Most holiday seasons I am able to control the battle of the bulge. However, this holiday season even with my expertise in emotional weight gain, I just don’t feel like being my normal well disciplined emotionally managed self. I don’t know about you but this year I would like to run through a minefield of potatoes, pizza, chocolate, bread, pasta, pie, butter, muffins, quesadillas, just anything and everything with total reckless abandon. Why? Because I am human, a woman who is still a child at heart, who doesn’t want to think about health, weight gain and loss, fitting into my jeans, portion control, water, sugar, salt, am I still attractive and who’s watching me and on and on.
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Tiger Woods is known for his quiet reserve, intense drive, his iconic athleticism, good sportsmanship, and the discipline he inherited from his father. The love of his parents and charitable contributions are well documented. A flash of his smile lights up any room and his consideration of his fans adoration is known around the world.

Tiger has never claimed to be perfect; in fact he has never given an interview discussing his personal life, his personal feelings or even his view of himself as an elite athlete. He has never discussed how he feels about attention from women. He is not known for hanging out in a fast crowd, and he has not sought attention from the paparazzi that hounds other celebrities.

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In WRAL.com by Megan K. Scott

NEW YORK - The economy doesn’t have to go straight to your hips.

Here are some tips on how to control stress-driven eating:

- Recognize that being stressed is normal, said Edward Abramson, a psychologist in Lafayette, Calif., and author of “Emotional Eating.” Talk about the stress with family and friends.
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