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What is more important than knowing what's in the food you eat? The answer is simple. Know how and why you eat.
It is during our weakest point emotionally when the strongest food cravings hit us. We turn to food for comfort.
As an emotional eater myself, I can totally relate. I eat when I am happy. I eat when I am down. I really look forward to eating my favorite foods that bring me comfort.
The sad part is that after overeating or eating something that is not good for us, we get buyer's remorse and then feel terrible. This leads us to eating more and the cycle just keeps getting worse.
Emotional eating sabotages our effort to lose weight.
If you are susceptible to emotional eating, do not fret. With a proper mindset, you can take control of your eating habits. Get back on track and get that ideal weight that you always wanted.
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| It's all about your mindset. |
Today is the right time for you to get your best life back.
How Emotional Eaters Can Lose Weight
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| Follow these easy steps. |
1. Look for something more enjoyable than food
As an emotional eater, we find that food makes us feel good. At least, that’s how we think and feel.
Appetizing foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt content, trigger a brain chemical called dopamine.
This is one of the reasons why some scientists consider food addictive. It gives us that jolt of energy that makes us feel better for a short period of time.
Just like anything addictive, in order to give it up, you have to find a replacement.
Find out a way that can comfort or de-stress you without eating.
It can be a chat with a good friend, having some “me” time, exercise or even dancing.
I find dancing to be a good stress-reliever.
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| Find something that you enjoy. |
2. Take your time
If you must eat, take your time.
Your brain sends out signals of fullness 20 minutes from the time you start eating.
This means if you are a fast eater, you will consume more food. The more you eat, the more calories you put into your body.
Practice eating slower. Enjoy the food. Savor its taste, texture and feeling.
This way, you will eat less and feel in control.
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| Savor the moment. |
3. Know your trigger points
Understand what triggers your craving.
This will help you a lot in dealing with your eating habits.
Determine the situations that make you think about food. Have a strategy that will make you stay ahead with your urges.
Have a low calorie, healthy snack always available.
If a depressing situation makes you want to eat, try walking to get some fresh air instead.
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| Plan in advance. |
4. Accept your feelings
Have you heard of the quote, “It’s OK not to be OK.”?
People think that we need to always be happy.
Our common problem is emotional avoidance. We do not want the inconvenience, the discomfort or the stress.
The truth is that all of these are unavoidable.
We just need to have the proper mindset to approach things and see things in a more positive manner.
Avoidance is a short term solution. Dealing with your discomfort is a long term solution.
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| Accept your emotions. |
5. Awareness
It is advisable that when you eat, do nothing else but eat.
Yes, you can have a good conversation with friends while eating a good meal.
One of the things that you need to avoid is distracted eating.
You are eating because you are sad and you sit in front of the TV. Before you realized it, you had finished the whole box of pizza, a bag of chips and tons of sodas.
Eat only when you are hungry.
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| Distractions take your control away. |
6. Love your body
Loving your body is not being a narcissist. It is a normal, natural thing to do.
When you love something or even someone, you are going to do everything and anything to protect it, improve it and care for it.
Your body can do so many amazing things. Love it!
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| It starts with self-image. |
7. Go healthy
Pack up on healthy foods to eat.
If you practice eating healthy then you do not have to worry about gaining weight as much.
Most of healthy food like fruit and vegetables are mostly water. The fiber contributes to fullness and healthy digestion. The vitamins and minerals will heal you from the inside out. Unprocessed proteins take more calories to digest than processed food.
Keep yourself full with healthy foods. Avoid salty, fatty and even sweet foods. These are the ones that contribute to food addiction. Drink lots of water.
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| Healthy equals happy. |
8. Sleep well
Adults need to have at least 7-9 hours of sleep per night.
When we do not meet this need, we tend to feel tired and restless. This can affect our moods and willpower.
Eating is a response to lack of strength or energy.
Getting enough sleep is an effective way to boost our mood and gives us the energy that we need to last throughout the day.
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| You need sleep to succeed. |
Summary
There are so many reasons why people eat.
The reality is that there should only be one reason.
How emotional eaters can lose weight is by eating only when we are hungry.
We need to discern real hunger from the cravings that our brain is creating.
Drink plenty of water. If you feel like eating, distract yourself for 15 minutes and you will notice that it goes away because cravings are just a wave of emotions.
Mark Ward from LivingSimplyEasy.com
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