In these sessions with me we will work to stop emotional and stress eating, fight cravings, and find more satisfying ways to feed your feelings.
What is emotional eating?
We don’t always eat just to satisfy physical hunger. Many of us also turn to food for comfort, stress relief, or to reward ourselves. And when we do, we tend to reach for junk food, sweets, and other comforting but unhealthy foods. You might reach for a pint of ice cream when you’re feeling down, order a pizza if you’re bored or lonely, or swing by the drive-through after a stressful day at work.
Emotional eating is using food to make yourself feel better—to fill emotional needs, rather than your stomach. Unfortunately, emotional eating doesn’t fix emotional problems. In fact, it usually makes you feel worse.
Are you an emotional eater?
Do you eat more when you're feeling stressed?
Do you eat when you're not hungry or when you're full?
Do you eat to feel better (to calm and soothe yourself when you're sad, mad, bored, anxious, etc.)?
Do you reward yourself with food?
Do you regularly eat until you've stuffed yourself?
Does food make you feel safe? Do you feel like food is a friend?
Do you feel powerless or out of control around food?
If you have answered yes to a couple of these questions, get in touch to book a 15 min chat to understand if we can work together
Whatever emotions drive you to overeat, the end result is often the same. The effect is temporary, the emotions return and you likely then bear the additional burden of guilt about setting back your weight-loss goal. This can also lead to an unhealthy cycle — your emotions trigger you to overeat, you beat yourself up for getting off your weight-loss track, you feel bad and you overeat again.
Afterward, not only does the original emotional issue remain, but you also feel guilty for overeating.