Emotional Eating Books

My belief is based on the premise that what we think affects our behavior and feelings, so once we are aware of what we thought or are thinking we can change our behavior and thereby alter the depth of our feelings. (Simplified version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, not my own insight). We may think we know what is bothering us, or what we are thinking about it, but once we learn how those thoughts may be distorted (aka not helpful) we can learn to change them and thus change the intensity of our feelings as well as our behavior (how cool is that???) Here are some books to check out that follow this theory: Feeling Good - by David Burns Thoughts & Feelings - by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning, Martha Davis The Beck Diet Solution:Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person - by Judith Beck Don't be put off by the diet book. Judith Beck is the wife of Aaron Beck, one of the founders of the CBT movement, so this book is not a diet fad book, but rather how to stop eating for emotional reasons. -Julie

Thanks Julie, I'll look in to those! How are you feeling? Jenn

Thanks for these, I'm going to try and check them out. Sounds like you have done lots of work of emotional eating - good for you for working on it before your surgery!