Emotional eaters unite for encouragement

This is the support that I was looking for! thanks for starting it. I really need the support. I am an emotional eater when my emotions run high/low. I celebrate and commiserate with food. I lost 49 pounds by October last year and then when stressors in my relationship and work changed/increased, I took less time out for me to exercise and eat right. I ate...yummy and not so yummy things. Then I grew bored and ate more. I still am down 30 pounds but to have gained 19 pounds in 5 months when it took me 8 months to lose 49... I feel sad but hopeful. I refuse to quit! I slipped but I refuse to stay down! I am in the middle of a spring detox. So this would help me be accountable, mindful and stable in my actions of eating and exercise as my emotions, do what they do: emote. Please add me everyone! We can do this and support one another along the way!

no actually it doesn't. I have been an emotional eater and recovered. I found them to encourage me to know I can talk about my trigger points and journal to open that awareness and because of that I have not only lost 74 pounds but am finding the root causes. the only way it can continue the cycle is by having an emotional eating pity fest. this all about other eaters uniting together to support one another to encourage them to recover. I am an emotional eating success story.
Having a bunch of emotional eater as friends?

Won't that just continue the cycle?

I think you need friends that are you know . . . a bit more rational about their eating . . . .

I am definately in. I just ate an entire pepperoni pizza for lunch and am thoroughly disgusted with myself. I deal with stress...by eating. I deal with problems...by eating. Lately I have found that even when I plan on choosing something healthy, when I get to the store or place my order I choose something totally different. I thnk I see food as my only reward. Any suggestions for changing this pattern are appreciated - I hate this endless cycle!

I'm choosing to go this route instead of rejoining my weight watch program. I have been through 2 programs and know that my problem is emotional eating. I believe in group support and encouragement. I found the lady that lost so many lbs above,said that when she tackled the root causes, you can begin to let go & lose weight. I think this is true. A book I might suggest is:

The Yo Yo Diet Syndrome by Dorren Virtue.

Another quote I recently saw was, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." by Buckminster Fuller.