Writers tend to do a lot of emotional eating. We eat when we are excited or when we receive a rejection. We eat when we just finished a manuscript that took a long time to complete. Some of us even eat while we are writing, making a mess of our offices and keyboards.

But why do we eat emotionally? Emotional eating is a problem for writers for many reasons. Some of the main reasons are because the writing life is hard and lonely. Many writers feel secluded from others and cooped up, writing for many hours a day. This state of aloneness can cause boredom while ultimately it can lead to eating more than we should.

Writers also binge on salty and sweet foods because writing can be very frustrating and hard. No writing life is easy. The harder it is and the more we lack self-confidence and expertise in our craft, the more stressful it can be for us to write. So, many of us soothe our frustrations by eating.

However, when we overeat because of our frustrations and emotions, we become obese and add even more stress to our bodies. Therefore, we should take steps to eliminate emotional eating in order to be healthy writers.

In this e-book, I offer 16 tips to minimize emotional eating.