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This article from Prevention.com is an intimate and emotion-driven story.

• Prevention.com – Barricaded Behind Fat by Geneen Roth

I hate that stuff. It makes me want to scream, “Go to Redbook where you belong!” Why am I recommending it? She has damn good advice.

Why Food Can’t Protect You
When you’re tempted to shield yourself by overeating, remind yourself:

• The pain will still be there after the food is gone.

• Eating only makes you feel full, not happy.

• After you’ve eaten, you have two problems: the one you ate to hide from and your physical discomfort.

• No matter how much you eat, even if you go on a monthlong binge, the feelings will someday come back to haunt you.

• Eating can’t make illness, rejection, sadness, loneliness, or fear of death go away.