Don’t worry, the subject of this post doesn’t mean that I’ve changed the subject of this blog to relationships. This is all about emotional eating, but the truth is that fear of relationships is something which drives many people to overeat.
Perhaps, it is also true for you to a certain degree?
Even if you feel that it’s not, I recommend that you read this email through because what I say sheds a light on the many ways in which emotional overeating can start to take control of our life.
Breakups are particularly emotional times. We’ve all been there and know how our body just feels out of whack for a while. And it’s normal because you’re going through a period of mourning.
Many people tend to overeat when they go through a breakup. They seek comfort where there’s none to be had. Furthermore, many sweet foods, like chocolate, actually create a similar chemical response in our brain which love and romance does.
Even though you can, and should, avoid overeating after a breakup, it’s not the worst thing in the world to have happen to you as long as you don’t continue at it.
The problem is that a lot of people do, and the cause is the same pain and hurt they felt during their recent breakup. In some cases this overeating becomes a habit and acts as a shield from further hurt.
Let me explain this because it’s remarkable how the human psyche works.
Once we go through a breakup and feel the pain involved, we go through a time when we just don’t feel like starting another relationship. Why suffer all that hurt again, right?
But in order to make it easier for us to avoid another relationship, we overeat and cause ourselves to get fatter in the (subconscious) hope that we will be less desireable. We try to protect ourselves but in essence we rob ourselves of the chance to feel happiness and love again.
We also enjoy the short term comfort which food affords us.
How can you overcome this?
The first thing is to learn to sever the tie between the lingering bad emotions of our earlier breakup and the comfort which food brings The second thing is to be able to stop the fear of another breakup from occurring. This is done by reminding yourself that the past doesn’t equal the future and your possibilities are endless.
The same goes for your emotional eating problems. I used to an emotional eater and I no longer am. You can do the same. What once was doesn’t have to continue to be. You can change.
I want to help.
Check out this short video for more: http://EmotionalEatingSolution.com
