Are you under emotional eating?

If you want to lose weight, or been in balance with your body, do not just jump into diets, or hard working out without analyzing what is going on emotionally in your life. The best thing you can do for your body and health is start examining the food and emotion link.

Are you under hunger or emotional eating?

Hunger builds a slow pace. Usually many hours after you eat the last meal, your stomach is empty and then the hunger kicks in, accompanied by fatigue due to the drop in blood sugar levels.

Emotional eating is when you eat not because of hunger or physical need, instead, you eat under emotional state like stress, loneliness, depression or feel bored, a way to take your attention away from this unwanted sentiments, a way to release from discomfort, providing a momentary sense of pleasure and satisfaction when you’re feeling something you don’t want to feel

Emotion eating could be any time, even right after you eat, when you find yourself eating for reasons other than satisfying actual physical hunger.

Emotions can be a big role in your eating. Emotions can define when, how much and what you eat.

Below, you will find some tips to help you put an end to the emotional eating. Following these steps takes practice and a little bravery. The beginning is always the hardest part, but if you follow them you will be able to control your emotional eating, and enjoy everything better, in control not only of your your body, but also of your life.

1.Make a diary journal and set up and strategy

To know what time of the day you eat more, what you eat, and how much. This will help you recognize if you are under emotional eating. Once you identify your emotional eating, you will be able to set up a strategy. For example, if you eat when you’re lonely, plan to call a friend or do something in that period of time like take a walk, read a book, or call someone who you enjoy to talk to.

2. Face the negative

It is okay to feel what ever negative you are feeling. Welcome your negative emotions, and face them asking what they want from you, What you can do to fix them. By facing your emotions you will know better yourself, and able to create strategies to feel better.

3.Chew your food, eat slow and enjoy it

Chewing your food slow helps your digestive system work well.

It is important to send the right signals to your brain. This helps it sense the feeling of fullness and satisfaction from a meal.

The result? You'll feel satiated for longer and won't reach for snacks

4. Keep it small and frequent

Try not to have big meals. Instead have small meals, but many times a day. Or decrease the 3 meals a day, and eat 3 small snacks in between them.