| Food is a critical, must-have source of
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| | Do you regularly try diets and fail -
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| nourishment and energy. Without food we
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| | leading to guilt and further over eating?
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| would not be able to perform our daily
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| | Do you think about or attempt to purge
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| activities. Our muscles would wither, our
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| | excess food by throwing up or using
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| nervous system and brains would fail.
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| | laxatives? Do you exercise compulsively
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| Whether we like it or not: We all need
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| | when you think you've eaten too much?
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| food.
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| | If you answered yes to any of the above,
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| What you might not know though, is that
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| | there's a good chance you're an emotional
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| food has another important role in our
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| | eater and you could be endangering your
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| lives: Comfort and entertainment.
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| | health.
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| Culturally and instinctively we prepare
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| | How Do I Overcome Emotional Eating?
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| and serve foods to comfort those who have
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| | The first step is recognizing and
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| experienced loss, to celebrate joy, or to
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| | acknowledging you have the problem.
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| show friendship and love. And that's
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| | Fixing the problem will take time and
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| where emotional eating can cause many
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| | persistence, because you effectively need
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| problems.
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| | to train yourself out of bad eating
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| What Is Emotional Eating?
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| | habits and into good.
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| Emotional eating is simply the act of
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| | Since emotional eating is caused by using
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| eating to feel better emotionally. We, as
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| | food as a coping strategy for emotional
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| normal human beings, see food as more
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| | distress, dieting tends to just create
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| than just an energy source for our body.
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| | more problems, because if you fail to
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| We like to enjoy our food, and there's
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| | stick to your eating plan you're likely
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| nothing wrong with that. Science tells us
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| | to feel quite guilty. And as an emotional
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| though, that some foods actually promote
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| | eater, that guilt will only lead you to
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| good feelings by causing certain
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| | eat more.
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| "feel-good" chemical reactions in our
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| | So instead of trying to focus on what
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| brains. And that's when eating can become
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| | you're eating, or how much: You'll need
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| a problem: Because some people eat to
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| | to work at finding other ways to cope
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| "feel better"... or because they can't
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| | with negative emotions. You could try
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| deal with strong emotions such as pain,
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| | simple things like self talk, chewing
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| anxiety, stress, joy, or boredom.
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| | gum, or getting busy with work or hobbies
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| Emotional eaters turn to food as a source
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| | when emotions run high and you find
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| of distraction from dealing with
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| | yourself digging through the fridge even
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| feelings. It's often a vicious cycle
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| | though you aren't hungry. You could also
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| though: People eat to deal with their bad
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| | try self help tapes and books, or find a
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| feelings, then feel bad for having done
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| | support buddy to call. You might also
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| so, yet turn around and eat again to
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| | consider getting help from a Personal
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| soothe the guilty feelings caused by the
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| | Coach or Psychotherapist who deals with
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| first round of emotional eating. Needless
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| | emotional eating.
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| to say, emotional eating can lead to
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| | Sometimes you'll need the help of a
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| serious eating disorders, weight gain,
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| | professional to make these changes
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| obesity, and depression.
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| | As you work on replacing comfort food
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| How Do I Know If I'm An Emotional Eater?
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| | eating with other habits and responses,
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| Do you turn to food when you're not
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| | you'll feel much better about yourself
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| hungry, but sad, stressed, or bored? Do
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| | both emotionally and physically. And
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| you think about food constantly, to the
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| | you'll be well on your way to living a
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| point of feeling obsessed?
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| | much healthier, slimmer life!
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