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What do you do to beat emotional eating?
Repost from a different thread so i apologize in advance if you've seen my information twice. What do you do to fight emotional eating?
For me being hungry is pretty scary. Post RNY I was hungry almost right away. Wondered what was wrong with me. The problem wasn't that I was really hungry, I just thought I was. So emotional hunger is what this was and is. This caused me problems after a year and I could eat more. My weight loss stopped then my weight creeped up.
Eventually I had to face facts and take back control. I recommend some simple mental/physical exercises to at least help you identify when hunger is physical vs emotional. There are a lot of techniques you can use. The one I like the best was short fasts. Because they were short, typically just several hours I was able to do it without panic. By doing this I began to notice what it felt like to be physically hungry.
I began to practice this on a regular basis until I had it down. This helped me distinguish between the two. Now I feel like 80% of the time I can stop emotional eating in its tracks, allowing me to leverage the tool better. I like to say "practice makes perfect"
Other techniques I find pretty useful:
Water management including water loading
Routine eating times, having a plan
Having prepared foods ready to go
Picking new grazing foods that are acceptable like veggies
Food logging
Balance nutrition, worked with my NUT
Good luck and keep working at it!
For me being hungry is pretty scary. Post RNY I was hungry almost right away. Wondered what was wrong with me. The problem wasn't that I was really hungry, I just thought I was. So emotional hunger is what this was and is. This caused me problems after a year and I could eat more. My weight loss stopped then my weight creeped up.
Eventually I had to face facts and take back control. I recommend some simple mental/physical exercises to at least help you identify when hunger is physical vs emotional. There are a lot of techniques you can use. The one I like the best was short fasts. Because they were short, typically just several hours I was able to do it without panic. By doing this I began to notice what it felt like to be physically hungry.
I began to practice this on a regular basis until I had it down. This helped me distinguish between the two. Now I feel like 80% of the time I can stop emotional eating in its tracks, allowing me to leverage the tool better. I like to say "practice makes perfect"
Other techniques I find pretty useful:
Water management including water loading
Routine eating times, having a plan
Having prepared foods ready to go
Picking new grazing foods that are acceptable like veggies
Food logging
Balance nutrition, worked with my NUT
Good luck and keep working at it!
HW 440, SW 386, CW 229.8
Good things to know. If I am totally in control then food is not an issue with me. If I am out of control then I need to leave the house and go somewhere else that food is not available to me. I come and look at other people success stories to keep me going on.
Tess
Starting Wt 306; Losing Wt 155; Goal Wt 145: Regain Wt 225; Current Wt 157
PS: FDL Tummy Tuck, Hernia Repair 5/17/12, TT Revision, Butt and Thigh Lift 4/18/13
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