Hi Sara!
Welcome!
I am an emotional eater and know how hard it can be to get control over it! For me, I had to learn ways to deal with my emotions without adding FOOD to the mix. Keeping a journal showed me how I was connecting food to every emotion! It was a shocking discovery!
Here are my new substitutions:
Anger...I go CLEAN something!
Stress...I write in my journal or do an exercise DVD.
Sadness...I rest, take a long, hot shower and do my nails.
Anxiety... I look at my photo journal to see my progress...in pictures!
Loneliness... I read, visit 3FC, call a friend, write in my journal, lift weights
Food is the answer to physical hunger, but emotional hunger will NEVER be filled by food. Eating when you are emotional just complicates everything and adds pounds, too!
I started asking myself why I was eating a certain food. If the answer was that I was truly hungry then I ate it. If I really HAD no reason, then I KNEW I was in an emotional moment and needed to identify what emotion I was trying to deal with at the time. It can be complicated at first, but you'll soon get the hang of it!
Cheryl