What do you do when you're stressed? Do you get angry? Do you cry? Do you go for a run? Or do you reach for the double stuff oreos and madly shove them down your gullet until you are covered in cookie crumbs and feeling very ashamed of yourself? If you answered the latter, you're an emotional eater. If you eat when your sad, or mad, or glad (Dr. Seuss?), you're also an emotional eater. For me, it's usually sadness or boredom that cause me to raid the pantry with feckless abandon. But this always makes me feel worse than I did before, and guess what that causes? More emotional eating.

Yes, it's a vicious circle, but it can be stopped. The first step is realizing you have a problem. For ideas on how to control your emotional cravings, check out this article.

What are your ideas for ending emotional eating?