Now sure, if every day results in that kind of emotional torment and the comfort food is unhealthful to us or others or the planet, then it’s time to explore other strategies, but I wouldn’t put abandoning emotional eating at the top of the list. I’d start with finding equally comforting but less problematic foods and follow with either developing other healthier ways to handle the stress or, my own preference, finding ways to remove the stress from my life.

But if one can be calmed and even healed with food, is that not better than depression, suicide, violence against others, threatening employment or relationships by acting out, overmedicating, drinking or using drugs to excess, ulcers, insomnia, and so on?

I always try (emphasis on “try) to look at things in the perspective of I’m here to learn something… no matter good or bad… what am I supposed to learn from any given situation or person?? When I look at things from that perspective, I’m less likely to get stressed over things that I cannot change.

I read something a couple of weeks ago about reality biting… and now have a favorite quote from it:

“…We follow our hearts. We expect nothing in return. We accept that there is no “there” and that change is both constant and unpredictable. And, since we can never walk a mile in another person’s shoes, we accept that one size (our size) does not fit all.”

Read the rest :)
http://www.lizlovely.com/cowboydan/blog/?p=81

By the way, in case you forgot… you are helping change the world… by you being active and speaking up about the things you believe in… you are helping bring consciousness to others… and even reaching 1 person creates a ripple effect… I know that you know this…otherwise you wouldn’t do what you do :)
.-= Danielle´s last blog ..Green Police Video =-.

Russell and I are planning on cutting out plastics as much as possible from here on out. He convinced me it’s not a will power thing, it’s a planning thing. The more you plan, the more organized you are, the less you find yourself in a position where you need to rely on plastics.

Same for meat. Of course, there is a much huger emotional connection between a person and their food, but proper planning can go a long way.

A huge thing that helps new vegetarians is: always! bring! food!

:-)

Good luck!!!
.-= Ruthie´s last blog ..Every day is jeans day in May! =-.

i prob would have opted to accept one of his awesome plastic bottles and offered to pour the contents over his head.

So now, for the first time in 4 years after losing heaps of weight and maintaining it beautifully, I’m above my healthy weight and have to lose a few kgs. 7 of them, to be precise. That’s 15 pounds in your measurement :-(

Life can suck sometimes. But you know what? Eating about it never helped me either.
.-= Leanne´s last blog ..Paradise ducks on our farm =-.