I don't know why most peeps have bought into this notion of eating to suppress anxiety. Bottom line....I like the taste of food, especially, sweets. What keeps me inline is do I want to be healthy, active, feel good, and not worry about fat rolls bulging out through clothing OR do I want to suffer with the high probability of developing Diabetes, Hypertension, Sleep Apnea, skin issues, Cancer, Depression, etc. I feel awesome when I let the sugar, potatoes, breads, beans, and FRUITS go. I have no pain. On the days that I forget why I feel so great and slip back into those foods....3 days later, I pay the price.....my back and joints ache, ache, ache. I let go of the crap and I'm back to feeling awesome within 2 days. I, also, have a dog that was born with hip dysplasia. If I feed her regular dog food, she, literally, cannot get up onto her feet and she cries when she tries. I removed her from all dog food and feed her ground fatty beef and only one meal a day. Other meats work, but that one keeps her satisfied. Within 3 days, she was up and is up still running and zipping about. She has no pain that I can see. I don't feel deprived because I now look at those foods as a slow killing poison. I want to live life feeling GREAT and not taking pills just to survive.
I'm totally convinced that sugar is the backbone to numerous health issues. Don't take my word for it, put it to the test. Do a 2 month experiment and don't waiver. My advice is to get past the holidays because they are right here upon us. But I don't believe in the psychological crap about that's what we use to make us feel better. Once, I was told that I ate a lot because I was unhappy with my childhood and thought that if I ate then I could make myself grow up faster. I thought about it, but then I decided that was incorrect. I was born underweight and my family fed me to get me up to normal weight, well by then I had a habit of eating all the time.
The feeling of fullness is not uncomfortable to me, like it is to my slim husband. He can't stand the feelings of fullness. So my choice is to feel pain free without drugs and be active. And I have to tell you that I LOVE the taste of ice cream and I do breakdown now and then, but when my system starts breaking down, then I think about what may be happening inside my body and I shut 'er off. It's not easy....just decide what is important to you.