What is Emotional Eating ?

Many of us are emotional eaters at heart ! We eat because we are celebrating, we eat because we are commiserating. We eat because we are bored or we eat because we are lonely.

However when our eating patterns have an adverse impact on our lives, we need to look at ‘what in fact is eating us ?’

This form of Emotional Eating occurs when an individual uses behaviour with food to change or manage their feelings.

In many cases the person does not know how or what they are feeling, what they do know is they can feel tension in their body and this tension will cease once they eat .

Emotional Eaters tend to …

 

Emotional Eaters tend to eat to…

What is the Difference Between Emotional Hunger and Physical Hunger ?

There are distinct differences between a physical cue for hunger from the body and an emotional cue for hunger.

Physical Hunger……

Emotional Hunger…

SO HOW DO YOU CHANGE EMOTIONAL EATING PATTERNS ?

First it is important to know You are entitled to feel everything you feel ! Whether its fear, anger, guilt or shame, you are entitled to feel it ! This is the first step to addressing emotional eating. Take ownership of what you are feeling no matter what ! Feelings are like signalling systems , they are an attempt by your body to get your attention. I believe it is best not to label feelings as good or bad as they are showing you something that you need to acknowledge . Feelings are also like children – they need to be heard !.

The following are some tips on how to deal with emotional eating.

 

 

 

 

 

 

           Skill Set…….

 

Namaste,

Suzanne 087 2056560