1. Eating and Anger
• You probably are entitled to your anger.
• You would like to express it.
• If you express your anger there are consequences.
• You threaten the person who provoked you.
• That person could get angry back at you.

2. Eating and Anger
• Anger can not stay bottled up.
• But if you explode with anger you could lose a job.
• You could damage a relationship.
• What do you do if it's unsafe to explode?
• What do you do to stay in control?
• You need a solution.

3. Eating and Anger
• If you are very lucky, you could explain your feelings, and the other person
would be sympathetic.
• You also might get the other person to explain their point of view.
• You might come to understand their point of view even if you don't agree with
them.

4. Eating and Anger
• Life is not always ideal.
• You may have to hide your anger.
• You may have to swallow your anger.
• Some people stuff down angry feelings by eating.

5. Eating and Anger
• Pent up anger can trigger headaches and rashes.
• Eating to stuff down anger makes a waistline bulge.
• Swallowing anger leads to bellyaches or heartburn.
• You need alternatives to coping with anger that do not involve food.

6. Eating and Anger
• You need on-the spot strategies to keep from exploding with anger.
• You need a braking technique so you don't have to grab food to calm down.
• Breathing can help.
• Breathing is a distraction.
• Breathing changes the intensity of momentary anger.

7. Eating and Anger
• Breathing is calming.
• Taking ten deep breaths can help anger subside.
• Angry moments can pass.
• Anger can fade.
• As anger subsides you find you can think.
• You are OK when you can think.
• Breathing buys you time.

8. Eating and Anger
• The technique for calming anger with breathing is simple.
• You push your stomach out.
• Take a breath through your nostrils.
• Let your breath go up into your head - into your brain.
• Exhale and let the breath go.
• Do that ten times.

9. Eating and Anger
• John found another remedy.
• He had a lot of frustration at work and his anger built up.
• At home he calmed himself with after dinner munchies.
• He did not really calm down but his waistline expanded.
• He was frustrated with his waistline as well as with his work situation.

10. Eating and Anger
• He decided to try running.
• The weather was pleasant, when he went for the run.
• He felt good. He got hooked.
• Sometimes he ran before work, sometimes after.
• Running, walking or working out, calmed him.
• His moods evened out. He felt more stable, focused.

11. Eating and Anger
• Ann got irritated because she had endless responsibilities.
• She took care of the house.
• She took care of the kids.
• She cooked.
• Sometimes she worked or volunteered.
• She did things for others but not for herself.

12. Eating and Anger
• It was a good life.
• But she ate as a way to take time for herself.
• Her waistline swelled.
• She needed pleasures other than eating.
• To get out of the house, she joined a gym.
• She had more fun than she expected.

13. Eating and Anger
• You may not be able to change the power someone has over you that makes
you angry.
• You may be stuck in your personal situation.
• You may not want to accept another's viewpoint.
• But you want to make things go your way more often.
• What works?

14. Eating and Anger
• Assume that you're justified.
• Assume you're right to be angry. Being right doesn't solve a problem.
• The other person feels the same way about being right.
• How will you get what you want?
• Eating will not do it.
• Anger storms do not help.

15. Eating and Anger
• Breathing techniques help.
• Exercise helps.
• Thinking through your situation helps.
• Overeating is bad for your health.
• Listen and develop self-suggestions for food-free ways to cope with anger.
• Go to the next slide for help.

16. Eating and Anger