Way to go, KG!

I found out this weekend that I am indeed capable of "emotional" eating. In the past, whenever I had big upset, the last thing I did was eat. I would stop eating altogether. I would always lose weight. I went on the "divorce diet", for instance, and got really skinny. That was after my middle child was born. It's just not my usual pattern to eat when I'm upset. In fact, when I cry hard, I usually can't keep anything down.

But on Friday I got in a huge fight with my mother, and the first thing I did was go and get something to eat! (After I hurled from all the crying.) What's up with that?

And then last night I saw Christiane Northrup say that peri-menopause is the time when we are finally able to deal with childhood traumas and so they come up like clockwork. That's what the fight was about. blah. Emotional eating. Double-blah.

I took a nice hard ride today--first one of the season except for a mtn ride 2 weeks ago. I don't think I gained, but if I don't find some emotional clarity, I'm doomed.

Congrats everyone.

Karen