You may have been rewarded with a special dinner at a restaurant when you earned straight A's in eighth grade. Maybe as a college student, you got in the habit of munching on food as a way to get through exams. Today, you may keep using food to fill emotional needs, contributing to your weight management difficulties. Using food this way is very common. People eat to reward themselves, celebrate occasions, and entertain others, often allowing food to become the center of social activity.
People also eat to calm their nerves and comfort themselves.
Many use food to numb themselves from emotional pain, hoping food can stifle anger, rejection, or sorrow. Almost all of us are ruled by habit. We eat when the clock tells us to even when we're not hungry. Separating hunger from other needs Successful weight management usually involves developing new insights about emotions, social situations, and food. First, it's helpful to acknowledge that overeating may have served a useful purpose in helping you get through stressful events.