Is this condition also happened to you? If yes, then you have a habit of eating the so-called emotional eating. Foraging habits when emotions make the perpetrators called emotional eaters.
Emotional eating is to use food as an outlet when emotions arise, such as disappointed, angry, sad, bored, tired and others. This outlet to get a better feeling.
Usually this outlet to meet the satisfaction of psychological rather than biological necessity. And, while not able to control emotions, body weight will also not be controlled.
Author of When Food Is Love, Geneen Roth, revealed problems eating habits when emotions are exploding this is a serious problem. Especially if it becomes a habit. If ongoing, it describes someone who is experienced not just a problem with eating habits but has a problem from the psychological side.
Food and stress
But many people do not realize the habit of emotional eating. When it becomes a habit, they do it reflexively.
Why so? Food can be comforting to the body. Nutrients contained in foods like chocolate for example, can stimulate the brain release serotonin which regulates our mood. Nutritional brain also triggers the production of dopamine, which can produce feelings of pleasure and mood is more comfortable.
Solutions
Overcoming emotional eating problem is not with kekat diet, but with a pressing desire to eat when emotions are not stable.
- Divert your attention from the table or refrigerator when the mood was not comfortable. Overcome stress with other things that make you happy such as watching movies or reading. If the desire to snack is still large, grab a healthy snack such as fruit or salad.
- Treat yourself to the spa. Perform relaxation with aromatherapy body care that makes sense and your body more comfortable.
- Exercise can be outlet for your stress. Make a fun sports such as salsa dancing. If more seek peace, do yoga.
