Emotional Eating- I feel bad about it!

A few days ago, I was in a presentation where a doctor was speaking. She said that everyone in the room ate emotionally. She said that if you didn’t that you were just in denial.

Well, I admit it- I have done it… so I’m not in denial. At least I have that. But, the question is- How do we stop?

For me, the answer is not very straightforward and not really perfect. I think, at least for me, it comes down to self awareness. By that, I mean, knowing when I am full and knowing when it is happening.

If I can just slow down- not eat so fast and not eat in front of the T.V.- then I am going to be more aware of how I feel from an emotional standpoint and realize that I am just eating to make myself feel better…. You know, self medicating the way that an alcoholic or a drug addict might.

Well this, of course, is easier said than done. I say it is not perfect, mainly because there have been times, when I have paused to think…. O.K. – I am eating because of this, or I am eating because of that. And then, I think, I don’t care. I am going to do it anyway. I mean, just this past weekend, I got into a fight with Beth about something (see, and you thought that I was perfect, and we had a perfect marriage, and perfect children and a perfect home) and the next thing I know I am eating a pepperoni pizza. (It was good too- and it made me feel better—- but not for long).

But, that is the point. It did not make me feel better a while later. It just made me feel bad in the long run.

So, for me, it is a matter of recognizing this fact, and then choosing to not eat over everything that might be wrong with my life.

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