It is no easy to identify them, the woman dropping kids off at school appears usual, talks usual, and does things in a usual way but when she is at home alone she eats tons of food and drinks wine by herself. Does that sound like you? If it doesn't, then it probably does to your next door neighbor and you wouldn't even guess it.
The suburban life most people live these days is filled with women (and men) who feel alone, depressed, sad, anxious, stressed, sleep deprived, and unfulfilled. The way someone deals with these emotions is either healthy like talking to a good friend or going for a run or it's unhealthy like eating too much to fill the void.
For the people who consume food to feel satisfied, the road is lonesome. They consume food away from others because they are embarrassed, don't feel positive about themselves, and the problems which made them eat in the first place are still there when they are finished. Look at the statements below, if they are familiar to you then you are probably an emotional eater.
Do you eat when you are not hungry?
Physical hunger can wait until food is available and it doesn't care if the food is healthy or unhealthy. Emotional hunger is immediate and impulsive and usually craves specific unhealthy foods.
Instead of dealing with a problem or emotion, do you hit the pantry?
Numbing yourself with food rather than dealing with your emotions can actually increase stress, raise your blood pressure, and leave you feeling more depressed than when you started.
Do you overindulge on snacks which are high in fat and carbs?
People should be choosing 'healthful' food 90% of the times you eat and 'junk' food 10% of time times you eat. If this is not reliably the case, then one should be concerned about emotional eating.
Educate yourself on how to stop the routine of emotional eating by coming to EmotionalEatingMom.com.
The suburban life most people live these days is filled with women (and men) who feel alone, depressed, sad, anxious, stressed, sleep deprived, and unfulfilled. The way someone deals with these emotions is either healthy like talking to a good friend or going for a run or it's unhealthy like eating too much to fill the void.
For the people who consume food to feel satisfied, the road is lonesome. They consume food away from others because they are embarrassed, don't feel positive about themselves, and the problems which made them eat in the first place are still there when they are finished. Look at the statements below, if they are familiar to you then you are probably an emotional eater.
Do you eat when you are not hungry?
Physical hunger can wait until food is available and it doesn't care if the food is healthy or unhealthy. Emotional hunger is immediate and impulsive and usually craves specific unhealthy foods.
Instead of dealing with a problem or emotion, do you hit the pantry?
Numbing yourself with food rather than dealing with your emotions can actually increase stress, raise your blood pressure, and leave you feeling more depressed than when you started.
Do you overindulge on snacks which are high in fat and carbs?
People should be choosing 'healthful' food 90% of the times you eat and 'junk' food 10% of time times you eat. If this is not reliably the case, then one should be concerned about emotional eating.
Educate yourself on how to stop the routine of emotional eating by coming to EmotionalEatingMom.com.
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