how to stop Emotional Eating

we call "Emotional eating " the fact of consuming large quantities of food ,it's a response to feelings instead of hunger. Many experts estimate that 75 % of overeating is caused by disorders.

We know that food can bring comfort , at least in the short term. As a result , we often turn to food to heal emotional problems ( for exemple when they break up) . Food becomes a habit preventing us from solving skills that can effectively teach our emotional distress.

Depression , boredom , loneliness, chronic anger , anxiety , frustration , stress , problems in interpersonal relationships and self-esteem low lead to overeating and increased unwanted weight .

Identify what triggers our emotional eating , we can replace the most appropriate techniques to manage our emotional problems and bring food and weight gain of the equation.

How to identify food triggers

Situations and emotions that lead us to be able to eat in five main categories.

Office . Eat when other. For example , excessive use can lead to encourage them to eat, to fit , to talk about the food, or feelings of inadequacy with others. Until other

Emotionally . Eating in response to boredom , stress , fatigue , tension , depression , anger , anxiety or loneliness as a way to "empty".

Situation. The food and the possibility is there . For example , in a restaurant , seeing an advertisement for a particular food, passing a bakery. Food may also be associated with certain activities, like watching TV , a movie or paticiping in  event of sports, etc.

Thoughts . Make sure you eat negative. Eating after estimated or excuses For example , scolding for style or lack of willpower.

Physiological . Eating in response to physical signals. For example, to heal . More hunger due to skipping meals or eating headaches and other pains

To determine what triggers overeating in you, keep a food diary to record what you eat and when, and what stressors , thoughts or emotions that are identified as food. You should begin to identify patterns of their excessive eating fairly quickly.

How to stop emotional eating

Identify emotional triggers food and bad eating habits is the first step , but not enough to change . Eating usually the time you have identified , eating in response to emotions or certain situations has become a habit pattern . Now you have to break that habit .

Alternatives to food is the next step. When you comence to reach for food in response to a trigger to eat , try to do usual and  pleasurable activities like reading a book, listining to music , going for a walk, washing a car, hang out with friends....etc.  until the urge to eat  passes

Other tips for emotional eating

Sometimes it's enough to distract from the diet and alternative development is not enough to handle . Emotional distress that leads to overeating order to cope more effectively with emotional stress so so, try

relaxation

meditation

Individual or group counseling

These techniques focus on the underlying problems that cause emotional abandon and learn to be more effective and healthier to go. For more information on these techniques , contact your doctor.

If you learn the most suitable strategies to integrate and reduce the excessive consumption adjustment , do not forget to reward yourself for a job well done . We tend to behaviors that are reinforced to reward repeat when you reach your weight loss. Millennium Buy this shirt yourself , take a vacation , or get that massage you want. In reward for a job well done , the chances that you will maintain increased. Your new healthy habits