Comments on: Weightwatchers & Unislim: Good For Emotional Eaters Says The Amen Solution

By: Makeup Hair and Glitz

Makeup Hair and Glitz — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:00:28 +0000

I’m not a comfort eater I’m a reward eater I used to reward myself bc somewhere in my head I thought because I’d worked hard all day I deserved a bar of dairymilk !! Not anymore tho since joining Unislim 7 weeks ago I’ve lost 1 stone 5 pounds and haven’t eaten 1 dairy milk nor do I want to !!! X

By: red razors

red razors — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:27:02 +0000

I’m currently going it alone. I have a calorie counter app on my phone and i use that to keep my food intake under control. It makes me much more aware of what i’m eating. My mom and sister have done WW but i never really had the motivation for it. I’m happier now just keeping an eye on it myself, i’m not competitive enough for slimming clubs. I was a complete nazi when i first started using it but i’ve calmed down a bit now and can be over some days cos i know i’ll be under other days. Nights out are a totally different story though, a few bottles of cider is half my full day’s allowance.

I think making a book out of his idea and spinning it as an amazing new diet revelation is a bit much. But definitely makes sense that different people will respond better to different dieting strategies. I’m a complete boredom eater.

By: sevda

sevda — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:55:40 +0000

Jenny – I got thee same as you ‘multiply over eater’ what does that mean? I got bored after the first sentence. I know when I’m stressed because I lose my appetite.

Work is horrendous at the moment work load wise coupled with changes coming in and I often cannot eat my lunch. Today I ate lunch but at about 3 I got a few right snot type emails from a very senior manager asking me to account for something that is clearly her area of reponsibility so hse put me off my food.

When I did WW a few years ago I learnt a lot but it all piled back. Looking back the reason for the weight loss (almost 3 stone) was a serious break up and not the WW regime.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:38:30 +0000

This made me laugh out loud for the first time today so thanks ;o)
(at home sick with an excruciating ear infection ;o( )

By: Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:24:05 +0000

I’ve been with weightwatchers since september and I really like it! It’s definitely the best way for me to lose my weight anyway. I blog about it too, if anyone’s interested xxx

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:37:18 +0000

@ Karen (beating myself into a dress) you’ve inspired me to join that club. Thank you oh and I just discovered your blog recently, had me in fits of laughter! Brilliant writing girl

By: littlemisswonders

littlemisswonders — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:38:04 +0000

Bellasiana – that is amazing! You must feel so happy with yourself and the reaction from other people must make it all so worthwhile as well!

Karen – totally, different strokes for different folks. I’ve done the gym lark and HATED it…and now I find WW helps because I can still eat what I want, but I’m not eating anything that doesn’t move past me either, I’ve learned to control the emotional reaching. I would like to be the type of person that would go for a 5k run when they know they’ll be having a chinese later on, but I’d rather skip the chinese and sit on my backside

By: SJP's Missing Mole

SJP's Missing Mole — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:31:11 +0000

God, I’m a fierce emotional eater. So much so that I gained a stone in the run up to my wedding, that’s how stressed I was. Thank God for the almighty corset in that dress!

But I’m in WW now and I’m finding the new points system great. Cos I can have my wine and a chinese once a week.

And I fuppin’ NEED that wine and chinese!!!!

I’ve lost about a stone and a half this year and am rocking the skinny jeans all over the shop. I’m going to look fandabbydozy this Xmas!

By: JennyR

JennyR — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:01:29 +0000

God, I’m a total emotional eater, stressed, sad, happy…. disastrous! The only thing that works for me is exercise and low GI foods. Even with that I fall off the wagon fairly easily….mmmm, wagon wheels…..Ahem! I tried weight watchers but counting every bit I ate drove me bananas, and I never lost more than a lb or 2. Low GI/GL stops me overeating most of the time, and I’ve learned to recognise when I’m boredom/emotionally eating so I have a little more will power to stop myself, still don’t really have the hang of it tho, and I’m 30 for feck’s sake, you’d think I’d know what to do by this stage!!!

By: speccy

speccy — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:55:42 +0000

I don’t need to take the test to find out I’m an emotional eater I was very good and lost over 2 stone a few years ago by myself, but then my mum got sick and I started eating everything in sight, and put all the weight back on again! I couldn’t do it by myself again, so joined WW in Sept. I like the structure, motivation and the classes. I’m losing weight. It will take a long time to get to my goal,but I don’t eat rubbish mindlessly right now. Small steps!

Bellasianna- congratulations! That’s a lot of hard work; well done