How to Overcome Emotional Eating
Let’s be honest, we can all find ourselves eating our feelings at one point or another.
You may be in a food coma but you still know that you haven't addressed the actual sources of your feelings head on.
The most common emotional triggers for food can include; stress, depression, sadness, boredom, and a general need for comfort.
Reaching for a bag of biscuits, or a bowl of ice cream in order to comfort yourself can become a regular habit.
Over time this behaviour can become an emotional-eating pattern that prevents you from getting healthy and from having the body you desire. By recognising this you can start making different choices which support your (summer) body goals.
Read my six personal tips and tricks to help combat your emotional eating habits.
I've been there, elbow deep into my second McDonalds burger and starting to feel the guilt and shame with a side serve of self sabotage. At the time it still tasted way better than having to deal with those anxious feelings and stressed-out thoughts.
Is this something you can relate to?
I think most of us can, but while it might feel good in THAT moment, it unfortunately doesn't last.
It's quickly followed by a sinking feeling when you look down and see the bottom of the chip bag or ice-cream bucket, and you see that it's empty.