161: How to Stop Stress Eating Without Willpower: Marie’s Story

Too Much on Her Plate with Dr. Melissa McCreery

In this episode of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast, I’m sharing the journey of “Marie” (not her real name), a smart, successful professional woman who struggled with overeating, stress eating, and feeling like food was controlling her (sound familiar?).
Marie’s story is a perfect example of how deeply ingrained deprivation thinking and diet culture can keep us stuck in a frustrating cycle of overeating, self-blame, and defeat. Like so many women, Marie believed that success with food required willpower, motivation, and discipline—but none of it was working.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why Marie’s overeating wasn’t about food at all—and why yours might not be either.
• The role stress plays in driving overeating and why ignoring this connection keeps you stuck.
• The first essential question to ask yourself to start creating freedom from overeating.
• How Marie shifted from relying on food for stress relief and reward to addressing her Hidden Hungers.
• Why ditching the all-or-nothing mindset and taking small, consistent steps can create dramatic results.

Find links to everything we mention in this episode as well as complete show notes & transcript at https://toomuchonherplate.com/how-to-stop-stress-eating-without-willpower-maries-story-tmohp-161/

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