“I’m not an emotional eater. I just like to eat good food.”
Do you consider yourself an emotional eater?
I never did.
I thought emotional eaters were people who cried and ate ice cream out of the carton at the same time.
I never did that so I didn't consider myself an emotional eater.
I just liked to eat good food (like that slice of pumpkin pie in the photo).
Enjoying good food is one thing. Knowing when to stop eating is another.
As a coach, I've come to learn that eating is always driven by an emotion.
The problem comes when we use food to distract ourselves from feeling an emotion.
In its simplest terms, emotional eating is anytime you find yourself eating when you’re not physically hungry.
Are there exceptions to this? Of course.
For must folks, there isn't any reason to eat when you're not hungry unless you're feeling “some type of way” and you believe eating something will make you feel better.
Do you consider yourself an emotional eater, Jennifer?
It's not a bad to call yourself an emotional eater, but it's not good if you can't acknowledge your emotional eating habit.
When you can name the emotions that make you overeat, it's easier to change the habit.
In my weight loss process, I refer to this as Name It and Claim It.
THIS WEEK
Play a game of Name It and Claim It.
How good are you at identifying how you're feeling when you're eating? What about before you start eating or after?
Don't give up if it's not as easy as it sounds. Give yourself a full 7 days to test your emotional literacy.
Inside the Stop. Dieting. Forever. membership, I teach the easiest way to identify all the emotions that are driving you to eat when you're not hungry AND the ones that are keeping you from stopping when you know you've had enough.
