Filling An Empty Space

Something strange happened to me a few weeks ago that I'm still working through. When I am at work, I eat. Nibbling here and there on popcorn, crackers, candy, etc.  This eating includes breakfast of which I eat at home and lunch at work and dinner at home again in the evening. And for your information I am not obese. FAR FROM IT. Well, I had off from work for two weeks over the Christmas/New Year's holidays and I BARELY ATE and I lost quite a few pounds. I was barely hungry at all. I wasn't doing anything major by any means, I just was not at work. I asked my sister who is an armchair psychologist, social theorist like me and she said 'you're not fulfilled at work so you look to food for the satisfaction'.

She was so right. When I got back to work. The nibbles kicked into high gear after the second day. Since this is a mental as well as physical battle, I am renewing my mind through working on my new business and overall goals, self-awareness, and self-control, and ol' faithful Scripture because I do not want to be chained to appetite suppressants. Those of you who struggle with your weight (i.e. gluttony), could the overeating be coming from a need which is bigger than your physical appetite? Is there something else going on? Fill that void first and the physical cravings will calm the hell down. And please believe you can overeat on fruits and vegetables too. No I cannot quit my job but I can be more grateful for it and learn to enjoy it more so than ever before. I can get to work on a side job/business, write/publish a book, take yoga classes, or whatever it is I need to do to make me feel more fulfilled in my life.

Also, we all know overeating is expensive. So as you and I look to trim the fat on our bodies we will also trim the fat in our spending and will have more to save and invest in order to make our money grow. A multiple blessing. That's what I'm talking about.

* On another note, parents, is your child overweight because they're 'big boned' or because you subsitute discipline with a candy bar? Everytime they holler, you reach for a snack to shut them up. I'm just asking.