I am a stress eater! I am also obese! Found this info on WebMD- Recognize what’s happening. When stressful events or thoughts trigger the urge to eat, stop and evaluate first. Are you hungry or not? Rate your hunger on a scale from 1 to 10. Ask yourself when was the last time you ate, to see if your body needs food right now. “Often, negative emotions trigger what feels like hunger but is really just a habitual response to eat to get rid of negative feelings,” says Elissa S. Epel, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a researcher on stress and eating. my thoughts, eating becomes such a habit that we find our selves eating something and not purposefully being aware of what we are putting into our bodies. I want to eat to live, NOT live to eat.
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 22:37:16 +0000