Tag: ‘compulsive shopping’
October 4, 2007 at 9:14 am
Here are three tips:
1) Start writing things down
2) Steer clear of unnecessary temptations
3) Find healthy alternatives
I bet you assumed those were weight-loss tips, what with this being a weight-loss blog and all. WRONG! These are tips about how to overcome compulsive shopping. However, when I read the list of tips and the companion article, I was amazed at how similar compulsive shopping seems to be to compulsive eating.
Compulsive Shoppers
Compulsive Eaters
Set up secret post office boxes to receive overdue bills and new credit card offers
Hide stashes of food around the house and binge in secret
Spend more than they make, accumulating piles of debt
Eat more calories than they burn, accumulating piles of fat
Buy a power drill when feeling stressed, experiences euphoria, then regret it
Eat six powdered donuts when feeling stressed, experience euphoria, then regret it
Live in a consumer-driven society and still have to buy things to survive
Live in a world of convenient, fatty, high-calories foods and still have to eat to survive
By the time I’d gotten to the copyright notice at the end of that article, I [...]
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