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When Whitney Houston sang "I'm so emotional, baby", I like that she had the idea while eating Chinese food in her pajamas, alone on a stool in her kitchen at 2:00, I could propose thousands of types ofemotional-And in my new bookYou can drop it off!, you will discover how to handle one of them andlose up to 100 pounds, like me.

But here is a sampler. What sound seems familiar?

When you are angry like hell and you will remove this bad bowl of egg noodles and butter or cereal and milk.

When you have a deep and latent question, such as the passage of a loved one or a dysfunctional relationship. You eat rather than cope with the deeper problem or insecurity.

When using food to calm you, because you think you are too old for a lollipop. This may occur under any circumstances, including:

• On planes:You are a combination of exhausted, inheritance of the country anddehydrated And there is comfort by eating plane or hotel.
• PMS:The food is often not as much biological need as the source of comfort when you may feel bloated and Icky.
• Under the weather:You would think that people would lose weight when they are sick because they sleep or fill with tea and soup. Yet it is common for people to take weight when patients. You are low low and do not exert energy. Friends bring you treats. You will find comfort in a large Matzo ball in the soup of your noodle chicken, in a large bagel or pasta.
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When you eat with a friend or spouse, which binds you, and you continue to engage in unnecessary food behaviors with this person (or people) because you are afraid there is no relationship without her.

When you are unsure of a planned result, for example, a senior high school who is waiting to hear colleges, or a person waiting for the post-date all-active text or a claimant. Employment waiting for an offer - it can make a crazy person, as in crazy. This can be a feeling stronger than even hatred or anger. This disturbing sensation can be confused in the stomach with hunger and remove it with food for lack of a better option.

When you are in a group frame and you feel as if you need to eat or drink with everyone so you have not left out. This happens frequently at the workplace when someone brings donuts. Another example is a bottomless brunch, where you feel needed drink as much as your girlfriends to avoid their comments.

(P.S. Do you have you for making a good choice for yourself is not a friend at all.)

When you feel obligated to eat something because someone else did it to make you aggravated if they make you strength or urge you.

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When you are afraid to become thinner will make anyone else feel bad. One of my most difficult clients at the beginning of my career was a brilliant psychologist. She was so logically in line with her own ways and knew exactly what she should do forlose weight and keep it. So, what was the problem? One day she admitted to me that she could not lose weight - for the sister's love. His sister is still single while my client has a husband and children. His sister is lost in his career and my client was director of a department to a very credible organization.

Staying bigger, she felt, was a way of making her sister back.

Similarly, I worked with kindergarten-children in which the mother feels guilty if she loses more than the kid. The same thing has been true with couples. Sometimes the man loses a lot of weight while the woman fights. At one point, she feeds him more or he feels guilty and slips to make her feel better.

When you say "a night of cookies" can not hurt, but you know that well, for you, it leads to a descendant spiral.

InYou can drop it off!, I tell the story of a very innocent-apparent sweet woman that I work with desires so bad believe that "a night to eat french bar foods is not so serious," even if she sees how fast That's snow in the days and days to eat too much, winning weight and a feeling of "Ugh, I just want nothing healthy." She does the same thing onThanksgiving: "One tart night can not hurt, it's the holidays." But on Sunday, she finished pumpkin, apple and pies of axes.

Someone like this can also wish to cook with his children and make cupcakes and cookies on a whim. Children eat two. The mother eats 18 then says things like: "I'm so mad at myself."

The saddest part of my work shares the reality of the person's trends. "You must know yourself, do not test you." If you know that when you buy these chocolates "for the family, you end up eating them and you are angry, then stop buying them. The same goes with cooking. Children do not need a mother who lowers; They need a mother with energy, trust and good health. Children do not need a perfect mother; They need a happy mother and, especially, in good health.

When looking for a camaraderie and want to enjoy a physical meeting.

When you want to eat something because it is only available for a limited time like Piña Coladas on vacation or Pie at Grandma.

My n ° 1. When you know you have to work to meet a deadline or run an essential race, but you justify eating first. (Cigarette smokers also do that. Cigarette smokers do a lot of things about this list, in fact.)

When you know that you do something negative when you continue to eat. You can start using the justification and excuse language like ", it's okay, I'll start Monday" or "it's ok I did not eat all day or I will not eat tomorrow." The example I use is that sometimes your phone falls and your screen cracks. You can pick it up and get the repaired screen or make it a hammer and demolish it. (When I used this example with one of my friends who governs the sport, he told me that I do not have to understand how fun to break the phone. Ha!)

When to eat is part of your religious custom. Judaism, for example, comes with a crowd of spiritually connected feeding moments. For example, eating Challah bread can be symbolic of good fortune. Eating honey on Rosh Hashanah symbolizes a sweet year. When religion and spirituality are applied to food, it adds another emotional feed layer.

When you do not want to waste food by throwing it. If you grew up in a household that made you "clean your plate", you can remember. Often, moms will eat high chairs of their children or you may be tempted to ask a friend in a restaurant, "Will you end up?" It is important to tell you that "it's better in the trash that in my body" and "it's better in waste than on your size". Are you the type to continue eating because the finish gives you a sense of accomplishment or completeness? For example, you have finished with cookies, but you prefer to have the last and be done with it only to hover or throw it.

Enough is enough.You can drop it off!will help you drop all these negative thoughts and has helped my clients. Men and women of all ages. Some with 10 pounds to lose, some with 110 pounds to lose. People with emotional eating challenges. People who have never thought they could lose weight and learn to keep it. It works for them because it's convenient. There are no counting calories. No point. No cut of whole food groups. You do not even need to exercise (but I promise you, once you started to feel amazing, you will want to move your body). Before long, you will see that the plan is so easy and even fun, so you can continue to enjoy your food and live your life as much as possible.

Ilaana Muhlstein, M.S., R.D.N., is the author ofYou can drop it off!, now available on Amazon.