5 ways to stop using food as a coping mechanism

Self-Awareness Journal

Record what you are eating, when, and how you felt.

Find why you feel like eating and substitute more positive behaviors

Perhaps you feel like eating because you are bored. Look for positive hobbies to keep your attention. Art, singing, golfing, basketball, etc.

Identify what you feel

Are you feeling sad or stressed? What is the source of that. Is it your job? College? Find ways to deal with that stress effectively.

Life is not perfect

Worries are bound to come up and food will not resolve it. Accept that worries come up and do the best and move forward.

Be open with feelings

Understand your feelings, welcome them. If you stuff it and pretend that it does not exist, it will over time begin to fill up and be expressed through angry outbursts or excessive food consumption.