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Help please

layal_
layal_ Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
does anyone know what's the best way to stop yourself from being "an emotional eater"?

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  • clairec230787
    clairec230787 Posts: 52 Member
    For me, keeping busy works. Particularly going for a run/walk. Turn music up or just take in the sounds around you and focus on breathing if you want a bit of mindfulness. Your burning calories rather than consuming them. Double bonus.
  • Pastaprincess1978
    Pastaprincess1978 Posts: 371 Member
    clairec230787 wrote: »
    For me, keeping busy works. Particularly going for a run/walk. Turn music up or just take in the sounds around you and focus on breathing if you want a bit of mindfulness. Your burning calories rather than consuming them. Double bonus.

    I was going to offer my go-to of a lovely coffee with as little milk as you can stand - or a diet soft drink - or some push ups but your answer is much better - I'm going to try it!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You have to stop trying to "stop" yourself from things, and acknowledge that you have emotions, and find better ways to deal with them, and tell yourself that you're a person who doesn't eat for other purposes than nutrition or pleasure.
  • ghudson92
    ghudson92 Posts: 2,061 Member
    I have started journaling these incidents. I realised recently that the reason I suddenly start craving sugary snacks when writing my thesis is because the thesis makes me work outside of my intellectual comfort zone and the lift from the sugary snack is like a sugary hug that makes me feel comforted. Now I recognise this, I am able to realise that I am just feeling stressed or insecure about my work and I can embrace those emotions and work through them.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    dont buy the stuff you are likely to binge on.

    therapy is also an option.
  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,303 Member
    I see someone else has suggested keeping a journal of the issue events. I second this. Please try to identify the situation or circumstances which upset you, consider why they get to you, and endeavour to over come them. This may be best done with appropriate help, sometimes friends can be insightful but it may be too much to ask. On the other side of the page or in another book, you could identify events etc which you are proud of too, as a balance to enhance your self worth. Most of us have gone through our own equivalents.

    In the mean time try not to have, go to foods at hand. So if you really need them you need to make an effort to achieve them giving you time to reconsider your impulse. All the very best as you work things out.
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