Are you afraid to feel your emotions so you eat to numb them? Do you want to know how to stop eating your feelings? Keep reading. For many people, expressing difficult emotions or admitting they have “negative” feelings like sadness or anger feel difficult or even impossible. Most people, understandably, don't want to feel anxious or hurt, or upset. So they choose to ignore or suppress these feelings. They numb their feelings with food, or distract themselves with the neverendi ...
Why am I so hungry before my period? “Why am I so hungry before my period?” “Why do I eat so much a week before my period starts?” “Is it normal to be super hungry during ovulation”? “How to control my mood swings during my period?” “Why am I crying all the time before my period?” Many women ask these questions and look for answers to them. If you are one of them, you don’t need to search any longer. You’ll find the answers in this post. Do you find yourself ...
10 daily mood-boosting activities to help you overcome emotional eating This post will show you mood-boosting activities so you can lift your mood without eating. Many people use food to improve their mood when they are sad, stressed, anxious, bored, lonely, tense, agitated, or even just exhausted by the end of the day. Food is often used to suppress negative emotions or distract ourselves from these feelings. Food can make you feel calm and relaxed temporarily. It´s ok to eat ...
When and Why Emotional Eating Isn't a Bad Thing Is emotional eating always bad? When people talk about emotional eating, it is always how to stop it or figuring out why you do it in the first place. It typically comes with the thought that it is a terrible habit you must stop immediately, but this isn’t always the case. Eating because of how you feel isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It depends more on how often you do it and whether or not it is the only thing you can turn to. It's a ...
Emotional Eating 101 From this post, you'll learn all the basics you need to know about emotional eating: Why do people eat their emotions Whether or not everyone eats emotionally When does emotional eating become a problem What to do if you find yourself emotionally eating “When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as anyone who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At t ...
Follow these no-nonsense tips for guaranteed long-term weight loss success Losing weight can take a lot out of you, physically, emotionally, mentally. And many times, once the weight is off, you assume it´ll never return. But the sad truth is that we easily pack on the pounds soon after because we fall back into the same negative habits as before. If you’ve lost some weight, follow these 5 smart tips to keep the extra weight off for good. 1. Don’t diet Don´t ...
Do you want to lead a healthy lifestyle but worry that it will be too expensive for your budget? Everything is much simpler. We will tell you how to save money for those who want to live healthier. Nowadays, being healthy means being in trend. And in connection with the latest events in the world, this topic has become more relevant than ever. However, many people believe that eating healthy and exercising is very expensive and not available to everyone. What should do those people whose ...
The weight set-point theory Have you heard of the weight set-point theory? According to this theory, there is a weight range your body is comfortable at and it hovers around give or take a few pounds. This range is determined by your genetics and your environment/habits. But the thing is, we can shift this setpoint. If we eat excessively and live a sedentary lifestyle (due to stress, anxiety, busy lifestyle, emotional eating, depression, hormonal imbalance, or any other reason) for a rel ...
Do you think you need a quick-fix diet program? I have two questions for you today: Have you dieted before? Did it work in the long term? Of course, you can go on a fad diet and lose weight. But can you do it for the rest of your life? Diets work for a reason (for example you want to lose weight for an event) or for a season (e.g. summer). But if the chosen food and exercise plan isn´t sustainable for the rest of your life, eventually you will go back to your old habits an ...
Let´s talk about feelings today. Specifically how to cope with emotions without food, i.e. how to deal with your uncomfortable feelings without eating. As I mentioned in a previous post, emotional eating is one of the main reasons you might not be able to lose weight. You know how to eat healthily, you stick to your healthy habits most of the time but when something happens and triggers some uncomfortable feelings inside of you, you turn to food and overeat or even binge and you ...
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