Sami and Aleen talk about the issues that drive our eating aka emotional eating. They discuss the book Intuitive eating, triggers, and the “last supper” phenomenon. It’s that day where you utter to yourself “diet starts tomorrow” and then feast on everything and anything in anticipation of restriction. So what’s really making us eat everything in sight? Sami just wants to be a kid again. Aleen... Aleen just loves Chinese food. Emotional eating isn’t the worst problem to have. It’s not being addictred to drugs or spending all your money shopping, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to overcome. At 30:00, they take an inspiring email from a 60-year-old explaining that you don’t have to be young to be able to relate to the topics discussed in DST. At 32:31, they take another letter from a listener who has been binging (ha) the pod. She’s asking about having a streak of good diet days when all of a sudden the “flood gates start to open.” How do you prevent that from happening? At 38:42, they take a letter from a listener whose parents passed away when they were young. At 48:29. they are joined by Dr. Oz who brings expertise to the table regarding emotional eating. He talks about the importance of self-esteem, “realizing you’re worth it”, and thinking of dieting as eating the food you absolutely love - but that happens to be good for you.