Emotional Eating
richbrenton
Posts: 13 Member
Take a minute and write about the emotional connected with overeating.
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Eating is an emotional state for me; it is a comfortable place I go when I feel stressed, and life has plenty of stress. I am hoping that by writing about it I can begin to identify, for myself, the emotions associated with overeating. Maybe it can help others. What are some of your emotional triggers?0
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Stress and anxiety0
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I agree! Stress and anxiety. I always reach for food to calm my nerves.0
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Boredom, happiness, stress, anxiety, being tired. Everything is associated with eating, for me.0
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Not being able to control the outcome or change a situation. New situations, sadness, loneliness, boredom, frustration.0
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Habit of eating at certain times, functions, events.0
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I am a complete emotional eater... Raised in an Italian Family, we always cooked enough food for an Army, we ate when we were happy, we ate when we are sad... everything always revolved around food. Sick, eat... bored, eat... eat eat eat eat!!! Slowly trying to change my mindset about food. One day at a time...0
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When my resistance is low I am less likely to resist poor choices.
I release a lot of anger through chewing.
I try and drown out my day through mindless activity, including eating.0 -
Stress, anxiety, celebration, anticipation, boredom.0
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sometimes its one thing. something upset me, I'm bored, lonely, etc. or it can be a combo of things going on that leads me to poor food choices.0
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Anxiety, boredom, fear of change. I can still remember the massive bowl of rice and beans I hugged in my lap when my mom was in a coma. Best food memories are from camping when you earn it.0
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Ok, thanks for the feedback. I agree with everyone; eating is my basic response to to life. So here I go again, looking to lose weight and thinking "how will it be different this time?" Does anyone have any suggestions on how to identify the emotions which are the triggers, and then how to change those feelings around?0
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@richbrenton when i find myself reaching for something that isn't healthy that i just have.to.have. or I'm fighting with myself constantly in my head to choose the healthier option to eat. that for me is a red flag to ask "what is going on" emotionally. start there. awareness is step one. and the more you become aware of when eating healthy becomes difficult you'll start to realize, "I'm bored" "I'm tired" "I'm upset" sometimes it can even be something from the day before!
practice awareness when you eat. you will start to learn about yourself and how you make food choices. this has been key for me.
you can even start by checking in with yourself every time you eat. how are you feeling?0 -
awesome thank you so much for that great feedback0
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not eating makes me emotional or hangry!0
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Not eating makes me hungry. When I feel emotional I often turn to eating. They seem to be mutually exclusive for me.0
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The only positive thing I've done today was logging in my food and not losing it when once again I ate 500 calories over my 1640 goal0
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After restricting/resisting foods all day; and getting home exhausted, I tend to mindlessly eat to "reward" myself for getting thru the day.0
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Emotions = food for me. You name the emotion...and there is a go to food. I hate it!!0
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