Emotional Eating Sighting

I'm at Starbucks, and there's a woman practically making love to her cheese danish. She's not eating it like she's ravenous or anything. It's slow and careful, concentrating on every little taste and sensation.

It's sights like these that make me realize just how close our emotions are tied up together. How food brings out emotions and how emotions can make us crave food or certain foods.

This girl with the cheese danish is small and trim. Does she have this under control? Seems like it. What about the guy at the office who turns to the candy machine when his work isn't going well? He's not small or trim. Quite the opposite. Not in control.

I'm an emotional eater, and it's always a struggle when things get crazy, sad, lonely, and stressed not to eat and eat and eat. Being aware of this does help me. Sometimes I can channel it into other areas, like training, or housecleaning. Sometimes I merely manage it and find a way to make it go away. Harder, but sometimes doable.

At the very least, be aware of your own emotional links to and from food. Acknowledge them and see if you can find a trick to channel them. Somehow...