Cake isn't the enemy...

Overcoming emotional eating is not about willpower. Emotional eating doesn't happen because you're weak or you're undisciplined or you dislike or you can't do it. It happens because your brain hijacks you because it's trying to protect you, right? The good news is you can learn to interrupt this automatic response when you are aware of what's happening. It's not about controlling your emotions, so it's about creating a plan that helps you respond differently. Differently. So notice I didn't judge myself when I like snapped out of it. I wasn't like, oh my God, Jennifer, stop feeling overwhelmed, you need to feel good right now. That was not what was playing in my head. That was not the strategy. The strategy is recognizing what's happening, acknowledging the emotion, accepting the emotion, and having a plan