Overeating

Is overeating a coping mechanism?

We must, in life, learn to coping with many circumstances that we found unsatisfactory, from the infant stage, through the child stage, through growing years, teen age, young adult, adult, working life, and into retirement. What if overeating is just a coping method that we have imposed on our authentic self?

Saturday night, in a one hour period (7.15 to 8.15), there 12 food commercials. Last post I estimated 3 per hour. TV must become a selected programs only item, not the default evening activity. The default may be a intellectual undertaking to find the true essence of self, the authentic self, before I learned any coping skills.

Television - Diet Impact?

Does TV have a impact on my food intake?

Imprinted reaction: To eat when food is presented.

Duh

TV presents food representations perhaps 3 time per hour.

Implied memory and recall memory: Do what you are told.
Imprinted reaction: Do as you are told; Cooperative, following personality some of the time, (except when the "idiot" is majorly wrong),

Duh

So remove the TV form my life as a test. When I did the 5 meetings per weak, I lost weight. Yellowknife, without TV, I lost weight, as on the Gull Diversion Project, Ketza Project, Cone Undertaking, and other time. I see a connection. Now I just need to do it.

also around the web;

Sharma at
http://www.drsharma.ca/treating-obesity-in-the-mentally-ill.html  notes


Components of successful CBT for obesity treatment include:

1) identifying readiness for change and goodness of fit between patient and treatment, 

2) self-monitoring by tracking weight and food behaviours, 

3) cognitive restructuring via challenging maladaptive cognitions and 

4) problem solving by developing system of alternate food behaviours.