Week 4 Emotions & Eating

Food restriction can trigger loss of control. This can feel like emotional eating. Seek kind ways to comfort and distract yourself while working to meet and resolve your strong emotions. Food is never a real fix. It may comfort in the short term, distract from the pain or even numb you. But food won’t solve the problem. If anything, eating for an emotional hunger may only make you feel worse in the long run. You’ll ultimately have to deal with the source of the strong emotion.