You’re not alone #3: Khloé Kardashian

This week, my “You’re Not Alone” features Khloé Kardashian. I chose to feature Khloé in this series, because she is so upfront and honest about what it really took to fundamentally change her emotional relationship with food.

I hope you find it helpful.

From ice cream to toolbox

Khloé Kardashian has spoken candidly about emotional eating, cycles of comfort and regret, dieting, and ultimately reframing her relationship with food through patience and new tools.

“I would cry and do it again”

On the SheMD podcast, Khloé admitted:

“I would feel so good eating. And then you felt so bad… and then I would cry and probably do it again because I was sad so I needed the ice cream again.”

This is the shame loop at the heart of emotional eating.

The pivot: patience and self-retraining

Instead of quick fixes, Khloé shifted to patience – “I gave myself a lot of patience and took my time.” She reframed recovery as building “tools in my toolbox,” not chasing diets.

Motherhood as a test

Pregnancy tested her progress. She delivered at 204 lbs and feared relapse. Instead, she found recovery tools worked better than any past diet, and said it helped her shed pregnancy weight faster and more sustainably than she ever shed excess weight prior to pregnancy.

Honest balance

In 2025, she admitted: “I love to eat bad food. I don’t have the best diet.” But this time, she paired honesty with agency, creating her own snack line to offer better options.

How Khloé’s story can help you

Shame fuels the cycle. Khloé said she’d cry after binge eating, then eat again. If you’ve done the same, try replacing “I’m disgusting” with “I’m learning.” One gentler thought can interrupt the spiral.
Patience pays off. She gave herself years, not weeks. Can you shift from “quick fix” to a “long game” mindset, celebrating small wins instead of instant results?
Tools matter more than diets. Khloé built a “toolbox.” Try writing your own list of non-food tools – breathing, journaling, calling a friend. Keep it handy.
Perfection isn’t required. She admits she still eats “bad food.” Give yourself permission to enjoy favourite foods without guilt, it’s part of balance.
You can create your own path. Khloé even created a snack line to help herself. What small change could you make to your environment (eg stocking healthier snacks, keeping water nearby) that supports your goals?

I hope reading about Khloé’s experience helps you feel better about how long it can take to truly recover. This is an encouraging message – despite her wealth, Khloé did it the right way – and the same way you can do it. Slowly, steadily and with setbacks. This is what true recovery REALLY looks like.

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