Do you eat more when you're alone?

by Margarita Bertsos, Margarita Shapes Up, Glamour I know my overeating tendencies tend to be heightened when I'm alone (specifically, at home alone), I've started to fill practically every second of my free time so that I am not--ever--alone. I literally ran from one person to the next this weekend: Friday night midnight yoga with my friend April; Saturday morning spin class with Alyssa, then a post-workout brunch with her; then straight to meet my friend Lauren from work for frozen yogurt (I know, I know!) and shopping at Bloomingdales; then straight to dinner with April. Sunday, during the day, I woke up and realized I had no one to meet until 7pm (when I was seeing my friend Jo for rooftop yoga and dinner)--and panic set in. I immediately booked it to a coffee shop with some work I had to catch up on because I didn't want to be in my apartment where I just knew I'd entertain myself with whatever food was in my fridge (I didn't trust myself enough not to). While the distractions from food are a good thing (and the bonus is that a lot of my social interactions these days involve a workout!), Lacey said something to me this morning that I hadn't really considered, but I something I needed to think about. She told me it sounded like my over-planned social schedule lately sounds like a way to put a band-aid on the problem. See, instead of staying home--alone--and dealing with what that feels like and the emotions that lead me to binge, I literally run away from them, fleeing from home every chance I get. And today--after a weekend that I was hoping would've been restorative--I feel exhausted and overextended instead of rejuvenated and centered. I think spending a little more time at home is necessary right now. Even if it results in a major slip-up and multiple trips to the deli, it'll give me an opportunity to face my binge issues instead of running from them. Posted at: Shine from Yahoo!