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Next time you overeat or indulge in fattening comfort foods, write down the emotions you are feeling.

When you feel the urge to eat, ask yourself, ‘Am I physically hungry or emotionally hungry?’

Keep temptation out of the fridge and cupboards. If instant gratification isn’t available, you’re less likely to eat for the wrong reasons.

Go for a walk, run or hit the gym the next time you’re angry, sad or anxious.

Before you reach for that pizza slice, stop, close your eyes and visualize the life you want for yourself. Will the pizza slice get you there? Will it fix what’s wrong?

In a world where thin is in and obesity is (what the heck rhymes with obesity?) not, it’s tough to be heavy for a whole plethora of reasons. Many of you are reading this book because you’re tired of being heavy and have chosen to do something about it. Good on you!

I’ve seen so many people literally change their entire lives when they drop the pounds. For most people, food means so much more than just fuel for our bodies. We use it at nearly every celebration: birthday cake, Easter eggs, and don’t even get me started on the days of feasting around Christmas. We’re taught at a very, very young age that sweets and cake are pleasant and that pleasant things make us feel good. If you scrape a knee, you get a plaster followed by a lolly to turn off the tears.

The lolly doesn’t fix the wound, but distracts the child’s attention from the pain. When you’re sad, lonely, restless, anxious or angry, your ‘lolly’ might be chocolate cake or a fast-food burger that distracts you from your emotions. For a brief moment, you’re preoccupying yourself by doing something pleasurable. Unfortunately, it’s not lasting and, just like the lolly, it doesn’t fix the wound. Food can’t fix what’s really wrong.

What’s worse is that the excess food is only complicating your life further. It’s a vicious cycle. We eat too much because we’re depressed, we gain weight, we get more depressed, we eat more, we gain more and so on. Stop the cycle! When you start treating your body right, when you take control of your weight instead of letting it control you, you empower yourself to make other changes in your life.

You may not be able to fix everything overnight but a journey begins with a single step. You have taken that step by purchasing this book and trusting me. I won’t let you down! I’ll be with you on that journey.