Overcome emotional eating with these great secrets

Comfort eater? For emotional eaters, losing weight isn’t quite as easy as “going on a diet” or deciding to only eat when you are hungry. If you find yourself turning to food to help you cope with bad feelings, it is important to address the underlying cause of your cravings and find a healthier way to deal with your emotions.

If you are feeling emotional and are being plagued by food cravings, it can be beneficial to silence your thoughts with some meditation.
Take some time to really focus on your body, feel your feelings and get in the present moment. Yoga and deep breathing are also good ways to silence your mind and promote relaxation.

Ride it out

Often we try to bury our feelings or eat our way through the pain of negative emotions due to a fear that we aren’t strong enough to cope with these feelings.
However, it can be helpful to challenge this belief by allowing yourself to feel your emotions and to also acknowledge them as temporary and something you are able to get through. By choosing to ride out rather than stifle uncomfortable emotions, you will show yourself that you don’t need food to cope with negative feelings.

Get enough sleep

Sleep has a huge effect on our mood, meaning that you are more likely to experience negative emotions such as stress and anger after a lack of sleep. Not only that, you are less likely to be able to resist the temptation to comfort eat as not getting enough sleep affects our appetite-regulating hormones and also decreases willpower. To help reduce your cravings and improve your mood, make sure you get a minimum of seven hours of sleep a night.
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