Emotional Eating

I got an article from SparkPeople about emotional eating. I know that it's been an issue for me in the past... not so recent past to be honest. As many of you know, I've been under an enormous amount of stress lately... Well, actually for the last year or so, but it's really ramped up during the past 3 months. During the past year, I noticed that I was succumbing to emotional eating and put on 15 to 20 lbs... I had dropped a little low before, so i was only worried about the last 10 to 12 lbs, but I was comfort eating. I recognized what was happening that was able to identify the problems and trim off the extra 10 to 12 lbs. I found that if my weight is going up, I seem to be able to get a handle on it by logging what I'm eating. It allows me to 'see' what I'm doing and make the appropriate corrections. I didn't really have to 'diet' to the excess weight off, I just made sure that I was leading with protein and keeping my carbs under control. For me, it seems that when I let my carbs get out of control, meaning more than 30% of my total intake, then I gain, but when I can get back in line, the extra pounds just trim right back off.

Being able to see it in terms of balance rather than having diet has made a huge difference for me. 

During the past 3 months, I've actually dropped another 12 lbs and I'm a little too thin. Now that I'm REALLY STRESSED, believe it or not, I've found that I have to force myself to eat. Who would have ever thought that would happen. 

If you'd like to see the article that SparkPeople have on emotional eating, click here. 

Please share any thoughts and/or experiences you have surrounding emotional eating.

Thanks,

Thanks for posting this thread. I found it very useful information. I am just now on full liquids and found that when I added tomato soup, it tasted sooooo good after 2 weeks of a clear liquid diet that I spread out a can over the day and left out my protein drinks. I gained a pound since Monday. I see now how the carbs over protein makes a difference!

Back to doing the right thing for me. Emotional eating is definitely the driving force behind my eating and I will use every tool available to combat a lifelong problem. Today, I am recognizing my emotional tie to the tomato soup and making sure I put the protein first.

This is why I keep coming back and reading this board!

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