Emotional Eating Help - Why Does it Happen?

Susan (name changed) has lost about 100 kilograms of weight at different times of her life, only to gain it all back again, and more! She has tried dozens of fad diets, weight loss pills and nutritional shakes. Most have not worked at all and the relative few that have are not of much long term use because she just can’t seem to control the eating frenzy when it overtakes her.  

There are millions of men and women in the world today, who, like Susan, feel helpless in the face of food. They know very well that they should not be eating the way they are, but they seem incapable of stopping it. Why? Well, the first reason is that they do not possess a full understanding of why emotional eating happens in the first place. Only when you grasp the root cause of a problem can you find an effective solution for it. 

What causes emotional eating? 

Emotional eating happens when your emotions are tangled with the way you perceive and eat food. You eat to fill the void within your heart and not the emptiness in your stomach. And you keep on eating more and more until that void disappears (which it does only temporarily). So, the solution to emotional eating comes with understanding the void within you and finding constructive and positive ways to fill it. Some of the most common reasons that contribute to emotional eating are: 

Stress: More than two-thirds of overweight adults agree that they take to overeating when they are stressed or feeling anxiety. When you are stressed, you become ‘orally fidgety’ and you automatically reach out for a bag of chips or a tub of delicious ice cream, and you keep on eating until you alleviate the stress building up inside. Of course, this is but a short-term solution. The real triggers of the stress you feel have not been addressed 

Unresolved emotions: Many people have a number of unresolved emotions bottled up deep inside. It can be childhood trauma or a bitter adult experience like a job loss, breakup, or the lack of a fulfilling love life. When people cannot confront their emotions, they divert their attention away from the anger, loneliness, pain, resentment, fear or desperation that they feel by overeating.  

Social eating: Food has become an integral part of social celebrations. Whether it is a social gathering, a birthday, wedding, a promotional event, or even a funeral, we feel the pressure to supply food when we host an event and eat what is offered when we attend one. Unfortunately, people with eating problems turn these events into an excuse to overeat. Many people with overeating problems even try to avoid going to events for that reason only.

Boredom: You may not believe it, but many people overeat simply because of the lack of anything better to do! It’s Friday night and you have nothing interesting to do, all you friends are away…so, what do you do? Go to the nearby restaurant and eat without a care, or order some take-away and munch for hours in front of the TV!  

PMS: In women who are approaching menopause, hormonal changes may trigger overwhelming emotions that may ultimately lead to overeating.  

Emotional overeating is more about your emotions that about what you eat. To get rid of it, you must first get to the root of the problem. Understand yourself. Ask questions and do not shrink from some amount of hard talk. It’s either that, or a life chained to unhealthy food choices!

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