The long, cold, damp, sunless days. The miserable, foreboding, leafless trees. The lowly snow banks encrusted with sand and salt and all manner of icky litter.
Ohhh, February. You're the shortest month of the year. Why do you seem to go on forever?
The whole thing makes me want to curl up on my couch and watch mindless reality TV with a never-ending can of Pringles. (Do you think there is such a thing? Maybe at Costco?)
February brings me down and it's tempting to make myself feel better with food.
Apparently, cutting-edge brain imaging technology shows that we're driven to overeat to satisfy pleasure centres in our brains. How can we fight that?
Dr. Georgia Andrianopoulous has created a program to help you retrain your brain. It's detailed in her book, Retrain Your Brain, Reshape Your Body: The Breakthrough Brain-Changing Weight-Loss Plan.
For your chance to WIN a copy of Retrain Your Brain, Reshape Your Body: The Breakthrough Brain-Changing Weight-Loss Plan, just Subscribe To This Blog and leave a reply telling us what stresses you out and sends you snacking.
Maybe a tough day at work makes you reach for a bag of chips. A fight with a family member could make you turn to a sundae for solace. What gets you stressed, and what food do you find comfort in?
You have until Thursday, March 19 to let us know. I'll announce the winner here on Monday, March 23. Good luck!
