Compulsive behavior

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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