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Are you an emotional eater?
You need to think about it. Really study and examine how you eat,
what is the thought that leads to the action?
Why We Eat
Emotional Hunger
We are creatures of habit. We have amassed lots of habits that have
been developed over the years that sometimes become subconscious.
We are not aware of the things we do until we purposely take notice of
them. For instance, observing the thought that leads to the action of
us reaching for the cookie. What was the thought? Were we feeling
upset?, distressed?, depressed?, angry?
If you find you want to reach for the jar of cookies, catch yourself in
that moment. Examine your thinking. How are you feeling? What
state of mind are you in? What is your mood? Disrupt your pattern by
forming a new one.
Rather than indulging your craving, count back slowly from 100. With
each number you find yourself wanting the cookies less and less. This
is because you are disrupting your usual pattern of behavior and
consciously replacing it with a new one. You’ll find that after 100 that
cookie won’t be as tempting as it was.
Emotional eating can also extend to happiness too. Childhood habits
can see us overindulge for doing something good which can spill into
adulthood where we treat ourselves with food for rewards. This is fine
as long as it’s periodically.
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