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I joined Weight Watchers last month to whip my ass into shape.
I've gained about 60 pounds since starting my job in June 2006. It's been quite a blow to my ego and I'm worried about diabetes and hypertension since it runs in my family.
Since I've been attending the weekly meetings and answering the questionnaires, I've noticed how incredibly Fe Weight Watchers is.
Just some of the questions from a booklet:
While not all of those questions are Fe per se, I think all of them focus on an extroverted outlook (how others see you, how others affect you).
When I'm thinking about how these questions apply to my life, I've realized I'm an emotional eater. Most of emotional eating is triggered by negative emotions: boredom, anger, sadness, pressured, anxiety, tired, and being self-destructive. I've been feeling stagnant at my job for this whole year pushing papers to and fro. I've asked my supervisor for new projects or if we can start working on anything new and she's so frantic and overwhelmed with stress she creates for herself that she flips out when I've mentioned it.
My weight explosion happened last fall around this time and I don't want it to happen again. And I'm going to use my knowledge of MBTI to help myself for once. I've noticed that it's hard for me to eat my lunch when I bring it in, if my coworkers invite me to grab lunch with them out. I've got several ESFJs in my department and nearly every week they're bringing in something they baked and leaving it out for us to eat. It's really hard for me to walk past a plate of fresh brownies and not pick one up.
And then what I do to sabotage myself!
My very poor self-control and discipline. I've been looking for some information about how to end emotional eating.
One good thing is I've been broke over the past three weeks with my paychecks getting sucked up before they're deposited good. LOL, I've lost 7 pounds! Since I'm trying to save money I haven't been going out so much with my friends. Buying clothes and makeup is also a pretty large money sink for me. I found a couple of unopened packages of eyeshadow underneath my bed this weekend. I'd forgotten I bought them. Then I look around myself and I see $75 that I wasted because I was going to start beading and bought all this stuff, made one pair of earrings and haven't looked at it since. I'll buy shoes that look so cute in the store and when I try them on and then get them home wear them a few times and then detest them and throw them to the back of my closet.
Why do I have so many feelings towards inanimate objects? Food, shoes, clothes, rooms, whatever! I think I have more feelings directed at things than I do people! I try to moderate how I feel towards people but with stuff I'll just go wild. I think that may be a problem because a lot of these feeling are directed towards food and they're not moderated they're just like spearchucking pygmies running around.
I've gained about 60 pounds since starting my job in June 2006. It's been quite a blow to my ego and I'm worried about diabetes and hypertension since it runs in my family.
Since I've been attending the weekly meetings and answering the questionnaires, I've noticed how incredibly Fe Weight Watchers is.
Just some of the questions from a booklet:
- I always seem to put the needs of others before myself
- I rarely have time to myself
- I usually put my own needs at the bottom of the list of what's important
- My family and friends are not helpful when I try to lose weight
- I find it difficult to say no to others
- I know I need help from the people around me but so far I haven't found the support I need
- I do a lot to help other people but not enough to help myself
- I tend to overeight when I'm out with certain people
- I keep extra food in my home for potential visitors or as treats for my family
- Other people often try to make me eat tempting foods
- My family won't change their eating habits just because I want to lose weight
- I think other people are always looking at how overweight I am
While not all of those questions are Fe per se, I think all of them focus on an extroverted outlook (how others see you, how others affect you).
When I'm thinking about how these questions apply to my life, I've realized I'm an emotional eater. Most of emotional eating is triggered by negative emotions: boredom, anger, sadness, pressured, anxiety, tired, and being self-destructive. I've been feeling stagnant at my job for this whole year pushing papers to and fro. I've asked my supervisor for new projects or if we can start working on anything new and she's so frantic and overwhelmed with stress she creates for herself that she flips out when I've mentioned it.
My weight explosion happened last fall around this time and I don't want it to happen again. And I'm going to use my knowledge of MBTI to help myself for once. I've noticed that it's hard for me to eat my lunch when I bring it in, if my coworkers invite me to grab lunch with them out. I've got several ESFJs in my department and nearly every week they're bringing in something they baked and leaving it out for us to eat. It's really hard for me to walk past a plate of fresh brownies and not pick one up.
And then what I do to sabotage myself!
My very poor self-control and discipline. I've been looking for some information about how to end emotional eating. One good thing is I've been broke over the past three weeks with my paychecks getting sucked up before they're deposited good. LOL, I've lost 7 pounds! Since I'm trying to save money I haven't been going out so much with my friends. Buying clothes and makeup is also a pretty large money sink for me. I found a couple of unopened packages of eyeshadow underneath my bed this weekend. I'd forgotten I bought them. Then I look around myself and I see $75 that I wasted because I was going to start beading and bought all this stuff, made one pair of earrings and haven't looked at it since. I'll buy shoes that look so cute in the store and when I try them on and then get them home wear them a few times and then detest them and throw them to the back of my closet.
Why do I have so many feelings towards inanimate objects? Food, shoes, clothes, rooms, whatever! I think I have more feelings directed at things than I do people! I try to moderate how I feel towards people but with stuff I'll just go wild. I think that may be a problem because a lot of these feeling are directed towards food and they're not moderated they're just like spearchucking pygmies running around.
