For me, being sad or depressed can have one of two effects on my eating. I either binge eat with no end in sight or stave off food until I am absolutely starving and make bad choices.
Recently, I have been going through a rough time emotionally, and have gained back some of the weight I had been losing which only feeds the negative emotions. Thankfully, I am lucky enough to have an amazing group of friends and family help me through all of this, but it is still frustrating to have gained back weight that you had hoped to shed forever.
How do I work at stopping my emotions from controlling my eating? It is something I will definitely have to research.
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Hey -
It’s David from Lifestyle Beverages, makers of TrimWater. I saw your most recent blogs, and you haven’t followed up in a while I hope you have continued your weight loss journey, and that you have gotten control of our emotional spiral and its impact on your health.
You are right, it’s a vicious cycle - emotions/eating/emotional about eating/eating some more/more emotions…
But, you can control - when you start to feel that way, try to focus on a singular positive about yourself, and why you started this journey in the first place. Then take a deep breath, and, hopefully, that will help.
It’s a struggle, but a worthwhile one -
Good luck and keep fighting…