Who is an emotional eater and who isn't?

Emotional eating is a common reaction to the stress, whether caused by imminent factors - quarrels, traffic jams, loss of a job etc. - or by long-term problems, such as loneliness, boredom or other recurring feelings. The mechanism of emotional eating is simple - whenever we meet with a stressful situation, we start eating, preferably sweets. Food usually increases the sugar level in the bloodstream, hence lifting our spirit for a short time. Besides, the fact of eating gives us some time off - just like smoking a cigarette often does.

Let's face it: we are all emotional eaters to some degree. Beside, eating before some stressful situations is often actually a good solution, giving us energy to cope with them.

However, the problem starts when:

• you eat EVERY time you have to face a stressful situation,
• you eat because you don't know what to do,
• you feel that you can't cope with anything without having a muffin first,
• you have problems with the overweight and you still can't stop eating before the usual weekly briefing,
• you have to eat something in case of long-term stresses (boredom, loneliness etc.),
• you can't stop eating even though you feel guilty because you eat - or worse, you eat because of the guilt you feel while eating.

How to stop being an emotional eater - three steps.

• Step One: Figure out why you are eating so much. What emotions drive you to harm your body? This operation can be painful, as such realization are never nice, but as soon as you understand what is going on, you will be able to amend it.
• Step Two: Limit the situations that cause the stress. Do not feel guilty or weak - emotional eating is just a way your body warns you that it is a time to slow down or change your life for better.
• Step Three: Find alternatives to eating. A good meal isn't the only way to reduce stress. Walking the dog, doing physical exercises or yoga, reading the book - there are other, more efficient ways of fighting stress than eating.

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