Greater weight gain was found to be associated with difficulties with regulating one’s emotions. Half of the participants involved in this study indicated that their regaining of weight was in response to emotional reasoning (i.e., using food for comfort, stressed, feeling lower or more down, and using food for punishment). 5 Tips: Keep a journal

Overweight patients with co-morbidities were more likely to be depressed than those without diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Additionally, individuals with depression did not lose as much weight as non-depressed individuals. 5 Tips: Understand the effects of emotional eating. Journal eating patterns to identify if emotional eating is taking place. If emotional eating

Literature shows majority of favorable outcomes for individuals with depressive symptoms or eating disorders (i.e., binge eating or night eating) who have had weight loss surgery in regard to losing weight and improvements in mood and quality of life. Although improvements have been found in the literature, some individuals show worsening mood and increased suicidal

After weight loss surgery, individuals reported increases, decreases, and no change in their depressive symptoms. Individuals whose body mass index increased endorsed higher depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem, compared to the other groups. 5 Tips: Find activities that you enjoy participating in. Be around others that support you. Try to stick to a regular sleep