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Overcoming Your Love-Hate Relationship With Food

Overcoming Your Love-Hate Relationship With Food

Find out what's behind your stressful relationship with food and what you can do about it.

Hello out there! If you'd like to understand, once and for all, why you feel so frustrated about your weight and why your relationship with food is so stressful, this article will explain it all. Even better, you’ll also know what you need to do to change it, for good!

What Is Causing Your Love-Hate Relationship With Food?

What Is Causing Your Love-Hate Relationship With Food?

Tired of stressing about food, and weight loss? Find out what's really going on and how to fix it.

Hello out there!  • Do you love the taste of certain foods and find that once you start you can’t stop? • Do you find yourself drawn to eating certain foods even when you know they’re not good for you and you’re going to feel crappy afterwards?  

How To Stop Binging & Start Connecting

How To Stop Binging & Start Connecting

Learn some of the reasons you choose to eat rather than connect and how to make it safe to change.

Hello out there! I'm glad you're here. If you'd like to understand why you might not reach out and create relationships even when you're feeling lonely, this question from 'K', and my answer to it, will help.:   Question: Hi Michelle, I've already read about 2/3 of your book, and I am VERY impressed. I’ve always clicked with the Geneen Roth/Hirschman & Munter approach, and it has helped me in the past.

The 3 Biggest Obstacles To Losing Weight With ADHD

The 3 Biggest Obstacles To Losing Weight With ADHD

Have you ever wondered why people with ADHD struggle with their weight? This article tells why!

By Leslie Rouder, LCSW Cht. There has been a lot of research lately on the relationship between ADHD and eating disorders, as well as problems with obesity that would indicate that having ADHD may predispose individuals to difficulties regulating their weight.   A study done in 2004, found that 10% of individuals with ADHD suffered from an eating disorder at some point in their life time compared to the general population of .6 to 4.5 %.  In another study done at an obesity clinic in 2005, 58% of overweight teenagers were diagnosed with ADHD as

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Don't let food be a substitute for real love!

When Food Is Love: 7 Expert Ways to Combat Emotional Eating

Are you using food as a substitute for love? Break free from emotional eating with these steps.

When you have an argument with your significant other, do you reach for a pint of ice cream or a bag of barbecue chips? If you’re feeling lonely, do you find comfort in a bowl of mac and cheese or a slice of pizza? If so, you may be suffering from emotional eating disorder. Here's how to combat the problem.

How Cheating On Your Diet Helps You Lose Weight [EXPERT]
Want cake? Have it!

How Cheating On Your Diet Helps You Lose Weight

When you deprive yourself of the foods you love most, your diet will inevitably fail.

Clair prides herself on being really good when she diets ... until she isn't. Then she is really, really bad and can't seem to help herself. The moment she gets derailed and succumbs to food she knows she shouldn't have, she is taken over by an insatiable desire for all the foods she's been denied the past few weeks. The pattern is always the same, as it is for millions of people who diet every month.

Why Your Teen Shouldn't Worry About Body Image [EXPERT]
Stop, and put down that tape measure!

Why Your Teen Shouldn't Worry About Body Image

Being thin doesn't necessarily mean you will attract your dream guy.

many mothers are concerned that their daughters remain thin so that they can have options in life-options to go on dates, options to decide whether or not to accept a prom invitation, and maybe even the option to hang out with the better looking boys. I do know that many mothers are concerned about their daughters' health and developing good eating and exercise habits. I continue to remain perplexed about why so many women associate thinness with attractiveness. I am concerned that we have made the erroneous assumption that males will find our daughters more attractive if they are skinny. This is at odds with what the boys tell me; many of them say that they like women who are curvy.

My Daughter is Too Big For Her Bikini

My Daughter is Too Big For Her Bikini

Mothers have a great deal of influence on how their daughters feel about their bodies and body image

Dear Dr. G., First,let me tell you that I am a real perfectionist. My 17 year old daughter,on the other hand, is anything but. She is relaxed fun-loving,and free-spirited.

6 Signs You're At Risk Of Developing An Eating Disorder [EXPERT]
Obsessing about the number on the scale is one sign of a problem.

6 Signs You're At Risk Of Developing An Eating Disorder

There's a fine line between a diet and a disease. Find out if you're in danger.

Do you binge, but don't purge? Do you overeat at night on a regular basis? Do you eat when you are stressed or eat to cope? Do you eat in secret? Do you feel like a sugar or carbs addict? Do you eat a lot of junk food? Do you constantly crave food? Here are six signs you may be heading for an eating disorder.

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"I thought threesomes were supposed to be exciting."

Love Bytes: "I Had A Threesome And It Was Lame"

Plus, 10 reasons to date the boy from back home.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Dan Savage's new MTV show "Savage U" premiered last night. Italian "Vogue" editor talks eating disorders. One woman, two men. 10 reasons to date the boy you grew up with. 6 places to have sex around the house.

Does My Eating Disorder Render Me Undateable? [VIDEO]
Learn to love yourself before you love someone else.

Does My Eating Disorder Render Me Undateable?

Dating is hard enough. Add an eating disorder into the mix, and it only gets doubly complicated.

Dating is hard enough. Add an eating disorder into the mix, and it only gets doubly complicated. In this video, Relationship Expert Janie Lacy offers advice to someone struggling with bulimia who is afraid that her secret eating disorder will stand in the way of her love life.