How to Stop Emotional Eating and End Binge Eating

Each of us has 2 kinds of hunger: a physical one and an emotional one. We all tend to feed our emotional hunger on occasion. We can't help it. But some of us do it on a regular basis. Not only that, but some people become so addicted to the temporary comfort which food brings them that they don't just nibble on something, they gorge on it.

That's called binge eating and it's really emotional eating taken to the extreme.

The trouble with emotional eating is that it's mostly done with fatty foods like chocolate, pizzas, chips, ice cream, and so on. Each of us has his or her own sort of "comfort food", but those are the main culprits. So when you eat to feed your emotions, the food you put in is likely rich in calories, fats, sodium, and other unhealthy elements, and you tend to eat too much of it too fast.

An emotional eater can easily take in 1000 to 1500 calories in a single binging episode which is about half of a regular person's daily calorie intake.

To put it bluntly, if you're an emotional eater, it's going to be nearly impossible to lose enough stomach fat to get really flat abs. It's an uphill battle against your very emotions.

 Why Does Emotional Eating Happen

It happens because we were brought up that way from infancy and partly due to the way our body translates food.

What does a mother do when her baby starts crying? She tries to feed him. Well, here is a psychological connection that goes back to our first year of life. Whenever we feel any sort of anxiety, we are offered food to comfort us. And you know what? It works... temporarily.

Food can induce a sense of comfort in us. It's the quickest way to get a physical gratification that we know of. But with some of us it develops to a real addiction and an unhealthy way to deal with problems.

The trouble is that overeating isn't a real solution. The problems which induced the craving for food remain. You just revisit them after you've eaten enough for half a day.

And overeating actually makes you feel worse emotionally because you feel guilty that you've overeaten, which leads to more negative feelings and more anxiety, and more overeating. It's a vicious cycle.

What Can You Do About It

First of all, you need to realize that this is a problem you need to take care of for your own sake. This is something which not only affects your appearacne but your health as well.

Some people opt to go to psycholgical treatment, but I believe there's an easier, faster, and far more affordable solution.

The program I recommend to get over your emotional eating problem is called Emotional Eating Solution . It's an ebook which teaches day to day techiniques to overcome cravings, stop emotional eating, and develop a healthy relationship with food. I believe that it's an excellent source which can help you a lot.

Go here to read more about it: EmotionalEatingSolution.com

Another article you should read is this one: Emotional Eating Dangers