My partner and another relative had a combined birthday party yesterday. Think buffet lunch and two birthday cakes. I said no to both cakes, had an on-plan lunch and even when we were forced to take home leftover cake (yes, we were forced... trust me, you don't say no to that relative!) I've had none of it. In fact I don't even want any. If it's still there tomorrow (ie noone else in the house has finished it) I'll throw it in the bin. I'd have binned it immediately but I want to honestly know that I could leave it for others to enjoy and not succumb myself.
over the last few days, said no to this detailed plan my brain was constructing (without my permission haha) to go to a whole bunch of places to get junk and eat it all in a terrible binge.
Yesterday I said no to a Starbucks Iced White Chocolate Mocha (my fave coffee drink), cake doughnuts, mini chocolate doughnuts, a trip to the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, and finishing my whole dinner at Mi Cocina.
This morning I said no to pretzel M&Ms, mini M&Ms, and frosting (I live around a lot of junk food!) and later today I will say no to McDonald's.
I’ve always struggled with emotional eating!
But I recently found 8 great tips on how to stop emotional eating on Shape.com, like rating your hunger and finding comfort behaviors other than eating. I’ve been using them for the past couple weeks and they’ve really been helping me stay in control