Emotional overeating
If you are overweight, chances are that you are overeating. Eating more then required because of emotional stress. Emotional overeating is consuming food in order to avoid or stuff down uncomfortable feelings. It's eating for reasons other than physical hunger and the nourishment of your body.
It comes in many forms. You could be eating because you're angry, depressed, scared, anxious, bored, tired or even overly excited. You could be eating - and not even know why!
Left unchecked, this habit can also lead to more serious problems like bulimia, binge eating disorder and compulsive eating. It can also lead to obesity - and the health complications that come with it.
Its estimated that 75% of overeating is due to emotional reasons.
Emotional overeating makes it impossible to lose weight and keep it off despite good intentions.
Food has become so much more than a tasty treat. It has become a cure-all; something with magical properties that makes people feel great.
It takes hard work to give up the magic and have to learn more effective ways to handle the tension of life. The Emotional Eater must learn to let food go psychologically and then they can lose weight.
The good news is that you can overcome this habit. But instead of trying to fix the food (with a diet) you have to address the real cause of overeating - your emotions.
Once you address the real cause of why you overeat, the weight will start to come off - for good.