{"id":258,"date":"2017-07-30T00:17:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T00:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colleendrummond.com\/Blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2017-07-30T00:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T00:21:37","slug":"emotional-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.colleendrummond.com\/Blog\/myjourney\/emotional-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess I’ve always known this, but I’ve finally owned up to the fact that I\u2019m an emotional eater. I know you might be thinking \u2013 well of course you are, but actually acknowledging this is big for me, you never like to think that you are an emotional eater.<\/p>\n

So what is emotional eating all about?<\/p>\n

An extract from https:\/\/www.helpguide.org\/articles\/diets\/emotional-eating.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Emotional eating (or stress eating) is using food to make yourself feel better\u2014eating to satisfy emotional needs, rather than to satisfy physical hunger. You might reach for a pint of ice cream when you\u2019re feeling down, order a pizza if you\u2019re bored or lonely, or swing by the drive-through after a stressful day at work.<\/em><\/p>\n

Occasionally using food as a pick me up, a reward, or to celebrate isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing. But when eating is your primary emotional coping mechanism\u2014when your first impulse is to open the refrigerator whenever you\u2019re stressed, upset, angry, lonely, exhausted, or bored\u2014you get stuck in an unhealthy cycle where the real feeling or problem is never addressed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emotional hunger can\u2019t be filled with food. Eating may feel good in the moment, but the feelings that triggered the eating are still there. And you often feel worse than you did before because of the unnecessary calories you\u2019ve just consumed.<\/em><\/p>\n

No matter how powerless you feel over food and your feelings, it is possible to make a positive change. You can find healthier ways to deal with your emotions, learn to eat mindfully instead of mindlessly, regain control of your weight, and finally put a stop to emotional eating. <\/em><\/p>\n

I found out a couple of weeks ago that one area of my life was once again affecting my healthy eating and I’ve totally gone off track once again. This is the second time in the last 2 years that this has come up. I’ve decided that I’ve had enough of this and whatever is going on in my life is no longer going to affect how I eat. This is going to STOP!<\/p>\n

\"Stop<\/a>Since making that decision things have changed, I’m starting to eat better, not all of the time, but each day I’m getting better and better.<\/p>\n

I am a work in progress and I don’t think this will ever change. I will always be a work in progress because every day in every way I get better and better \u2013 there is always something to work on.<\/p>\n

I’m also still reading and listening to a lot of motivational books and tracks, this is such a big help to me. I know I wouldn’t be where I am now without books and tracks in my life.<\/p>\n\"\"\"\"\"\"\n \n