Publisher's Synopsis
Yes, You Can Overcome Emotional Eating!
Does your eating seem out of your control? Do you use food to make yourself feel better? Are you unhappy with your eating habits? If so, know that you can develop a better relationship with food. There are specific steps you can take to alter your food-related thoughts, feelings, and practices. This book is packed with techniques, examples, and self-discovery questions so you can:
- examine your relationship with food - past and present
- appreciate and bolster the eating habits that you find healthy, helpful, and enjoyable
- recognize and transform unhelpful, unhealthy eating behaviors
- identify the real source(s) of your emotional eating
- detect and change unhelpful, unhealthy thoughts and beliefs that fuel your emotional eating
- establish a new, healthy relationship with food
- learn specific skills to manage food cravings
- practice mindful eating
- monitor your progress and make adjustments as needed
- recognize and overcome resistance or self-sabotage when it arises
- overcome setbacks quickly and easily