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Redefine Your Relationship with Food

Lisa Eirene

About Lisa Eirene Lisa lost 110 pounds through calorie counting and exercise. She swims, bikes, runs, hikes and is enjoying life in Portland, Oregon. Her weight loss story has been featured in First Magazine, Yahoo Health, Woman's Day and Glamour.com.

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8 Comments

  1. Em

    I am definitely still redefining my relationship with food, but it is getting easier. It took training for a marathon to make me realize that food is fuel and better fuel = better results. It’s getting easier, but there are still some days that are a struggle.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      That is so great that you are learning the food-fuel thing. Training for events definitely does that.

  2. Mary @ Fit and Fed

    Do I eat to feel better, for stress relief? Yes, I certainly do, don’t know if I will ever be completely rid of that habit. I try to keep a lot of other, healthier stress relief outlets in my life, primarily exercise, though of course there are so many others, like talking with a friend.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Sounds like you have a good set of outlets for stress. I also use exercise or relief. Friends, taking some downtime helps me too.

  3. Alex @ Brain, Body, Because

    This is a huge struggle for me as well. I’ve tried journaling and eating intuitively. Too often, I find myself fixating on what I’m not “allowed” to eat or “should not” eat 🙁

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Oh that’s hard! That’s how it was for me when I was trying to lose the weight. It was hard NOT to see food as something to restrict!

  4. Marilyn @ Lipgloss and Spandex

    Great article 🙂 My relationship with food is always changing… I definitely struggle with emotional eating. Right now I’m working on eating a lot more fruits and veggies and fueling my body with healthy things that make it feel good. But I try not to label foods as good or bad—there’s room for even a decadent treat now and then. The longer I do this, the easier it is 🙂

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Is the emotional eating triggers due to stress, anxiety, etc? I’m just curious. For me it’s stress–rarely sadness or anxiety.

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