let me tell you about emotional eating...

[keryx]

One of the reasons I don't watch much television is that teevee is the second worst (after, I think, magazines) medium when it comes to misrepresenting The Fat. Today I'm thinking of the stereotype that fat people are these giant emotional eaters

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[threegoldfish]

I tend to only eat orange food when I'm upset. Guess who bought Kraft blue box last night even though she's horribly allergic to the cheese sauce?

[keryx]

I frequently get the "bah, vegetarian & organic" thing when down - I just want fries. Potatoes make me noticeably crankier in most cases, but if I'm already unhappy they don't seem to make it worse.

[sarahmichigan]

We just watched "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" and while I liked it in terms of dumb comedies, some of the messages about The Fat were mixed. He did eat emotionally, but then, skinny people do, too. And I kind of was happy that when he tried to tell a fat woman that he "knew" she at emotionally, too, that she slugged him. :)

[auntysocial]

When people talk about emotional eating I think of what emotionless eating might be like--no joy or pleasure--folks at Thanksgiving only eating because it's a biological necessity, for example.

[keryx]

That's a terribly depressing thought.

[miffyness]

When I'm particularly depressed, I eat less rather than more; it's part of not being able to take care of yourself or take pleasure in the things you normally would. If I was a size 10 it was a sign that things were not going well.