Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery: Emotional Eating Help for Smart, High-Achieving Women

169: How to Lose Your Stress Eating Habit by Uprooting It (Part 2)

Melissa McCreery Episode 169

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In part two of How to Lose Your Stress Eating Habit, we shift from why traditional approaches fail to what actually works. Last episode, I explained why the advice most of us have heard about how to control stress eating keeps you stuck in an exhausting cycle. Today, I want to introduce you to my signature framework—the approach my clients use to completely uproot their stress eating habits instead of just managing or controlling them.

You'll learn:

  • The key difference between controlling stress eating and curing it
  • Why true freedom from stress eating isn’t about willpower or vigilance
  • How shifting to a model of satisfaction, confidence, and consistency changes everything
  • Why you can trust yourself with food again—and how to start

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/how-to-lose-your-stress-eating-habit-by-uprooting-it-part-2-tmohp-episode-169/

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