Karen Salmansohn Quotes

I think for me, food was a way for me to deal with emotional trouble.

I hid myself in food.

I'm always wearing Spanx, eating ice cream and feeling a bit lonely.

Food is not your remedy for problems. Food is not going to change your life. If you are lonely, food is not going to be your company. If you are sad, food is not going to give you solace.

I tend to comfort eat when I am frustrated.

Food became my coping mechanism and I've never been able to break that cycle.

I'm sure I can't relate to what females go through in Hollywood, but I do know what it feels like to eat emotionally. To be sad and make yourself happy with food, and then be almost immediately sad again, and then ashamed. Then, you try to hide those feelings with more food.

She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.

When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

I'm a classic stress-eater, so I know a lot about how eating can become a way of hiding from what's really wrong. I escape into food. But some people escape into books. Some into relationships that might not be good for them. The three main characters in 'The Sugar Queen' struggle with each of these comforts-turned-crutches.

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted.

I find it just simply takes me right back to those times, and I really can't take it, I don't want to, I mean, why should I face up to it? What good does it do me? I know it happened, and that's it.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

I used food as a coping mechanism for many, many years, and it was my best friend for a long time.

While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in fact a profound rejection of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-punishment, and anything but a commitment to one's own well-being.

Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.

I'm a big comfort eater, so if I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll just stuff my face.

Between '06 and '09, I dealt with pain by eating. And I was like, 'Oh, crap, eating makes you gain weight!'

If you're happy, you eat. If you're sad, you eat. You lose a job, you eat. You get a job, you eat. It's, you know, it's addiction.

If only shame were a reliable engine for behavior modification. All it does is make me feel bad, which inspires me to bust open a bag of cheese popcorn, which then makes me feel crappy about my weight.

I binge when I'm happy. When everything is going really well, every day is like I'm at a birthday party.

Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.

I was a mindless eater. I ate for comfort. I also ate out of boredom and habit.

Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.