Put The Kabosh on Emotional Eating With The 3 P's Strategy

Stopping emotional eating is not always the easiest thing in the world to do. Many people have connected eating with love, procrastination, boredom, stress and boredom.

Try these 3 exercises to end emotional eating:

1. Plan - It is necessary to break the habit of overeating. Have you ever found yourself coming home from work, sticking your head into the refrigerator looking for some comfort? If you create a new plan of attack, you can avoid this situation entirely. I used to look forward to coming home from work, picking up a bag of chips and dropping onto the couch. As I slimmed down, I now look forward to a different plan or picture. That is, I now look forward to plunging myself onto the couch, wrapping up in a blanket, watching tv and grabbing a cup of soothing tea. I love my new plan and so does my new body.

2. Pause - Truly, the moment that craving hits, it is almost impossible to get in the middle of overeating. Your mind is a powerful thing and the craving for food can become so intense that stopping it is like trying to stop a monster. So, make it into a game – set a timer and wait until the timer goes off. Do something relaxing or fun to distract yourself for five minutes. Studies show that if you can wait the craving out for five to fifteen minutes, it will in all likelihood pass.

3. Put it to Pen - Grab a piece of paper and at the top of the page write out what do I need? You know as well as I do that the energy around emotional eating is not about being hungry, but something more. Just let your pen flow, dont edit a thing. At first, it may not make sense, but youll find meaning regarding what you need. By writing, you might reveal the need for love, feeling out of control and stressed, or my favorite, wanting to relax and do nothing. Once you have identified what you need, write out how you can begin to meet your needs. For example, if I want to relax and do nothing, I will. If I don’t have time in that moment, I will plan for doing nothing in a few hours so that I can take care of my needs. Writing can be relaxing so it’s the perfect way to ease emotional eating and find out how you really feel. Writing will also teach you a lot about the nature of your wants and desires so that you can better take care of yourself and your needs.

Follow a plan and you will be successful

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