Dealing with breakups

Stay away from the comfort foods! getting bloated and fat isn't going to make you feel any better about yourself.

My sister tells me that she can always tell when someone breaks up with me, because I do something different to my hair. :) I do get really affected by break-ups, though. I usually end up calling in sick to work for a day, and sitting around the house and moping, or dragging a friend shopping with me. After that, I can cope a little bit better, but it still will tear me up for a good week or so, depending on the length and intensity of the relationship. Other than that, I have a tendency to stop eating, or eat very little, for a few days, which is probably the worst part of the break-up for me physically. Somehow no food, no matter how comforting, sounds good to me.

My last breakup took over 2 years to get over because it totally destroyed my self esteem. So I guess I didn't deal with it very well. For me, it certainly wasn't comfort food, in fact, quite the opposite. I dropped 20 pounds in the first 3 weeks.