It happened again. You weren’t hungry but, somehow, you demolished that bag of chips or the cake you didn’t really want. All because of an emotion you were feeling.
Once again, you fell prey to emotional eating, which is defined as eating outside of your physical need for food.
Happy, sad, stressed, tired, lonely…you name it. If it’s an emotion, you can eat it.
In all honesty, eating for emotional reasons happens to all of us at some point. But the problem comes when your emotions control your eating.
When that happens, it’s as if someone hijacked your car with you in it. And the police cars chasing them just can’t catch up, no matter how fast they go.
You feel awful when you cave to emotional eating. And yet, the temporary payoff can keep you doing the very thing that’s causing you angst.
So how do you stop this exhausting cycle without collapsing under the strain of a pile of uncomfortable emotions?
In this episode, you’ll learn how to make peace with your emotions.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. Psalm 42:5-6a ESV
Then you can stop feeling so driven to eat when you’re not hungry!
In “When Your Emotions Control Your Eating” we discuss:
- Good vs. bad emotional eating (yes, emotional eating isn’t always bad!).
- What’s at the root of emotional eating.
- Practical tips for how to stop emotional eating.
Links mentioned:
- Binge Proof Action Planner
- For a deep dive, check out Grace Filled Plate Platinum and be sure to get on the waiting list
You may also love:
- How to End All-or-Nothing Eating Once and For All
- Episode 4: How to Stop Eating Too Much
- Episode 9: Should You Keep Trigger Foods in the House?
- Episode 18: 6 Steps to Find Freedom From Emotional Eating
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Brandice Lardner is a Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach, Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, Homeschool Mom, and Jesus Girl whose mission in life is to help women ditch the diet mentality and find peace with food and their bodies so that they are better equipped to do the great things God has called them to do.
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