A page from my WW Blog..."Stress Eating"

I had never considered myself an emotional eater, but I guess I never delved very deeply into the reasons why I eat. I figured that was easy...I am hungry, that is why I eat. Maybe I just have a bigger appetite than others...I am a bigger girl than others so makes sense right? Well I have found that I am in fact, like most women, an emotional eater. For me though the emotion behind the eating seems to be stress and/or frustration. I guess I had written off emotional eating as when one is sad, and I don't go for the ice cream when I am down. I actually don't want to eat at all when I am sad. I have found however that I seem to think that large quantities of Diet Coke help calm me when things get too stressful or frustrating...oh and chocolate of course. I really have a huge sweet tooth, but when it comes down to it loads of Diet Coke and chocolate seem to make me feel better. I know this isn't true and shouldn't be true, but it is. I need to figure out some better ways to deal with my stress than heading for the soda and chocolate. Suggestions are welcome!