Encourgement

I do not think we can overestimate the power of positive thinking. For me it is so easy to get discourage and get negative, down on myself and down on others. I have to be careful who I associate with often because they can bring me down. Its important for me to be positive and to expect good things.

Emotional eating happens because I seek comfort. Often I perceive it as the only possible comfort I have. I have never been one to have a lot of friends (maybe because I am too negative??), but the ones I do always help to make me feel special and positive.

One goal I have this next year is to conquer emotional eating, because it is my number one reason for over eating. I am a disciplined Core Warrior. I can watch my portions, I do choose the right foods MOST of the time. However I allow petty little things to upset me and effect me and the first I do is run to food like chocolate or sushi that makes me feel better, and then I eat it until I get a high...its an addiction, a terrible cycle and it has to stop...

I am discovering better ways to deal with my emotions and frustrations...walking and hiking has been a great comfort to me. Writing this blog helps as well...Bad things are going to happen, but I do not have to eat myself into oblivion. I can choose a better way...I will choose a better way...

My goals this year:

1. Lose weight, get healthy.
2. Love my family.
3. Make 3 new friends who will be REAL friends.
4. Build my relationship with God so that I can be more spiritually equipped to handle the struggles in my life.
5. Change the things in my life that bring me down.