There is probably quite a few of us on here that do this...I am guilty of doing it myself regularly...But what are we showing our kids on how to control their emotions? Comfort eating...Reaching for that tub of ice cream or that frozen cheesecake when our life isn't going the way we wanted to...Is it the right thing to do?

So many times I have sat there and watched some Tv show where a teen has been upset or dumped by her boyfriend and the mum sits down after they talk about it with a tub of ice cream or a chocolate cake or something so delicious it looks almost illegal....hehe. They sit there demolishing it and after its finished they all look happy and sort of dealt with the situation....

I was thinking about this last night when I watched Michaela and Tiana sit down after making a cake and eating the whole thing as they talked about the rubbish that had gone on at school...I have showed my girls that comfort eating is okay and this is just as big a problem as any other eating disorder there is...

Okay I hear you all say that it isn't a real problem just yet its not as if they do it every day...One cake like that between two teenagers isn't as if they will become overweight over night...I wasn't overweight over night either...This is what worries me..

I am now 34 I have 7 kids and alot of things in the last couple of years have been going along the emotionally hard track...It is nothing for me to be found sitting in front of the Tv late at night eating something so delicious that it makes me feel good and smile...I don't know why it does but for some reason it does...So therefore I am a comfort eater...If I want comfort, I eat...This is something I do not want for my girls...I want them to be able to look at life head on and face the worries in their world by thinking, writing and talking it over even if it is to themselves....

So as of last night I made a decision in my life...I am not going to use a plate of tiramisu or a black forest cake...A tub of ice cream or a family block of chocolate make me feel better about things that are going on in my life...I am going to make a real effort to no longer comfort eat...What example am I setting for my kids when I do this? A really bad one I would say...

I teach my kids to love who they are and to accept who they are and what they look like but I also do not want to promote such a hard habit to break by the fact they see me do it...Kid sdo learn by example don't they?

So it is now out here for all to read...Do you comfort eat? Watch your kids and see what they reach for when life is a little hard for them...I know I don't want to breed an unhealty life style for my kids to follow...I need to promote healthy eating and a healthy emotional coping system in my kids and comfort eating myself is not doing that for them...

This is just my thoughts on a situation I looked at in my home...What do you all think about this?

Have a great day
Comfort food free..
Cheers
Angie