http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/242532 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en Most of our blog posts talk about the habits, challenges and symptoms of emotional eating and how the Roger Gould, M.D. Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:26:50 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/543474/Controlling-Emotional-Eating-Your-Checklist-for-Success http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/543474/Controlling-Emotional-Eating-Your-Checklist-for-Success Using food as a reward is a common theme for emotional eaters. On the flip side, however, people also Roger Gould, M.D. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:12:23 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/511121/3-Reasons-You-Use-Food-to-Punish-Yourself http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/511121/3-Reasons-You-Use-Food-to-Punish-Yourself There was a statement that caught my attention in a recent article from the Washington Post's "Eat, D Roger Gould, M.D. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:56:31 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/265114/Putting-Ambivalence-to-Rest http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/265114/Putting-Ambivalence-to-Rest We all make New Year's resolutions, and often these resolutions involve weight loss. However, many of Roger Gould, M.D. Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:02:45 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/260728/Successful-New-Years-Resolutions http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/260728/Successful-New-Years-Resolutions These are hard times for everyone. Even though there is a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the count Roger Gould, M.D. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:21:05 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/253353/Quick-Tips-for-a-Happier-Holiday http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/253353/Quick-Tips-for-a-Happier-Holiday I think I have established clearly in previous blogs that there is a known pathway to break the emoti Roger Gould, M.D. Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:44:34 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/236129/How-To-Feed-Insights-To-The-Mind http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/236129/How-To-Feed-Insights-To-The-Mind It is so painful to watch people struggle in their attempts to break the emotional eating habit. I wi Roger Gould, M.D. Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:08:44 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/232782/FEED-THE-MIND-INSIGHTS-INSTEAD-OF-FOOD http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/232782/FEED-THE-MIND-INSIGHTS-INSTEAD-OF-FOOD I’m going to continue talking about the stages one has to go through to be cured of the destructive e Roger Gould, M.D. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:53:03 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/226352/FEEDING-THE-MIND-TEN-INSIGHTS-REQUIRED-TO-BREAK-THE-EMOTIONAL-EATING-HABIT http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/226352/FEEDING-THE-MIND-TEN-INSIGHTS-REQUIRED-TO-BREAK-THE-EMOTIONAL-EATING-HABIT This is the second blog in the series about Feeding Your Mind with Food. I intended to write a differ Roger Gould, M.D. Wed, 26 May 2010 17:51:55 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/197183/Feeding-Food-to-the-Mind-Stages-One-and-Two http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/197183/Feeding-Food-to-the-Mind-Stages-One-and-Two I have described in the last several blogs how rebellion, self doubt, marriage, guilt, and perfection Roger Gould, M.D. Tue, 25 May 2010 00:58:13 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/196411/When-you-hurt-too-much--you-eat-too-much http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/196411/When-you-hurt-too-much--you-eat-too-much Once upon a time, a long time ago, a patient said to me, “You know, there are good food days and bad Roger Gould, M.D. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:23:25 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/175083/Feeding-the-Mind http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/175083/Feeding-the-Mind I am handling my holiday stress by taking my annual vacation but I have left some help on my website Roger Gould, M.D. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:58:21 -0600 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/146637/First-Aid-for-Holiday-family--stress http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/146637/First-Aid-for-Holiday-family--stress I'm proud to announce the launch of my new website, MyVirtualShrink.com. This program is all abo Roger Gould, M.D. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:13:05 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/132511/MyVirtualShrink http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/132511/MyVirtualShrink Many people worry that they are too old to lose weight. Their health might be suffering and even a sl Roger Gould, M.D. Mon, 18 May 2009 01:10:21 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/90070/Is-It-Too-Late-For-Me-to-Lose-Weight http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/90070/Is-It-Too-Late-For-Me-to-Lose-Weight Binge eating is just one type of emotional eating. In other words, it’s using food in a compulsive wa Roger Gould, M.D. Mon, 18 May 2009 00:57:09 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/90067/5-Ways-to-Prevent-a-Binge http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/90067/5-Ways-to-Prevent-a-Binge You may not know this but emotional overeating is the reason that 95% of diets fail. You might alread Roger Gould, M.D. Sun, 17 May 2009 14:17:43 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/89956/Emotional-Hunger-Twelve-Types-That-Make-You-Break-Your-Diet http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/89956/Emotional-Hunger-Twelve-Types-That-Make-You-Break-Your-Diet After working with thousands of emotional eaters, I’ve been able to decode the secret of overeating a Roger Gould, M.D. Sun, 17 May 2009 14:13:07 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/89954/The-Secret-to-Why-You-Overeat-Powerlessness http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/89954/The-Secret-to-Why-You-Overeat-Powerlessness Many people report that avoiding overeating, emotional eating or binging during the day isn't nearly Roger Gould, M.D. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:59:42 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/82992/Night-Eating http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/82992/Night-Eating I was very excited to learn about, and to try, the new mood tracker on MedHelp (http://www.medhelp.or Roger Gould, M.D. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:30:57 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/37090/Mood-Charting http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/37090/Mood-Charting This is a comment for everyone who has responded to this last blog entry. Thank you for taking the Roger Gould, M.D. Fri, 30 May 2008 14:18:38 -0500 http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/12148/Response-to-all-the-comments-about-emotional-eating http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/12148/Response-to-all-the-comments-about-emotional-eating