| Emotional eating is one of the most common factors | | | | gently encouraging yourself to eat healthy foods and |
| that stops successful weight loss. This article explains | | | | go for a walk. It is best to do both. |
| the motivation factors that contribute to emotional | | | | Sometimes people will just work on doing the exercise, |
| eating, and shows you the way out. | | | | and healthy eating with willpower all the while feeling |
| Human beings are pretty simple, when it comes to | | | | deprived or using exercise and dieting as a punishment |
| motivation, we are naturally compelled to move | | | | for their past behaviour. They have not worked on |
| towards pleasure and away from pain. As you | | | | changing their mindset and will often find that their |
| probably know, that pain or pleasure can come from | | | | motivation is short lived and they go back to their old |
| inside us or outside of us. The interesting thing is that | | | | ways. If a change is going to last then you must focus |
| there is always a balance of pain to pleasure. Internal | | | | on the internal pleasure and satisfaction that exercise |
| pain and external pleasure. External pain and internal | | | | and healthy eating gives you. Start small, go for a walk |
| pleasure. There is always a counterbalance of the | | | | in the fresh air, notice how good you feel while you do |
| opposite side. Emotional eating is internal pain and | | | | it, take it at your own pace and be grateful for your |
| external pleasure. Slimming, weight loss and long term | | | | body. As you focus more on these positive feelings |
| health is external pain and internal pleasure. | | | | and thoughts, it will reinforce the internal pleasure and |
| What Drives Emotional Eating | | | | eventually this will overcome any old negative feelings |
| With emotional eating, the internal, emotional pain: | | | | towards exercise and healthy foods and (Gasp!) you |
| boredom, loneliness, sadness, guilt, frustration, low | | | | might even find that you really enjoy it! |
| self-esteem, etc drives the mind to look for instant | | | | After only a short period of time doing positive things |
| pleasure, (external pleasure) as a pick-me-up, and you | | | | for your body, being kind to yourself in your mind you |
| get cravings for comfort foods to get that immediate | | | | will begin to feel the internal effects; health, happiness, |
| pleasure and satisfaction. (They're not called comfort | | | | satisfaction, and these internal positive feeling will |
| foods for nothing!) However, the comfort is only ever | | | | compel you to continue to exercise and eat right. I |
| short lived, and afterward you may feel guilty about | | | | would strongly advocate getting professional help from |
| eating that food, which makes you feel worse and so | | | | an NLP coach or personal trainer as you embark on |
| you eat more and feel worse and eat more spiraling | | | | switching sides. You may need support and guidance |
| downwards and getting fatter. | | | | to stay on track, until you thoroughly learn these new |
| The only way to overcome this short term gain/ long | | | | habits of being. |
| term loss cycle is to switch sides to the External Pain / | | | | When you completely focus on the Internal Pleasure |
| Internal Pleasure side. The external pain of saying no to | | | | of doing the right thing by your body and nourishing it |
| comfort foods, exercising and limiting portion sizes | | | | with healthy foods, exercise and positive thoughts you |
| comes with the internal pleasure of happiness, | | | | will feel amazing and have loads of energy to |
| self-confidence, positive feelings and increased physical | | | | overcome any obstacle. This comes from confidence |
| health. | | | | and loving yourself and helps to build high-self esteem, |
| How Do You Overcome Emotional Eating? | | | | a healthy body and happiness. So if you feel yourself |
| There are two ways to switch sides and overcome | | | | looking for some external pleasure, know that the |
| emotional eating, you can either just start exercising | | | | comfort is short lived, and the only way to true long |
| and eating the right foods or begin internally to clear | | | | term happiness is to focus on the inner rewards and |
| out the emotional pain, self-sabotage and self-hate and | | | | happiness that comes from sticking to your goal. |
| focus on being kind to yourself in your own mind, | | | | |