate CRAP! With the crap came the pounds. At one point I did lose 30 lbs. I was working out at the gym and following a healthy eating plan. This particular "diet" was complicated and hard to maintain though. So, after getting married, my eating habits quickly changed and I gained it all back. Then low and behold I got pregnant. Not only did I gain back what I had lost but more. Of course, after baby was born I did lose some of the baby weight but nine months later- SURPRISE, baby number two is on the way! Now baby number one is 4 years old and baby number two is two and half and I'm still overweight. Well, I have finally decided NO MORE! I am going to get rid of these pounds, not only that I am going to build muscle. I made the decision to join a beachbody challenge. I am now 32 days in. I have lost 10 lbs. and 9 inches. I am very excited about my progress, but more than that I am dedicated. I am not going to STOP this time! So, please follow along with me on this journey!