As emotionally balanced adults, some of us never came out of the childhood stage with regards to food. As responsible adults, we learn that all actions have consequences. When we were children, we think for the present moment. The food taste good, we put it your mouth.
Stop talking about food as if you are a child.
Most of us feel deprive when we trying to loose weight because we attach emotions to food with baby talk.
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For those of us that view food as a mechanism for coping with our emotions (ie. loneliness, stress, anxiety, and etc), we need to identify what is causing the behaviors in order to change it. We cannot loose weight when we eat to fill a void in our emotional state when we are not hungry.
Identify food and mood
Take a few days (at least one weekday and one weekend) to write down any emotion related eating.…
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A co-worker asked me ‘What is emotional eating? Why does his wife talk about it all the time? Is it just a female thing?’
Emotional eating is when you cannot separate mood from food. Some people eat when they are happy, unhappy, bored, excited, stressed, relaxed, etc. Give me an emotional and there is someone out there who has linked it with food. Those of us with emotional eating issues habitually abuse food because we cannot deal with the emotion. And no,…
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Usually if you have this problem, it does not just effect your eating habits. In your desire to please people and avoid conflict, people pleasers act out of fear. Frequently saying yes to favors and extra responsibilities when…
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When it comes to a healthier life style people think that once they fall off a bit or something unexpected happens, they need to start over. That is not true! Life crisis happen. We are still ahead if we just pick up where we left off. We are only setting ourselves up for disappointment and guilt if we expect perfection in our approach to weight loss. When we mess up, it is natural to feel…
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Like children, sometimes what we hear and what we do when it comes to improving our health are two different things.
| What we hear: | What we do: |
| Eat less at night. | Eat nothing at night. |
| Eat smaller meals. | Eat carrot sticks. |
| Your caloric needs will eventually decrease with weight loss. | Start counting calories and eat as little as possible as soon as you decide to loose weight. |
| Exercise 4-5 times a week. | Exercise as often as possible and for as long as possible. Hello burnout! |
| Give… |
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