{"id":2388,"date":"2016-04-12T02:31:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T02:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbsfestival.com.au\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2016-04-12T02:31:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T02:31:14","slug":"tips-overcoming-emotional-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbsfestival.com.au\/sydney\/blog\/tips-overcoming-emotional-eating","title":{"rendered":"Tips for overcoming emotional eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We all have moments of emotional eating, some eat when they\u2019re bored, some eat when they are afraid and sometimes people eat when they\u2019re lonely or nervous. Find something other than food to cope with your feelings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first step to overcoming emotional eating is to understand it. When you feel like getting a snack, ask yourself what you\u2019re feeling and why you\u2019re eating. Has it been a couple hours since the last time you ate? Are you actually hungry? Does your body need fuel? Or is this emotional or random eating?<\/p>\n<p>Consider writing down your feelings to learn your triggers. Is eating a distraction from a project you really need to tackle? Do you eat when you\u2019re feeling anxious? Are you confused or upset?<br \/>\nWhatever your trigger is, you have it within you to end emotional eating.<\/p>\n<p>Once you know your trigger, devise some productive alternatives to eating and make a list of options. Some suggestions might be to take a quick walk, take a bath, break a project or problem into manageable parts by making a list or doing a brainstorm. Instead of avoiding the feeling, confront it with a tactic that is going to actually help to resolve the feeling and create more peace. When we eat emotionally we are delaying the feeling that triggered the snack attack. And we\u2019re consuming calories we just don\u2019t need or want, which cycles into feeling like you\u2019re out of control. Commit to eating when you\u2019re hungry and when you have planned to eat and don\u2019t let random eating sabotage your health.<\/p>\n<p>We are all works in progress and we continue to learn and change. Be alert to your feelings and the way you let them play out in your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all have moments of emotional eating, some eat when they\u2019re bored, some eat when they are afraid and sometimes people eat when they\u2019re lonely or nervous. Find something other than food to cope with your feelings. The first step to overcoming emotional eating is to understand it. 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