Good advice - emotional eating is a huge problem when trying to lose weight. When we are sad, stressed, down, depressed, frustrated - many of us reach for food - the ultimate comforter.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/0509/put-the-brakes-on-emotional-eating.aspx?xid=aol_eh-spec_2_20120507_&aolcat=HLT&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl9%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D159785
I will say that I can and have and do eat because of emotions. On of the things I turn to to avoid it is read. I won't eat while using my kindle (sticky stains, ewww) or while reading library books (same reason -- who wants to see someone else's sticky, greasy stains?) Another friend knits... which sounds even better but I cannot for the life of me get the hang of it. It is a hard habit to break, that is for sure. But I do less of it now and hopefully one day the scourge will be extinct.
Posted by: Nikki in NYC | 05/11/2012 at 12:38 PM
That's me allright - I am a stress eater and a bored eater - I need to find a new hobby that doesn't allow food while doing it :O)
Posted by: Chicky | 05/12/2012 at 07:14 AM