Stress and Emotional Eating - Could This be You?
May 10, 2007
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What’s eating you? If stress is a problem in your life, are you handling it with food? Find out if you are an emotional eater by finding out what is really bothering you.
People handle stress in a variety of ways. I had a roommate in college who used to clean when she was under pressure. More and more people are turning to food in times of stress. You could be an emotional eater and not even know it.
Food is the “drug of choice” for many individuals dealing with emotional issues in their lives. Food is used as an escape. Eating foods that taste good increase the good feelings within us. The more we eat, the better we feel. The problem with emotional eating is that the person doesn’t know when to stop eating.
Our bodies have a natural point at which it tells us that we are full. We could still have food left on our plates when this happens. At this point, we have a choice. We can move away from the table or we can ignore the signs and keep eating.
When stress is the reason that we eat, we don’t stop ingesting food when our body tells us that we are full. Why? We are using the food to try to quench another problem. As long as the problem exists, no amount of food will be enough to keep us from overeating.
Overeating is the result of emotional eating. Even though our health comes into question as the numbers on the scale continue to rise, an emotional eater will continue to eat. Obesity leads to other health problems like diabetes Type 2, hypertension, and heart disease.
All of the reasoning behind emotional eating goes on in the mind. People that have tried every diet known to man but still cannot control the amount of food they eat could be suffering from emotional eating. Talking to a professional could help to uncover the underlying problem that is causing the emotional eating.
Avoiding problems never makes them go away. Instead, this intensifies the emotional dependence on food. An emotional eater needs to get help to overcome their condition. When the underlying stressor is dealt with, the need for all of that extra food will cease to exist.
Taking a class in stress management can keep individuals from turning to food in the first place. Having a good friend or colleague that you can confide in when things in your life are getting out of control will stop the need for food. Recovering emotional eaters will need to learn to listen to that inner voice again that tells them to stop eating when they are full.
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