How I stopped emotional eating | Mel Robbins

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Yesterday I caught myself emotional eating. I made myself a hot fudge sundae at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. If you find yourself grazing in the kitchen and not knowing why, get your head out of the fridge for a sec to get a grip on what’s going on:

True hunger develops slowly over time.
Emotional hunger comes on suddenly.

If you feel full, all good.
If you feel guilty it may have been some emotional eating.

Please do not make yourself wrong if you realize you too have been emotional eating. Food and emotions get complicated. To empower yourself, try to stay conscious about whether you’re truly hungry or you’re feeding emotional hunger.

Try this:

If you can name the deeper feeling that’s making you reach for a sundae in the middle of the day, that self awareness gives you the power to make a choice.

There’s nothing wrong with having a sundae at 2pm if that empowers you. Being conscious about what you’re doing and WHY is the key.

I promised I would report back and today I'm following my own advice, by paying attention to what I’m feeling and it’s working- I haven’t fed my emotions, instead I’ve just felt them.

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[AhmetKaan]

*“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending...”*
*―C. S. Lewis*

[GaneshChandraBanik]

Key Point to stop binge eating: When you feel triggers "Take a deep breath" and ask yourself- "What am I feeling? Why am I reaching for this food... am I hungry? or am I trying to soothe or comfort or distract myself?"

To all of you stay healthy, stay humble, never let your emotions destroy you. Have a good day.

[gracescape]

I've been emotionally binge eating my feelings. I'm in such a horrible place right now. My mom passed away in November and I've been using food as a crutch. It's out of control. I've gained over 50 lbs in a little over 7 months. I need help. My health is deteriorating. Thank you for reading this. Blessings.

[vita]

it’s so inspiring, when people with that level of self-awareness not just teach you how to live your life, but also share their weak moments. all humans have flaws. that’s okay. accept, learn, use it to be better. thank you for being vulnerable with us ❤️

[trueslimness]

I overcame compulsive eating over thirty years ago. Pinpointing and resolving the emotional issues that caused me to 'eat when full' enabled me to heal my emotional eating. I also teach what healed me. Asking 'Am I hungry?' is a good start. Yes you know it is emotional eating if you are not even physically hungry.

[einarabrahamsengregersen]

The tips in your video really helped me to reduce drastically my emotional eating! Thanks to that I lost weight and went from being overweight to having a normal weight😊Thanks a lot!

[littlepetals]

Whoa... That's how I'm feeling, inadequate. Nailed it, and my obsession for food is diminished.... that's amazing... I've been sitting here trying to figure out how I can not indulge the monster again, tried everything, nothing made sense. But inadequate is exactly it. Dang, you're selling that word wheel like a boss. Here I was thinking I needed to soothe myself, take some time to heal, deep breathing, meditate, give myself a hug, and that eventually over time I might feel better if I keep it just hearing that word I instantly felt relief. The compulsion vanished in an instant. So THANK YOU!!

[clairelouise]

Wow that is me in a nutshell ( or a tub of ice cream /chocolate bar I cannot express how helpful it is to see that emotional eating in action and how it affects you later. I do this ALL the time and then when I feel bloated and uncomfortable later on I despise myself. I'm definitely getting the word wheel. Thank you Mel. Your honesty and simple explanations are life changing xx

[opticalman]

Emotional eating is fillling the avoid for unhealed trauma

[wendywertz]

I lost 50 pounds doing very low carb diet but it was a struggle and I did way too much negative self talk …. Now I doing more positive self talk ….I AM WORTHY OF BEING HEALTHY, PHYSICALLY FIT & HAPPY !

[prachibansal]

You know this is exactly what happens to me. I emotionally eat every time I am feeling low or sad. Then I feel even worse. I am surely gonna try this tool that you have mentioned. Thanks much for sharing this.

[guadarasetto]

Thank you for this video, but emotional eating can’t be stopped just by addressing. There are really powerful unconscious programmes that lead the person to eat like that and the work is much much deeper ❤

[JohannaBarnard-sljb]

Yr. 2024.
I just found your site.
You "are the perfect example to be used" don't down yourself. You are showing the process of what really happens.
Thank you for being real.
Affections from Connecticut.

[extreme-cmhb]

I'm so sorry, Mel, that you felt so inadequate when you made this video. But thank you for addressing this with your audience. I think it's hugely helpful to not see mentors like yourself as perfect, and know they also struggle with things in life.

[jazzsoul]

I just love, love, love her! She takes the words out of my mouth! I'm also a Libra, and must constantly catch myself swinging from " better not eat that " to "I'm definitely gonna eat that". I have been involved with fitness v long time, and did plenty of strict diets from 19-28 and again 30-34. After my child, I was too thin while eating alot. Now I give myself permission to eat what I want, but I incorporate self talk with healthy eating most days... Guilt makes you miserable and leads to more overeating, and worse: bingeing which is being out of control.

[nancynance]

I’m going to get the word wheel ! Your constant baring of yourself always makes me feel hopeful. And like I have a good friend who’s a lot like me. Multiply that times thousands to see the people you help. Thank you 🙏🏼

[lifecoachpaden]

Totally could relate to emotional eating. I tend to stress eat as well. Love ya Mel!

[KMasse]

I've been in the cycle for about 2 weeks. Interesting how this video popped up as I am currently earing my emotions. Very grateful that this video pooped up and help me get back on track.

[terra_cotta]

@Mel thank you so much for being so raw and honest and making me cry and I don't even know why! Yes I do for just accepting where you are in these moments and helping us accept ourselves in these moments and to stop judging and criticizing ourselves! I'm trying so hard to just accept where I'm at in life and to stop judging myself and just work through it. Love you Mel Robbins! Thank you

[kmoy]

This is amazing. I've read so many articles and books, seen so many videos on emotional eating but none say to put words into what we are feeling. It would be an awesome tool to have. Mind blown. Thanks Mel!