How to Stop Emotional Eating

When food becomes more than physical nourishment, you have a problem...

I'm not saying that the occasional bowl of icecream means you have B.E.D..

This is what www.helpguide.org says:
(the symptoms in italics are the ones that I've experienced)

Behavioral symptoms of binge eating and compulsive overeating

• Inability to stop eating or control what you're eating


• Rapidly eating large amounts of food


• Eating even when you're full


• Hiding or stockpiling food to eat later in secret


• Eating normally around others, but gorging when you're alone


• Eating continuously throughout the day, with no planned mealtimes

Emotional symptoms of binge eating and compulsive overeating

• Feeling tension that is only relieved by eating


• Embarrassment over how much you're eating


• Feeling numb while bingeing-like you're not really there or you're on auto-pilot.


• Never feeling satisfied, no matter how much you eat


• Feeling guilty, disgusted, or depressed after overeating<


• Desperation to control weight and eating habits

It can literally feel like a ball and chain. Like you're trapped with no way out!

Some say "yes", that emotional eating is an addiction, and others say "no". But quite frankly; either way it doesn't much matter.

Either way people are dealing with emotional eating every day.

As a stay at home mom, I used to use food as a crutch to buffer the reality of motherhood. If I felt stressed or overwhelmed I turned to food for that quick fix and comfort.

It used to be bad enough at times that I would already be thinking about what I was going to eat next after I had just eaten a full meal.

Or when I would have a bad day with kids, I'd crack open a bag of chocolate chips and keep going to the cupboard for handfuls during the day. Before I realize it, I've consumed a full days worth of calories within a couple of hours!

I almost never used to be hungry because I snacked all day, and I had full meals too!

Binge eating is very real! Although I have struggled in the past things are much better now!

I want others to know that you are not alone in this! Just keep moving forward, and reach out for help.

Overcome-Binge-Eating.com may be a good resource to check out.

Emotional eating doesn't have to occupy all of your time. You have a life to live, so go on and live it!

You're not going to wake up one morning and be "healed". It is a process of re-learning how to eat and deal with emotions.

It becomes a series of baby steps, until finally you are free from emotional eating!!

Here is a Lens to show you how: Best.EmotionalEatingSolutions.Ever.com