I try to teach them alternative coping mechanisms, such as discovering what it is they want to be doing, what they feel their purpose is here on earth, and what their unresolved issues are, as well as who it is they have unfinished business with. They do things to accommodate others, so the food they eat is to make up for the needs they didn't get for themselves. But I don't encourage or suggest that people should use food for comfort. I believe people should cry it out, scream it out, talk it out, nurture themselves. In Rob Sugar's practice, he tries to get clients to step back and get in touch with what's triggering the disordered eating.
Most people know about eating sensibly and exercising more.
It's not about what we eat, it's about why. But until you start looking inside yourself, you may not realize your eating has nothing to do with food. One particular group vulnerable to disordered eating is women between the ages of 35 and 60, Sugar says. Some of these women grew up in an era where women's roles were more traditional. Now they're out working and raising families.