Are you an Emotional Eater? (Hint: YES!)

Have you ever felt the following emotions? 

Happy

Excited

Sad

Anxious

Doubt

Lonely

Bored

Are you overweight, underweight or do you fall into the normal weight range?

Chances are at some point in your life you’ve fallen to emotional eating.  You may not have even known that your eating pattern was due to emotions. 

In my opinion we are all emotional eaters.  Emotions don’t judge, overweight , normal weight or even underweight individuals can all indulge in emotional eating from time to time.  Remember, emotions don't always have to be negative to to bring about emotional eating.    

I encourage each of you to keep an emotional eating log for a few days and come back to report what you’ve found.  To keep an emotional eating log you will need paper, pen and a little bit of time to think about your responses to emotions.  I suggest to even note when you don't eat - you may be an emotional under eater.  Also, note times you went for the cookies, but instead made a positive choice. Compiling all of this information will help you highlight your strengths and weaknesses.

See you back here next week to compare emotional eating habits! 

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.” 

― Kurt Vonnegut