Compulsive Overeating Diary

Deeper issues are revealed as Laurie experiences life without the mask of food. Shout-outs to new listener, Michelle, and to her new online, buddy, Crystal for posting encouragement after Laurie asked for help dealing with her upcoming birthday trip to Vegas. Also gratitude to Carrie, from the Bitesize Vitality Podcast who took time to email Laurie after they both made New and Noteworthy on Itunes.

Feeling blue, whiney and in need of chips, Laurie asks her listeners for help and encouragement. Shout-outs to Heidi from Canada for her tweets and to composer, Josh Woodward for being so gracious and generous with his music. Finally someone calls the Daily Adventure Tales hotline, but will it be enough to start up that podcast again?

Inspired by a comment posted by listener, Crystal, Laurie braves the rainy weather to play with ducks and muse about 'what's under emotional eating?'. She gives some tricks to help when confronted by unexpected food and celebrates bravery with

shout-outs to her niece, Katie, a brave international adventurer on her birthday, Cheryl for her blog bravery and a double brava for Crystal, who posted her success on bravery day!

When faced by food temptation do you go right away to plan Binge? Bitch? or Plan "Be"? Laurie hikes in front of gathering storm clouds and muses about this new idea. It came to her from a comment typo she made on her friend's blog. It's also bravery day! Laurie asks all of you to give her a call or a comment and bravely share a bit of your lives. Shout-out to Jodi and Crystal, who have shared a bit already. Laurie includes all of her main theme, I’m Letting Go, by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1 at the end of this episode as a bonus.

Laurie struggles up the mountain to her upper Zen place to emotionally pull the plug on her other podcast, Daily Adventure Tales, deal with the internal fall-out, and muse about expectations, disappointments and dealing with the compulsion to cover them with food. Also, she gives a shout-out to the supporters of Compulsive Overeating Diary and remembers painful times from her past.

Back on the bike after 4 weeks, a live report. Plus dealing with dieting disappointment, losing fat and muscle, and how will you be treating yourself these next 4 weeks? Laurie sends a shout-out to Ava to thank her for encouraging Laurie on Facebook!

Laurie rants and rolls about the scary balance between dieting and binge triggers. Damned if you do, Damned if you don't. Is there any hope? She also thanks Merc and Tracy for posting iTunes reviews.

Laurie wrestles with the unexpected death of her uncle as she journeys from the comfort of her hammock back up the mountain to ponder, 'What if today were the last day of my life'?

When Laurie's awesome plan to record during a hike, Zen-like, from the mountain-top, derails due to technical difficulties, she climbs down the mountain and into the comfort of her hammock back home where she muses about exercise bulimia, the nature of binges and how to come back from one.

Today's walk is all about truths we hide from ourselves. What's under the drive to fill our guts with food? Laurie tackles the question by taking a hard look at her people pleasing and the resulting rage, her relationships and why she may have kept on re-gaining weight.