The places that we use emotional eating are so often not at home. Most of our favorite solutions (a bath, reading, a nap) aren't available to us there. It's why vending machines at work are so tempting -- eating a snack at our desks is not only comforting, it's sanctioned. Everyone does it.
So maybe it's important, also, to figure out where and when we do most of our emotional eating and be truly conscious of those moments when we're figuring out our substitutes?
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I'm very intrigued by this. And inspired.
The places that we use emotional eating are so often not at home. Most of our favorite solutions (a bath, reading, a nap) aren't available to us there. It's why vending machines at work are so tempting -- eating a snack at our desks is not only comforting, it's sanctioned. Everyone does it.
So maybe it's important, also, to figure out where and when we do most of our emotional eating and be truly conscious of those moments when we're figuring out our substitutes?
April 10, 2009 - 9:45amThis Comment
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