| One of the most common obstacles for a person | | | | water handy at all times anyway. When you feel the |
| trying to lose weight is emotional eating. Munching | | | | urge to eat off your program, drink the water. Trust |
| down a bag of potato chips out of boredom, | | | | me, it works like a charm. A lot of times people |
| depression or even happiness can be a serious | | | | mistake hunger for thirst. Your mind might be tricking |
| detriment to anyone's weight loss efforts. It's not easy | | | | you and telling you that you need to eat, when you just |
| to overcome because life is full of events that make | | | | might need a drink. |
| us change our emotions. | | | | Emotional Eating Tip #4: Determine What Is What |
| You could be a month into your healthy weight loss | | | | Do you crave a bowl of Ben & Jerry's Chunky |
| program and feeling very good about it, then all of a | | | | Monkey ice cream or do you just need someone to |
| sudden you get downsized from your job. The first | | | | talk to? When you're struggling with a craving or feel |
| thing you do is become depressed and drive yourself | | | | driven to eat mindlessly, stop and determine what you |
| to the grocery store to get a package of double stuff | | | | are feeling. Condition yourself to learn the difference |
| oreos. You know comfort foods like this will only make | | | | between physical and emotional hunger. I crave eating |
| you more depressed in the morning, but you do it | | | | junk food any time something good happens and |
| anyway. | | | | when something bad happens I tend to avoid eating. |
| If you want to be the kind of person who leaves the | | | | But when I am truly hungry, I will eat healthy foods. |
| cookies on the shelf and focus instead on turning | | | | Emotional Eating Tip #5: Focus On The Consequences |
| negatives into positives, the 6 tips below can help you. | | | | Of Your Actions |
| Emotional Eating Tip #1: Be Prepared | | | | If you stop and think for a minute what that Hershey |
| As I said before, no matter what kind of life you have, | | | | bar will feel like after you eat it, you might start building |
| there will always be something about to happen that | | | | up the will power to put it down. You know you will |
| will make you sad or happy. These moments must be | | | | feel bad emotionally because you threw your diet off |
| expected and the solution approached with caution. | | | | track, so eat something healthy and get full on that |
| What do you do when you see a speed bump in the | | | | instead. Think about how tomorrow you won't even |
| road? You automatically slow down because you | | | | remember the taste of it. Maybe that will make you |
| know the consequences. You were prepared | | | | want to eat the carrots instead. |
| because you expected it. Just like you read road signs | | | | Emotional Eating Tip #6: Eat In The Same Place |
| when you drive, there are signs in life that will tell you | | | | Remember the kitchen table? You know that piece of |
| when something is about to happen. | | | | furniture that your monthly bills are usually scattered |
| Emotional Eating Tip #2: Distractions | | | | over? Clear it off and make a promise to yourself to |
| Whenever you are overjoyed or depressed about | | | | only do your eating there, with no distractions like the |
| something, have a list of activities ready to take your | | | | tv, radio or newspaper. I know this is the age of |
| mind off emotional eating. Keeping your hands busy | | | | multi-tasking, but a lot of emotional eating occurs |
| doing anything besides reaching into a box of | | | | when we are distracted. Mindless eating in front of the |
| Cheez-its, is going to help you overcome your shift in | | | | tv is the worst, especially when it is done late at night. |
| emotions without eating. For me it is closing myself off | | | | No matter what kind of life you have, there will always |
| to the world and practicing my guitar, playing a video | | | | be problems, even people who are in great physical |
| game, or going for a long walk with my Ipod. By the | | | | shape. They may be able to arrive at their problems |
| time I am finished with any of these activities, I have | | | | looking slim and trim, but they have just as many |
| usually found a solution or at least have calmed down. | | | | obstacles as a person struggling to lose weight. No |
| Emotional Eating Tip #3: Drink A Bottle Of Water | | | | matter who you are, you must work your emotions by |
| This does not sound like something you want to do | | | | expecting these obstacles. By stopping emotional |
| when you are extremely happy or angry, but water | | | | eating, you can eliminate about half of the obstacles |
| fills you up and makes you feel more full. Anyone on a | | | | people face trying to lose weight. |
| healthy weight loss program should have a bottle of | | | | |