Emotional Eating Quotes

“When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“Whatever the situation, the answer is not in the fridge.”
― Karen Gibbs, A Gallery of Scrapbook Creations

“The hCG protocol would revolutionize our culture. Not only because of the mass reduction in obesity, but because when people are able to develop emotional strength and well-being without needing to eat, society would be healthier, happier, and more productive. Eating less, not because we have to, but because we want to.”
― Robin Phipps Woodall, Weight-Loss Apocalypse: Emotional Eating Rehab Through the hCG Protocol

“yelling while eating was like swallowing anger. It’s simply not good for us. It leaves us unhappy and unsatisfied, as if the meal didn’t count or wasn’t good, and an hour later we’re back looking for something to make us feel better.”
― Mary DeTurris Poust, Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God

“food has played a central role not only in my professional but also in my emotional life, in all of my dealings with loved ones and most of all in my relationship to myself and my body. I am what feeds me. And how I feed myself at any given moment says a lot about what I’m going through or what I need. I don’t believe I am alone. Yes, we eat for our stomachs, but we hunger with our hearts. Like most people and many women, I think about what to eat all the time. I am constantly plotting my next meal, planning how and what I will shop for, and ever hatching new plans to avoid the foods I know will undermine my well-being. Foods are like men: some are good, some are bad, and some are okay only in small doses. But most should be tried at least once.”
― Padma Lakshmi, Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir

“I envy the people who stop eating when they’re stressed. I’m an emotional eater. I eat my feelings, and unfortunately, they aren’t fat free. They taste a lot like Ben and Jerry’s.”
― Kristen Granata, Hating the Boss

“My mantra became, ‘Face your stuff; don’t stuff your face.”
― Renée Jones, What's Really Eating You?: Overcome the Triggers of Comfort Eating

“Social media allows us to subjugate feelings and problems we don't want to confront, like emotional eating or substance abuse, thus perpetuating our problems and delaying our happiness.”
― Sam Owen, 500 Relationships And Life Quotes: Bite-Sized Advice For Busy People

“Die kos hou ook goeters uit my kop uit. Terwyl ek kou, as daar iets in my mond is, is dit asof daardie gevoel dat ek net wil doodgaan 'n bietjie weggaan.”
― Francois Smith, Kamphoer