Emotional eating or the urge for the quick fix!

[Ellen]

I realized something about this whole food journey recently. Around new years I was feeling more stressed and I thought about how I used to use food when stressed routinely and I had this feeling that I missed the ability to use a substance to make me feel better. I didn't have the urge to do any particular past drug of choice, such as baked goods, fat-laden sweets, or caffeine, to name a few, but that I wanted to be able to use something to feel better. Of course I "used" my yoga practice which helped but is not as easy all the time as a quick hit of coffee or some sweets used to be. But, as I am learning more and more, the seemingly quick way is really the slow way and the seeming slow way is really the short long-road if that makes any sense.