Emotional Eating

[noodle]

I realize the reason a lot of people keep the weight on is due to emotional eating. I have no doubt in my mind that a diet high in raw foods will help with the emotions as to how I feel when I eat a lot of raw foods. My question is how do you deal with the emotional bs that comes up?

[mava]

I still haven't been able to do this myself, but I think it's good to remove yourself from food. So, maybe go out for a walk, get some exercise. Or just somehow train yourself to recognize that this is emotional eating, and to grab something healthy or nothing at all. Good luck! :)

[Revvell]

As Mava says, when you know it's emotional, ask yourself what is it you really need?

I teach and use EFT and SET to assist people in stopping their emotional eating. There are videos on my site.

[revdrcyn]

Have you read WOMEN FOOD and GOD by Geneen Roth? Thousands of women have found it very helpful. I am teaching a class on it right now . . . the reactions and insights are amazing.

Eating a raw diet has helped me immensely because it takes the guilt out of eating to satiety. Prior to raw, I was hungry all the time - like for 47 years!

There is no quick or easy way out of the emotions that come up around food. You have to be gentle and patient with yourself and understand that no matter how painful/scary/awful they may feel, emotions cannot kill us.

I agree with Revvell's idea of addressing the issue via therapeutic tools such as the ones she cited. With my clients, these are used in conjunction with affirmative prayer, always with positive results.

Last but not least, having friends who Love and care about you is essential. Allowing others to nurture us in difficult times is one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. Without my "Heart Sisters" who knows where I'd be . . .

[nadien alexandra]

hey,

truth is, i've been an emotional eater for a long long time and raw is the only thing that helped (when it comes to food choices). That coupled with exercise and a proper creative outlet (writing and music for me) has helped.

You need to get to the root of this "lack" inside of you that you are trying to fill with food. by just removing yourself from the kitchen, you're only providing a temporary solution.

Meditate and look within you. What is REALLY missing? or, is there anything really missing at all? perhaps not. perhaps this lack doesn't even exist. you just thought it did and started filling.

One thing that REALLY helped me was going on a fast, and taking a lot of walks, breathing deeply, taking time OUT to breathe and close my eyes and be peaceful so I could stop myself from believing I NEEDED to FILL myself with something.

I realized, I am already FULL.

Ah.. i really wish you well on this journey and truth be told, its all willpower and it's all an illusion really. You can control anything you CHOOSE to control, but without making the choice, you will feel out of control.

[BlackKat]

I have been a big emotional eater. Anytime someone pissed me off or things didn't go quite my way I'd eat eat eat, and it was all junk. Since going raw I have not felt a single urge to binge because of emotions. In fact, the only couple times I've actually gotten upset, the thought of food was a turn-off. Almost as if I would be disrepecting the beautiful earth foods God has given us. Before raw, I never looked at food this way.

[jorggerony]

First you would have to recognize which type of emotional eating best applies to you means it is boredom hunger, stress hunger or fatigue hunger becasue recognizing the problem is a way to overcome emotional eating. Manage stress in a healthy way for overcome from this situation.

[Seductive Arts]

I created a phrase to help me stop emotional eating.

"I am full and fulfilled", meaning that if I know I am not hungry, I am not eating. And the fulfilled part is that I don't need to eat in order to fill a void emotionally.

[green jeanie]

what's interesting for me is that i have finally realized that i was emotionally eating not to feel BETTER but to feel BAD

when i had out of control emotions i couldn't process i would overeat because afterwards i'd have a real reason to justify those feelings of being out of control

so a lot of theories stop at food is a crutch, food is your best friend etc it never resonated with me. food was a tool of self-destructiveness and negativity. a way to punish myself.


of course it has nothing to do with food.

behaviors are a symptom.

meditation, community, prayer and forgiveness....

big love, gj

[bing]

Reading this message thread made me realize that I was an emotional eater. I eat even when I'm not hungry. I eat when I see others eat(jealous eater?). When the time turns 12 nn, I eat because I felt the need to take my lunch(mentally hungry?) even when I had my breakfast at 10 am.

I'm new to eating raw and I have this weird feeling. My stomach seems empty but I don't feel hungry at all.

[healthywealthy]

I eat a pile of yummy bananas.
This brings up my mood and takes away the hunger.
If I am hungry yet know not what to eat,I turn to fruit.
always lifts me,hydrates me and tastes so good,better than anything .

[Mindful mama]

I am so grateful to you all for sharing your experience.
This post arrived at just the right moment for me.

Many thanks...

[mycatislove]

what's interesting for me is that i have finally realized that i was emotionally eating not to feel BETTER but to feel BAD

when i had out of control emotions i couldn't process i would overeat because afterwards i'd have a real reason to justify those feelings of being out of control

so a lot of theories stop at food is a crutch, food is your best friend etc it never resonated with me. food was a tool of self-destructiveness and negativity. a way to punish myself.


of course it has nothing to do with food.

behaviors are a symptom.

meditation, community, prayer and forgiveness....

big love, gj

what's interesting for me is that i have finally realized that i was emotionally eating not to feel BETTER but to feel BAD

Bingo for me too.

I also realized this as well because finally I created the worst candida inside my body. I guess that's what it took to really make the connection between what I was doing and the intent behind the actions. This made me sad, that I was treating myself like this, shoving whatever junk I wanted in my mouth to "feel better"(so I could feel worse and punish myself).