They are not easy to pick out of a crowd, that mom you see at preschool drop-off every day looks normal, sounds normal, and acts normal but in the privacy of her own home she stuffs down the food and washes it down with 'mommy juice.' Sound shockingly familiar? If not, it probably does to your neighbor and you don't even know 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 devour food when you are full?
Physical hunger is patient and is open to all options (like vegetables and hummus) while emotional hunger cannot weight and MUST have a bag of chips immediately even if you just finished lunch.
Do you go to the pantry instead of dealing with your issues?
Filling yourself with food instead of coming to terms with your feelings can bring up your level of stress and your blood pressure resulting in you experiencing more depression then before.
Do you eat too many foods with high fat and carbohydrates?
One should be eating 'good for you' food 90% of the time and 'cheat' foods 10% of the time. If these percentages are not in line most of the time, then you need to control your emotional eating.
Discover how to break the pattern of emotion eating by going 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 devour food when you are full?
Physical hunger is patient and is open to all options (like vegetables and hummus) while emotional hunger cannot weight and MUST have a bag of chips immediately even if you just finished lunch.
Do you go to the pantry instead of dealing with your issues?
Filling yourself with food instead of coming to terms with your feelings can bring up your level of stress and your blood pressure resulting in you experiencing more depression then before.
Do you eat too many foods with high fat and carbohydrates?
One should be eating 'good for you' food 90% of the time and 'cheat' foods 10% of the time. If these percentages are not in line most of the time, then you need to control your emotional eating.
Discover how to break the pattern of emotion eating by going to EmotionalEatingMom.com.
About the Author:
Learn more about Emotional Eating. Stop by Katherine Heffernon's site where you can find out all about How To Identify Food Triggers and how this can help.
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