i want to add a note about eating for comfort. it starts with our very first meal-- a warm bottle, or at our mother's breast and from then on food becomes synonymous with being loved and cared for. and when we are not getting that sufficiently from others we add to it for ourselves. children who don't feel accepted for who they are, and loved for who they are , will feed themselves (overeat) or judge themselves unworthy (and starve themselves) and there are other reactions , too, but most of us at some point got the message from someone important to us that we were not loveable enough and so we started feeding our need to be more loved. it's sad, too, that the foods that release the best feeling chemicals in our bodies are the ones highest in sugars and the shortest lasting so we need to keep adding them. like any addiction, it builds and builds and gets harder and harder to break the cycle. next time you want to feel loved, pick up a dog or cat (or other warm fuzzy. iguanas, while pleasant, do not cause a release of endorphins) and give it a good hug and skritch. adopt a shelter pet. volunteer at a hospital. cuddle up with a warm blanket, a cup of tea with honey (or Honey) and be affectionate and loving toward someone else. nothing feels nicer than doing something nice. (ok, except maybe, being thinner, lol). break the cycle of reaching for food. i seem to always have a dog or cat on hand, and based on that i should be quite thin.....