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Excerpt from Chapter Five of my upcoming book "Stuffing Myself Silly: The Story of a Food Junkie"

Chapter Five But My Belly Gets Cold When I Sit in the Tub   “ When asked what he wanted from life, he said, I'll start   with a written apology.” - B. Tier “Steph, you have a homework assignment this week,” said my therapist.  “We want to work on changing your relationship with food by creating some new coping skills.  We’re going to do this by changing some of your behaviors.  Go and think about things you can use, other than food, to soothe yourself.  Jot down some tools you can have on hand to self-soothe in the middle of intense  feelings.  Think of something that is healthier and more productive than food.  A bath perhaps.”  Well, I thought. I contemplated and I researched.  I went back the next week and told her, “Kate, there’s nothing.  I cannot find one thing that works better than food.  Food is it.  I’m not trying to be difficult, it’s just the way it is for me.”  But just to test it out I took a friggin’ bath and guess what?  I barely fit!  I had three