How can you deal with emotional eating?
You may be those whose appetite is affected by their mood, once your depression clogs your appetite, or you may open up and start eating unconsciously ... which factors among others lead to weight gain! Excess weight is often due to the outcome of complex factors such as genes, lack of movement and the nature of eating and abundance... But the psychological factor is also important.
This article will help you identify the problem of emotional eating and diagnose your condition and avoid disasters!
Food cravings may be one of our weaknesses and maybe abhorrently linked to our mood. We produce consciously or unconsciously the psychological discharge through food as if the food or refrigerator will be our friend in distress! Here comes the term emotional eating as an expression of this situation!
Girls often start to gain weight from their early teens, which is normal due to a combination of physiological changes in the body at that time, but some girls start using food as a way to calm their fears or frustrations.
Food may provide a safe-haven from dissatisfaction, or provide calm anxiety for the study. But this tranquility does not last long. Once you spend hours, there is a new feeling of anxiety and a new resort to calm food, and once months have passed, and the kilograms accumulate in the body to make you feel more anxiety and more dissatisfaction with self and shame... Which is often addressed Turning to more food. Then you find yourself on a treadmill; you are fat because you eat too much, and you eat too much because you are fat!
What an emotional Eating is ?
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Is to resort to eating when you experience an emotional or psychological crisis, you resort to food as a breath, and to feel that your mood is better, as if you fill your emotional free when filling your stomach! This is not to stop hunger, but to quell negative feelings.
Ask yourself the following questions:
Do you eat more than usual if you suffer from stress, tension, and stress?
Do you eat even when you're not hungry?
Does eating make you feel better and help to calm you down?
Do you eat when you feel sad or stress or boredom and emptiness or depression?
Are you rewarding themselves with food?
Are you the ones who do not control themselves in front of food?
If your answer to the above questions is yes, then you may be diagnosed with emotional eating!
Too much food when it lasts for years leads to physical addiction; when the body gets used to a large number of calories a day is considered that this amount is necessary and less of them causing hunger.
How can you stop emotional eating?
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The use of food as a kind of reward or celebration and occasional occasions, is normal, but when eating turns into a subject related to the psychological and mood, ie with every anger, sadness, resentment or boredom or loneliness, go to the refrigerator regardless Whether you are hungry or not, here you have emotional eating.
*What is the solution, and can you regain control of the desire to eat?*
I will put in your hands the most important tips that will help you return to proper eating habits, and take control of things.
Try to control stress and get rid of it
By changing your lifestyle, using the right types of discharge will control the stresses of life and fill the void in your life, you have to adopt a habit or a new hobby, practice yoga, meditation, and relaxation, practicing the kind of physical activity you love, all these ways already help you to control your feelings and guide them properly.
Walking sport
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For me, walking is the best kind of exercise; it not only burns calories but also releases the hormone endorphins that make people feel comfortable, relaxed and calm, making them less likely to eat emotionally.
Walking can be done almost anywhere; in the streets, gardens, markets and even in corridors of buildings. Walking does not require a particular dress or shoes. Its speed can be adjusted to suit your level of fatigue; fatigue cannot be used as an argument for not doing it. It can be done continuously or intermittently.
Better spending hours with friends walking than spend hours eating or sitting.
Try to record all the food you eat
Write down everything you eat on a daily basis, so you can be sure of the amount you eat if it is within what is required or allowed, and do not exceed the necessary calorie intake for you daily, and of course you can consult a dietitian to help you determine everything that suits you and according to your physical measurements And your daily activities.
Don't give in to the idea that you're a victim of an obese body
Do not follow a harsh system and deprive yourself
Some people may resort to self-deprivation and punishment by following a harsh diet, as a solution to the problem of overweight and unjustified eating them! This is certainly not the solution. It is well known that following the harsh system and the fasting process will have negative consequences that may accrue to your health.
Don't miss your breakfast and healthy snacks
Eating breakfast and snacks between main meals in a wise and calculated manner will help you a lot in avoiding the feeling of hunger and eating later meals. Focus on eating fruits, vegetables, nuts and skimmed foods rich in dietary fiber.
Mindful eating
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There is a kind of meditation called “mindful eating” by chewing each bite as if it were the first time you discovered eating behavior. This requires not thinking about anything other than food and being careful not to do anything else, such as watching television, listening to the news or even talking to others.
This awareness and meditation increase the pleasure of food.
If you are tense, lie down for ten minutes and watch your breathing until it calms down, then drink a full glass of water before the meal, or eat a piece of fruit, carrots or lettuce.
Resist temptations
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For example, some people realize that chocolate or sweets may be their weak point, and eating them is related to their mood, so we advise them not to find them at home, and can be replaced. A healthy snack of vegetables high in fiber and beneficial elements and less content in terms of calories.
Learn from your experiences
Every time you decide to change your situation and do not, know that you are late in helping yourself to prevent the problem from worsening, learn from your experiences, and try to understand your behaviors and be affected by different moods, and look for solutions always and do not return the ball when wrong.
Finally, I advise you to strengthen your relationships and social activities and communicate with friends and positive people who will help you spend a wonderful time, and will hear you whenever you need to.
Remember, whenever you have a healthy lifestyle, strong body, and strong immunity, you will be better able to deal with the stresses of life!
To all who suffer from addiction of any kind, I wish you compassion for yourself and comfort within your body and the mercy you give to your mistakes and the mistakes of others, this is a starting point closer to permanent and healthy change.
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