5 Tools to Stop Emotional Eating!
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Thanks so much for posting! I need to remember to find the pleasure somewhere else!0
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Great post!!! Thank you for the information!!! I will definitely come back to this again and again as a reminder!!2
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thank you for this post!! When my husband and I fight I eat and eat and eat due to anger. Before I had kids I would have smoked and smoked and smoked. One habit kicked and one brought on. No I wont start smoking again due to having children so I hope to baby jesus this works for me...
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Wonderful post, I have just added meditation to my list of todao's today. I am the "Google Queen" and LOVE to research how to do something and then do it... I have never done any meditation in a formal way and am looking forward to it! Thanks3
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so encouraging, yes thank you.1
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I actually put it in my evernote software so I can read it anywhere I go.2
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Thanks for an excellent post. I have been pondering the question of emotions and in a lot of ways understanding, tracking and controlling with emotions is analagous to weight and fitness understanding, tracking and controlling. So I was wondering if there was a tool similar to MFP that may be something like "MyEmotionsPal". This website would allow people to track and share (if desired) their daily emotions and connect with ways to deal with problems. Thoughts?4
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..Thank you for your post. I have been feeling unlovable and now i see, it is not necessary. i can take care of myself and really want to, i want to find pleasure. will let you know how it goes.4
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what wonderful suggestions! This post really spoke to me and I really love the part about being mindful to have pleasure in your life! Its not about the weight, its about being happy and well Thanks! 3
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Great List of help for emotional eaters... I think meditation is a must for me Need to do it more often4
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Thank you so much for sharing! 1
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Very good info.
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Thank you, this is lovely! 1
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LOVE this—thanks for posting!1
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This was such good information and very inspiring.....Thanks1
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Awesome word of advice! Thank you so much...1
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Thank you for your post it all makes perfect sense to me! All my life I have piled on the pounds when things get tough, I am starting to make changes for life now and this post is very helpful!2
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Just joined. Great tips! Someone recommended 'Brain Over Binge' and I've already found the info on the author's website very useful!
From the Book Overview page http://www.brainoverbinge.com/Pages/sitemap.aspx
"But, how did I stop acting on my urges? There were five things I did (listed below) that allowed me to refrain from following urges to binge:
1. I viewed my urges to binge as neurological junk. (This means I quit believing the urges signaled a real need - physical or emotional - and stopped assigning the urges any value whatsoever. I viewed them as automatic brain messages generated in my lower brain that had absolutely no significance.
2. I separated my highest human brain from my urges.(This means I realized the urges weren't really me, but instead were generated in brain regions inferior to my true self. My true self resided in my prefrontal cortex - my highest human brain - and it gave me the ability to say "no" to binge eating. I had to know my urges were powerless to make me binge, and my true self had ultimate control over my voluntary actions.)
3. I stopped reacting to my urges. (This means I stopped letting my urges to binge affect me emotionally. I simply let them come and go without getting wrapped up in them. This made the urges tolerable and actually rather easy to resist.)
4. I stopped acting on my urges. (This was the cure for my bulimia, made possible by the three steps above. I didn't have to substitute any other behavior or emotionally satisfying activity for binge eating. I only had to refrain from binge eating.)
5. I got excited. (This was a bonus. By rejoicing in my success, I sped along the brain changes that erased my bulimia.)"6 -
What a great Post ! I am a emotional eater when someone upsets me instead of me taking a five minute break to i am getting the negative people out of my life i care about what people think of me why i dont know and i feel sorry when things are not right sometimes i take the blame just to make things right and i beat myself up for it by using food i am learning to realize that ppl around me dont think like me and i have to let them go2
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thank you for this informative post..I enjoyed reading it1
