Emotional Eating

You reach for an extra slice of pizza, cake, or binge on those salty, crunchy potatoe chips which most of us love.

The problem is, you're not hungry!
You're upset, you're bored, you're sad, or maybe you are happy! : )
Whatever it is that's causing you to eat other than hunger is known as emotional eating.

Emotional eating can be triggered by various things that happen in our lives.
We all have done it in some form.
The consequence is, if it continues, & continues on, the extra pounds find our bodies and come settle in, and it's usually in the areas of our body that we hate for them to be the most.

Unfortunately for us our emotions don't kick in and say Stop It!
So then you must be willing to work to do something different.

The solution to emotional eating really is to find something else 
to do that helps you cope with the emotions that does not involve binge eating, and reaching for those unhealthy foods, & snacks.

For example if you are upset you may need to cry, (men too) you could go out for a walk to calm down, & if you need to eat grab a celery stick.
If you're bored, call a friend & talk about things that interest you that don't involve food.
People say when they talk about food, or hear someone else talk about food they get hungry, hmm! This could also be a time for you to get some much needed extra sleep too.
If you're sad, depending on the source of your sadness maybe a nice long hug from someone could help, then talk & get it all out.
Cut up some apple slices for both of you if you have to eat, and then connect to the learning aspect of what happened.

See, although I don't consider myself to be an expert on emotional eating, my approach to it may be a little different because I understand that we are people, not robots, and most of us will probably always reach for something to eat when we're feeling certain ways.

A lot of women emotionally crave chocolate during their cycle, I say reach for the dark chocolate in moderation: it's healthier.

Even in our happy emotion of eating, no matter what the occasion you will probably have so much food to choose from.
However, I don't agree with over eating cake, ice cream, fatty, salty, sugary foods.
But yeah, enjoy yourself. : )

We all are sensible and we can take control of ourselves, and be accountable for our own health.
The main point here is to find way's other than binging on food to cope with & satisfy your emotions. 
And don't condemn yourself for set backs keep at it, you'll be fine.

I hope that you found this article in some way helpful to you.
I enjoyed writing it!