Posts in Emotional Eating

It’s been one of those days!

You’ve peeked into the refrigerator three times since lunch. You want something to eat but you can’t figure out what you want. [Read more…]

Gail was disappointed.

She told me, “On our family trip to Disneyland, I was determined to stay away from snack foods. But two hours into the first day, I’d already eaten a bunch of tortilla chips and a bag of caramel corn. [Read more…]

It’s a simple question… WHY DID I EAT THAT?

You knew you weren’t physically hungry. Instead, you just started wanting something to eat.

Marty works at a large corporation where the staff are constantly being pressured to make more contacts, increase their sales, and produce more revenue. The threat of layoffs has been hanging in the air for weeks. [Read more…]

Some years ago, I worked in a challenging job as a hospital health educator. During that time, nearly every afternoon I would get an intense craving for a cookie.

So on my break, I’d walk to a nearby bakery and buy a couple of chewy oatmeal raisin cookies.

It bothered me that I couldn’t break this habit. But no matter how hard I tried to resist, those cookies would occupy my thoughts until I got out to the bakery for my “fix.” [Read more…]

Today, I’m sharing my personal story about emotional eating.

It’s not easy for me to do this because it reminds me of sadness in my life that never goes away completely. But as a way to help you understand emotional eating, I’m opening my heart to show you my own struggles toward a healthier relationship with food.

My journey began after nine years of silence, a time in which I never spoke of my personal pain, and instead used food to push my feelings far away. [Read more…]