Filling a Hole in Your Heart

To feel satiated is to feel full - to be content or perhaps stuffed. For those of us who go to unhealthy extremes there is an emptiness we are trying to fill. Food is an easy filler. I wonder what else you hunger for (long for).

When we stuff our emotions...it takes a toll. Sooner or later we need to use a substance to help repress what we feel. Food does this readily.

Suggestions - meet with your primary care physician and discuss your goals. Start 2 journals - 1 for your food intake in order to be more aware of what you are eating and when. The second journal you could use to ask yourself, "What else do I want?" What is missing in your life? What are you wanting to feel? It seems food is instant gratification for you but it also seems it's a poor substitute for what you truly long for.

Drink lots of water. Walk. Allow yourself to discover what you truly want and have the guts to go get it.