How Do You Change Emotional Eating Habits?
Emotional eaters are in a vicious cycle. They often eat to cheer themselves up when they are depressed. While eating might make some people feel better, it is only a temporary solution. After the eating episode, most people actually feel worse than they did before, because now they feel guilty for having eaten for the wrong reasons. People do not usually eat healthy foods when they are engaging in emotional eating episodes, instead choosing junk food and sweets. However, emotional eaters can learn to stop this destructive behavior. Recognize when you are eating for emotional reasons. If you crave potato chips or cookies soon after a meal, this is probably your emotional eating response setting in. Keep a food journal. This is not a journal of what foods you ate. This journal is for you to write down your feelings when you want to eat something bad for you. You are trying to learn your emotional triggers. Common reasons are boredom, loneliness, fatigue, anger, guilt, stress and depressi
