Can you STOP overeating? And can how do BEAUTY treatments help?

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How can a facial help you stop overeating?  Well, there is a connection.  But before I get to that, let me tell you that it isn't easy to stop overeating. There was a time that I just didn't understand why I couldn't stop eating and just get on that diet the doctor handed me. It was a simple meal plan. Everything I had to eat was written down.  If it was so simple then why couldn't I stick to it?
It took a while before I realized I was using food to feel better.  Some people bit their nails, others twirled their hair, others paced; I ate.  Eating made me feel good about myself and my events in my life. Eating comforted me.  If I was tired or stressed I ate and felt soothed.  I was not applying real life tools to deal with my feelings. I was applying a band-aide to my feelings. That band-aide was food. I developed the habit of using food, or better yet the strategy of using food to deal with life and it became so ingrained in me that it was hard to even realize I was doing it. It became a "knee-jerk" reaction. When my emotions were over stimulated I turned to food.

I needed to "untangle" the complicated web I had made with food and my emotions. I needed to focus on my emotions with my heart and head. And I needed to "devote" action to my weight and health. 

My health had to be my solitary devotion in order to break the habit of using food as a "feel good" solution. This included my emotional health as well as my physical health.  I always realized that as much as I was obsessed with eating (compulsive eating, emotional eating, etc) I had to have the same obsession over staying fit and processing my emotions on a separate plane that had nothing to do with food. By doing this I could choose fitness/health over comfort-eating and I could choose addressing and resolving my feelings over comfort-eating as well.

I found many ways to address my feelings.  One of the more curious ways was to care for myself on what others might find a frivolous level. I found that going to the gym, getting massages, getting facials, manicures, and pedicures actually helped relieve stress and increased a sense of calm.
I will talk about that strategy and others on my next article.

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