So you've been dieting for years, but to no avail. Or you've chosen to ditch the diet, in favor of intuitive eating.
But you still haven't lost the weight. What's wrong?
"I eat for emotional reasons" is your answer. Rest assured, emotional eating can be dealt with.
Trudging through your childhood
Tired of trudging through childhood issues? While it's a help, there's a time to stop.You don't have to remake yourself in order to find ways to cope with strong emotions. All it takes is some self-awareness, and a new valuing of the important place of food in your life.
Some diet circles would have you believe you're addicted to food, and that you love food too much.
It's not true. Once we learn to respect food enough to eat it in the proper amounts, and always with enjoyment, then we realize we don't have to white-knuckle our way toward neutrality towards food.
The truth is that normal eaters love to eat.
Try doing a little reading. Below you'll find some five-star books on Amazon, including a workbook, to help you learn to cope with your overwhelming feelings.
You'll also find some free materials that you can subscribe to.
Intuitive Eating Weblog
This is Linda Moran's free weblog. Moran is author of "How to Survive Your Diet and Conquer Your Food Issues Forever."
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This is Karen R. Koenig's free weblog. Koenig is the author of "The Rules of Normal Eating" and "The Food and Feelings Workbook."
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Five star books for your recovery
How to Survive Your Diet and Conquer Your Food Issues Forever
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Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 12/10/2009) 
The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health
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Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 12/10/2009)
Life Is Hard, Food Is Easy: The 5-Step Plan to Overcome Emotional Eating and Lose Weight on Any Diet
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Amazon Price: $15.56 (as of 12/10/2009)
The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!
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Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/10/2009)
Reader Feedback
So you "eat for emotional reasons" and it frustrates you. What have you tried? Tell us.
Then consider joining the Diet Survivors message board or the Food and Feelings message board for more free help and fellowship.
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- Lindsay Lindsay Jan 28, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
- Learned so much via Diet Survivors. Great support for learning to develop our own wisdom re: food issues. Linda is wonderful, caring and patient. Support abounds from folk who are learning together.
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- DenaG DenaG Jan 28, 2007 @ 9:13 am
- Come one, come all to Diet Survivors. It's a great place for any emotional/compulsive eater and Linda Moran is THE GREATEST!!!
One of her biggest fans...
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Linda Moran is author of the book How to Survive Your Diet and creator of Diet Survivors.
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