1. Eating for Comfort
Depression, stress and anxiety can cause us to overeat. We reach for food, typically high in sugar and calories, to make us feel better. We also eat out of boredom or nervousness. Unfortunately, emotional eating can trigger a vicious cycle. We eat because we're depressed. Our health and body image deteriorate. We feel more depressed. We eat more. Some people also eat to fit in or when we feel socially inadequate around others. Emotional eating is also compulsive. Advertisements and associations with good times can also cause us to eat. It is vital to find strategies and methods to replace our habit of reaching for food to comfort ourselves.
2. Help to Change
Defeat emotional eating with the Best of Life diet. The system of eating encourages a gradual but permanent change. We can replace our previous way of reacting to emotions with healthier life habits. The system uses 3 phases. Phase 1 is 4 weeks long and emphasizes increased activity and not eating 2 hours before going to bed. Phase 2 is also 4 weeks long on and encourages you to tackle your emotional eating habit. Phase 3 is maintenance and allow you to start incorporating your favorite foods back into your diet.
3. Pointed Questions
Defeat emotional eating with Best of Life journaling strategies. Write the answers to these three questions before you begin dieting. Why am I overweight? Why do I want to lose weight? Why have I been unable to maintain my weight loss in the past? The answers to these questions will give you important clues about what has defeated you in the past. Visit your questions often to remind yourself where you came from in your journey and remind you why you are trying to lose weight now.
4. Toolbox for Emotional Eating
By using food and exercise you can defeat emotional eating. The diet encourages eating every 3 or 4 hours to keep from getting too hungry. Eat lots of high fiber foods and drink plenty of water. Eat protein, fat and complex carbohydrates at every meal and snack. Give yourself 20 minutes between seconds in order to give your brain time to catch up with your stomach. Start an exercise program. Get plenty of sleep to reduce stress and encourage weight loss. Avoid soft drinks, white pasta and bread, high fat dairy, fried foods and trans fat foods.
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