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Thursday, September 28, 2006

emotional eating

As a life-coach and motivational booster-girl, it's difficult to admit when you have a problem, but I do and it's emotional eating.

It's under control, but it's something that I definitely have to keep in check on a daily basis. emotional eating is now considered to be one of the major contributing factors in the current obesity epidemic. Here are some things I do to avoid reaching for the chocolate bar everytime I feel like life is getting too real lifey...

1. Plan regular meals throughout the day, this will help you to avoid continuous snacking - it might seem boring, but knowing what you're going to eat and when, is definitely a great way to keep your eating in check.

2. Avoid eating little throughout the day and saving your feast for the evening meal. If like me, you binge in the evening, you'll find that once you start, it's very difficult to stop. Eating more throughout the day will leave you feeling much more satisfied and less emotionally needy for food when evening time comes.

3. Be kinder to yourself. Know that quick diets really don't work and the only way forward is a steady, healthy, lifelong eating plan. I know it sounds boring, but while slimming pills and cabbage-only diets can offer quick-fix solutions, they don't deal with the real issues. When we overeat we may think it's for comfort, but we're actually abusing our body, we're telling ourselves we're not goood enough, we're not worthy of being the best version of ourselves. By putting in the foods that will fuel us, make us more alert, awake and alive we're sending our bodies a positive message that we like ourselves and want the very best - we deserve nothing less!

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