As someone who believes that all the answers we need and seek are inside of us, for me it's as simple as simply listening to your heart. One thing you could do when you want to eat when you're not hungry (which is how most of us beCOME obese, I think), is simply ask yourself, "...what am I needing that I'm not getting?" (and trying to "replace" with food).

Another suggestion is to do a journal. As adults, since a LOT of us deal with things that negatively affected us during our childhoods, (which made us consequently turn to food for comfort), journaling really helps to bring those thoughts/feelings/beliefs that can be buried to the surface. Also, journaling is great in zeroing in on issues with food.

There are also a lot of great books out there centered on unhealthy relationships with food. Geneen Roth has an excellent one that came out recently, "Women, Food and God". Excellent, excellent book. You can buy a copy at Amazon.com for 11.67 plus shipping, or pick up a copy at your local library. If you go to Amazon and type 'women food and god' in the search, it also gives you a lot of other book choices about food addiction, unhealthy food relationships, etc. Same for your local library.

You're to be commended for wanting to focus on this. I can't tell you how many posts I read here where the person thinks all they have to do is eat X number of calories a day, exercise X number of minutes a day and be able to successfully lose weight; when starting at "why do I overeat?" is the first step.

Wishing you the best on your journey!

Janice : )

Our bodys are so diferent some people can eat anything and not gain a pound but other people just look food and gain weight ,the main thing is to do something .Any program of exercise is good not only helps your body ,but also helps your mind you know we always have more questions than answers remenber these is life changed