This is why you don’t overeat when depressed

“Overeating is a response to emotions”

That is apparently what experts say, anyways. But keep in mind that the great news is that you can master skills and alternative ways to manage feelings of emotional distress so that you are not going to approach for the unhealthy foods whenever you are dealing with a negative feeling. Stop emotional eating right now for once and for all!

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“A friend of mine stopped smoking, drinking, overeating, and chasing women – all at the same time. It was a lovely funeral.”

I can’t believe my girlfriend broke up with me..

Is that why you’ve been eating so much lately…

Get over it, it’s just a girl…

JUST a girl?…

It’s okay. I’ve never had a girl and I’m fine.

“Remember, the key to a woman’s heart is laughter… Just make sure she’s not laughing at your genitals.”

But she’s just not any girl… Shes my dream girl.

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“Identify your eating triggers”

When you experience what situations and emotions prompt you to eat, you can come up with different ways to steer clear of those traps. These food triggers will commonly fall into five essential categories:

1. Social: Being assured by others to eat or eating just so you can fit in.
2. Emotional: Eating in return to undesirable feelings, like fatigue and anxiety, or to fill the void due to depression and loneliness.
3. Thoughts: Eating as a result of a negative self-image.
4. Situational: Eating considering the opportunity is in front of you, like when you notice foods displayed somewhere or when you pass by a bakery. You might also eat whenever you do certain activities, like going to the movies or watching TV, for instance.
5. Physiological: Eating in feedback to physical cues, such as a headache or an appetite expanded because you decided to skip a meal.

To discover what your triggers are, keep a food journal to jot down what and when you eat as well as what stressors, thoughts, or emotions you experience as you eat. You should begin to see patterns fairly instantly.

“When life gets hard, I can over-eat now thanks to the figure-hiding effects of the Snuggie.”

“How to stop emotional eating”

When you have reached the moment when you have analyzed a pattern, emotional eating has developed into a habit. Now you want to break that habit. When you start to reach for food in acknowledgement to an eating trigger, attempt to one of the upcoming activities instead: Read a good book , read a magazine or listen to music, go for a walk or jog, take a bubble bath, do deep breathing exercises, play cards or a fun board game, talk to a family member or a best friend, do housework like laundry or yard work, wash the car, write a letter, or do any other pleasurable or necessary activity until the urge to eat passes.

Eating your way out of it is not the answer though, Mark…

You’re going to gain all your weight back you worked hard on losing.

Yeah… Why don’t you get into shape, and show her what she’s actually missing?

That’s actually such a fantastic idea guys! I’m gonna get her back I know it!

“Get help”

Every now and then establishing other habits or distracting yourself from eating is not abundant. Try meditation or counseling, or even talk to your personal or family doctor to see what resources and methods they advise to help you manage with emotional stress.

As you learn to practice improved coping strategies and to stop emotional eating, remember to reward yourself. By patting yourself on the back for a job well done, you increase the likelihood that you’ll maintain your brand new healthy habits.

“Unfortunately, my daydreams about being skinny are always interrupted by the sound of my own chewing.”

“Are you turning to food for comfort?”

That is what emotional eating tends to mean, and it is not at all because you are hungry. That big (or small) bag of potato chips and those chocolate chip cookies may contribute short-term assistance when you’re feeling either frustrated, stressed, anxious, angry, depressed, lonely, or bored. But however, emotional eating can also lead to binge eating and unwanted weight gain and YOU don’t want that.

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