Say goodbye to the food police and hello to peace. Welcome to the Love Food podcast, hosted by

dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon. This authentically engineered series is in the

form of a love letter welcoming you to reconnect with food. Now pour a cup of coffee or a margarita,

and let's begin.

Hi and welcome to episode 143 of a love food podcast. I'm Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and partner on your food piece journey. I'm so glad you're here. Thank you for connecting today. Would you

refer to yourself as an emotional eater? I think it's a really common label for many people, and it also is something

that I see a lot in the media. I often see emotional eating as this horrible thing and this thing

that really it means we have no self-control if we do it. Well, I cannot wait to share with you

my thoughts on this because I think

there's a really important part of the emotional eating conversation that many, many people miss,

and that keeps them stuck in this one place on their food piece journey for years and years.

And, you know, I want to help you kind of move along.

You got your own pace, yet I don't want you to feel stuck forever. And there may be something like,

literally like right under your nose that can help you to move along and feel more at home in

your own skin and feel more at ease with food. Before we get to this

episode's letter, a word from our sponsor. This episode of a Love Food podcast is brought to you by

my PCOS and food piece courses. If you experience polycystic ovarian syndrome, you probably have

been told you have to diet, you have to lose weight,

blah, blah, blah, right? I bet you are rolling your eyes right now because, yes, that's all you're

told to manage the condition. Well, I know that diets don't work for you because they don't work

for most people. And if you have PCOS, I know that's all you're told to do, but what do you do if you

know diets don't work? Well, that's kind of where I was when I first started helping people

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