FOOD WAS MY MISTRESS

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Andrew Hutchins' book Food Was My Mistress: An Examination of Food and Emotional Dependence is an emotional eating memoir that shares his honest story about living with food as more than just nourishment. He wrote it for people who have fed their pain instead of facing it and struggled with food self-worth silence or shame. This book isn't a diet plan; it's a declaration a mirror and a map for anyone searching for freedom.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hutchins explains how food became his safe space during a difficult childhood giving him comfort when life felt unstable. As he grew older food turned into a mistress and later a captor especially through challenges like school struggles lost dreams and the grief of losing his uncle. This dependence eventually harmed his health revealing the deep ties between emotional health and food dependence.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inspired by his daughter Hannah he chose to make a change. With a careful plan that included new eating habits self-reflection and gastric bypass surgery he worked to regain his health and identity.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is a memoir about food and healing but also a memoir about self-worth and food-a reminder that breaking free from emotional eating isn't easy but it is possible. Hutchins shows it's a daily choice one built on self-love and the courage to face the truth. </span></p>