Emotional Eating Ladies - Book Club - Atomic Habits

About this event

Connect with like-minded women who are also on the path to ending emotional stress eating. No need to prepare, just come as you are, you are welcomed here! Join us for a discussion of the book - Atomic Habits. This book is filled with PRACTICAL nuggets that you can implement immediately to improve your professional and personal life. Read below for a synopsis of the text. Guidelines for the group: 1. Please have your cameras on \- we love to see faces and want you to know that you are seen\, as well as provide a safe space to share 2. Speak from your own experience 3. Refrain from using numbers (calories, weight, etc). Numbers lead to comparison and we are here to support. 4. Refrain from specific foods, instead say "comfort foods", "safe foods", "trigger foods" etc, 5. Please limit share to two-minutes so we all have an opportunity to share. Date and Location: • Open to New and Returning members • Date & Time: Sunday, March 8, @11 AM Pacific Time • Where: Zoom (RSVP required) Session Details: • Duration 1 - 1 hour session together • Self-sabotage isn’t you working against yourself. It’s you trying to survive with the tools you’ve had. Growth doesn’t come from stronger rules—it comes from understanding the need beneath the behavior. Book synopsis: Book Synopsis Atomic Habits by James Clear teaches that meaningful change rarely happens overnight. Instead, our lives are shaped by the small choices we make repeatedly. Tiny actions, practiced consistently, eventually become habits, and those habits shape our identity. Rather than relying on willpower or waiting until we feel motivated, Clear encourages us to create systems that support the life we want to live. He reminds us that lasting change isn't about perfection. It's about making the next small choice that aligns with who we want to become. For individuals recovering from emotional eating or disordered eating, this message is especially powerful. Recovery is rarely one dramatic breakthrough. More often, it is built through hundreds of compassionate choices: • Eating one balanced meal. • Pausing before reacting to an emotion. • Challenging one critical thought. • Asking for support. • Choosing curiosity instead of judgment. • Beginning again after a difficult day. Healing compounds in the same way habits do. *** Why This Book Matters in Recovery Many of us spent years believing that recovery depended on finding more willpower. Atomic Habits offers a different perspective. Recovery isn't about becoming a "better" person. It is about building daily practices that support the person you already are. This book reminds us that we don't have to overhaul our lives overnight. We only have to take the next small step. *** 1\. What Is the Habit Trying to Do for Me? Emotional eating often develops because, at some point, food helped us cope, soothe, escape, celebrate, or feel safe. Instead of asking, "How do I stop emotional eating?" what might change if you asked, "What is this behavior trying to do for me right now?" *** 2\. What Happens Before the Food? Habits usually have a cue that comes before the behavior. Think about a time when you emotionally ate. What was happening in the 30 minutes, several hours, or even the entire day leading up to it? What patterns do you notice? Consider emotions, hunger, stress, fatigue, loneliness, restriction, boredom, conflict, or feeling overwhelmed. *** 3\. Make Recovery Easier\, Not Harder Atomic Habits emphasizes designing our environment so desired behaviors become easier. What is one change you could make to your environment that would make caring for yourself easier on a difficult day? This might involve meal preparation, reducing exposure to diet culture, creating a calming space, keeping satisfying foods available, calling someone, or changing an evening routine. *** 4\. The Power of the Pause Recovery doesn't always mean an urge disappears. Sometimes progress is simply creating a little space between an emotion and our auto