Emotional eating is not a character flaw. It's not you being weak. This is a learned coping strategy

that your brain developed over time, probably a really, really, really long time ago because it worked.

Like food generally does provide short-term emotional relief. It activates the brain's reward system

and provides comfort. And for a lot of us, food was comfort long before we had language for what we were actually

feeling.

Think about it.

You cry as a baby.

When you're hungry, you get the bottle.

Reward system in the brain.

It provides comfort.

The problem, though, is that it's not that you use food for comfort sometimes.

The problem is when it becomes your only strategy for managing the

difficult emotions. What's going on, you guys? Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode of

the Macro Hour with your host, Nikki Stott. And on these episodes, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics that will help you

lose body fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident.

On today's episode, episode number 353, today I want to talk about what I feel like is a misunderstood

topic in the entire women's health

and nutrition and fitness space.

And that's the difference between emotional eating and impulse eating because this is what I see

constantly.

I see a woman has an off day with her food.

She ate something that she didn't plan to. She went over

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