NSV -- not giving into emotional eating!

So, earlier today, I had the most rewarding, feel-good, success thus far. Besides counting calories and carbs and all that jazz, lately I have been trying to really feel in my body when I am hungry and when I am not. If you haven't yet read "Women Food and God" by Geneen Roth, I highly recommend it! (Refer to the quote in my signature.) Anyway, due to personal circumstances that were not food related, I was just having a crappy moment today. I was feeling disappointed, irritated, and as though I was in a situation that I could not change. (That part was true; I couldn't change the particular circumstance.) I had just eaten a lunch of half a turkey and avocado sandwich from Togo's (best sandwiches!), and had the other half in my bag. While stewing about said circumstances, I kept thinking about eating the other half of the sandwich.

This was a regular sized Togo's sandwich, which is far too big for one meal. I did not need the other half (yet, anyway, maybe for dinner). Every few minutes I kept thinking about this half sandwich, since it was delicious and eating it would allow me to instantly "change the channel," so to speak, from crappy situation to absolute deliciousness.

But somewhere in the back of my mind was my non-emotional, rational, intelligent voice, reminding me to ask my stomach if it wanted more food. It didn't. I wanted it, but my body didn't. And I didn't eat it.

Sorry for drawing it out so long, but it was an emotional achievement :flowerforyou: