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9 Signs Of Emotional Eating

My name is Charlene and I am an emotional eater.

I eat when I’m sad. I eat when I’m stressed. I eat when I’m happy. Hell, I even eat when I’m just plain bored. And I definitely eat instead of facing my problems.

This, along with a few other contributing factors, has resulted that I am back where I was 2 years ago. But more on that in another post…

Today I share an article I found on Skin Online. I would love to hear how you feel about this subject.

9 Signs Of Emotional Eating

9 Signs Of Emotional Eating

We all know that eating is not just about survival, it is about savouring flavours, colours, texture, and presentation, but it can also be about your emotional state of mind.

Food is used by many as a form of escape, especially when stressed, emotional , tired , depressed and the list could go on and on. The repercussions of emotional eating often result in many a health problem, notwithstanding the packing on of unwanted weight.

Here are 9 signs that you may be an emotional eater:

1. You eat whenever stressed no matter what time of day.

2. You eat as a response to your emotions i.e. you eat when you are happy , you eat when you are sad and you even eat when you are bored or frustrated.

3. You seek comfort in food, feeling as though food will make it ‘aall better’.

4. Your eating get’s out of control and as a result you eat continually.

5. You become obsessed and fascinated with food.

6. You use emotionally charged language to describe food or eating.

7. You eat, even when you are full.

8. You are still thinking of food and what you can eat, when already full.

9. You have random cravings which surface out of the blue.

Emotional eating will require hard work to manage, but it is possible to correct the bodies leptin levels over time. By investing in a medical weight loss programme you will get both the support and guidance you require in order to overcome your emotions and gain control of your weight.

All medical weight loss programs should be run by a medical practitioner with medical support staff to assist you in the journey.

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Are you ready to go from Fat 2 Fit? Then this challenge is for YOU!

The best decision I’ve made in a very long time was to join A New Weigh’s Fat 2 Fit Challenge last year. No idea what I’m on about? Check out my post HERE and read about how I lost 15.6kg / 34.4lb in only 12 weeks. I have no words to express my gratitude to Gaelyn and all the girls who did the challenge with me. It was life changing. The next challenge starts on the 19th and if you need to make a change, I highly recommend that you give it a go.

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I asked Gaelyn to share a bit of her story and why this challenge is proving to be a huge success:

‘I have always been “big”. In high school my emotional eating started, which led to massive secret binges. I slowly started putting on weight, and should actually have bee a lot bigger than I was – but luckily two provincial sports (synchro and water polo) saved me, and I managed to stay just a little overweight and not obese. That only came once I finished school and started working as a paramedic, with less time to train and exercise, and a highly stressful job where take away is the norm. In 2011 I started a new fitness regime and diet, and slowly started losing weight, but that is when my compartment syndrome started and I was quickly off my feet and in for surgery. When that didn’t go well, I was incredibly depressed and stayed away from any form of exercise – it all hurt and made me face my newfound disability. 

After my third surgery I spent 3 months in bed and on crutches, and during that time got stuck into Pinterest in a BIG way. I started pinning all sorts of recipes and workouts and dream bodies and inspirational posters and the switch was flicked. I knew that as soon as I was able to, I would start exercising again and turn my life around. And that’s exactly what I did! 

Over the 2 years I have had ANW I have changed quite a lot about the program, updating and improving things to make my clients experience on the program easier and more fulfilling. At the moment I am so happy with ANW and how it works, what it does to people emotionally and physically, and how much everyone enjoys it. I wanted ANW to be a lifestyle change, and that is exactly what it has become. 

The challenge was inspired by the hundreds of weight loss challenges world wide at the moment. Money is a great motivator, both knowing that you can’ quit because you have invested your hard earned money in it, and as a prize! I offer a R3000 cash prize to the biggest loser on each 12 week challenge (calculated on total % weight loss and participation in all three fitness tests. People love a little competition, they love being given a strict “prescription” to follow, and I really see in every challenge just how well this system works. Girls lose an average of 11kg each per 12 weeks, which is just phenomenal! They are getting brave enough to share their journeys online via their blog/Facebook/Instagram which is so exciting, because it spreads the message that REAL women can successfully and fairly easily change their lives. They show what REAL women look like, and what weight loss looks like, and most importantly it inspires the women they know. Around 40% of my clients are direct referrals from people who have joined ANW.’

For more on A New Weigh and this challenge, check out the website or Facebook page or follow A New Weigh on Instagram. You won’t be sorry!

xoxo