People without weight problems don’t turn to food when they get upset. BDS teaches us to do the same. There is nothing wrong with having negative emotions – they are just a sign that there’s a problem. But we need to handle them without relying on food – otherwise we will just not be able to sustain weight loss over the long term. Just like hunger, negative emotions are not emergencies. We can learn to withstand and diffuse them without food ever coming into the picture. Tomorrow we will learn techniques about how to solve the problem that led to the negative feelings. But for now here are some ways to find relief from the negative emotions without bringing food into the equation: · Call the feeling what it is: a negative emotion and not hunger. Labeling it as such will help. · Remind yourself: NO CHOICE. · Think...