How moods can affect weight

When I am down all I want to do is eat.

Not so good if what you want to eat is all the heavy duty foo like pasta, cream cakes, chocolate and ice cream.
It is down to habit, we have become used to associating the rich starchy calories packed food with comfort.

How to change that?

Here is what to do:

1.First acknowledge you are having a blue day, this means allowing yourself to feel sad and decideto have a nice time at feeling blue.

2.Make a large pot of your favorite tea.

3.Put on your favorite music

4.Get ready to feel better

5.Time for a nice, very long walk.

When you get back home you are probably feeling a lot better and whatever it was that got you down has lifted or you made a decision about changing the situation.

This is only what works for me, but I found that when I decide to let myself have a quiet day or a sad day, without blaming myself for feeling the way I do i don't have to turn to food as comfort.

It has been established that people who are overweight are more likely to suffer depression, what came first, the overeating or the depression?
When our hormone play havoc we often feel we need that chocolate or ice cream, I used to go through this once a month before menstruating, this just carries on now, hormones still fluctuate and I get the sugar cravings. However the less I indulge in those carb binges the less frequent they become.