Emotional Eating

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Emotional Eating; Why we do it?
Topic Started: Oct 21 2008, 05:48 PM (57 Views)
Joyful	Oct 21 2008, 05:48 PM Post #1
Regular Posts: 304 Group: Friend Member #165 Joined: August 18, 2008 Favorite Fruit? banannas, berries, canteloupe, apples Favorite Vegetable? almost all vegetables Favorite Exercise? walking & hiking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? to reach a healthy weight and to lower my high colesterol	Hi all, I just wanted to address the topic of emotional eating. I have been reading a lot of the threads & this seems to be a common situation for us all. I eat a very healthy diet & am very consious of my portions, but the emotional eating times are when I am making the bad choices. This is the main thing that keeps me from losing the weight once & for all. Lately I have been trying to say "stop" what are you thinking? On a scale of 1 to 10...how hungry are you? If not really hungry will the eating address or change your emotions or solve the issue? What has been your experience & how do you combat emotional eating?
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TeachX3	Oct 21 2008, 06:10 PM Post #2
Elite Posts: 3,732 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Great topic for discussion Joyful I am not an emotional eater though, so I cannot participate intelligently... but I am looking forward to hearing what others have to say!!
	-Dannielle • Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


TeachX3	Oct 22 2008, 01:18 PM Post #3
Elite Posts: 3,732 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Here are a few websites that I found interesting... MayoClinic WebMD Psychology Today Test
	-Dannielle • Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


TeachX3	Oct 22 2008, 01:49 PM Post #4
Elite Posts: 3,732 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Here are my results to the test: Your score = 8 What does your score mean? Your attitudes surrounding body image and food are healthy (in psychological terms, not necessarily nutritional). This is no small feat in today's society. Congrats! Don't let other's ideas about beauty get in the way of your own. Eat well, exercise, and stay healthy!
	-Dannielle • Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


NicC	Oct 22 2008, 09:19 PM Post #5
Elite Posts: 2,544 Group: Moderator Member #9 Joined: May 22, 2007 Favorite Fruit? cherries, grapefruit, mango, fresh pineapple, in season apples Favorite Vegetable? cucumber, red peppers Favorite Exercise? cycling	My score was a 28 but apparently still healthy (good thing I did not do this test when I was 17)
	1.5 lbs a week will get me to my goal weight by Jan 1 next year!!!


NicC	Oct 22 2008, 09:20 PM Post #6
Elite Posts: 2,544 Group: Moderator Member #9 Joined: May 22, 2007 Favorite Fruit? cherries, grapefruit, mango, fresh pineapple, in season apples Favorite Vegetable? cucumber, red peppers Favorite Exercise? cycling	As for the emotional eating - I still find it hard to control sometimes. My biggest triggers: frustration & anger
	1.5 lbs a week will get me to my goal weight by Jan 1 next year!!!


Princess2one	Oct 23 2008, 09:13 AM Post #7
Advanced Posts: 861 Group: VIP Member #149 Joined: June 2, 2008 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple, Strawberries, Grapes, Grapefruit, Bananas, Favorite Vegetable? Red Peppers, Cucumbers, Broccoli, Spinach Favorite Exercise? Walking, Dancing Healthy Lifestyle Goal? 141lbs	My score was a 41. My biggest trigger of emotional eating is mt body. I want to be thin, I see that not happening and I eat. It's a sad circle.
	Prin's 2009 Resolutions!!! 1) Weigh-in every Monday 2) Excerise more 3) Eat clean 4) Not to get disscourage 5) Try new things


Joyful	Oct 23 2008, 05:37 PM Post #8
Regular Posts: 304 Group: Friend Member #165 Joined: August 18, 2008 Favorite Fruit? banannas, berries, canteloupe, apples Favorite Vegetable? almost all vegetables Favorite Exercise? walking & hiking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? to reach a healthy weight and to lower my high colesterol	My score was 22 & I got the same results as Teachx3..still I think I am an emotional eater & my triggers are anxiety, sadness, stress, used to be boredom, (but that is no longer true since I retired) getting emotinally upset etc. I know God gave me this body to care for responsibly & not to abuse with this kind of behavior. So I am going to do an exercise listing all the situations I feel that I eat for emotional reasons instead of real hunger & then look for verses in the Bible to counteract.
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TeachX3	Oct 23 2008, 10:05 PM Post #9
Elite Posts: 3,732 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Fantastic idea Joyful
	-Dannielle • Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


Joyful	Nov 3 2008, 07:23 PM Post #10
Regular Posts: 304 Group: Friend Member #165 Joined: August 18, 2008 Favorite Fruit? banannas, berries, canteloupe, apples Favorite Vegetable? almost all vegetables Favorite Exercise? walking & hiking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? to reach a healthy weight and to lower my high colesterol	Yes, & I need to get to it. My emotional eating has gotten out of hand this week.
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