Either out of stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, or grief, it’s understandable why we turn to food for comfort. Food offers a pretty great , even if a temporary solution to our suffering. Eating feels good. It gives a pleasurable sensation that make it easier to forget about uncomfortable emotional experiences. When you stress eat, you’re using food to solve a problem, a problem that food can’t solve. What’s more, most people who experience emotional eating feel trapped and guilty afterward, which just intensifies the behavior. 4 unexpected strategies for dealing with stress eating.

Strategy #1:

Give yourself permission to overeat.It’s going to feel counterintuitive and uncomfortable at first. But view it as a learning experience How to try it if you’re “allowed” to overeat, it suddenly doesn’t feel as urgent. When it’s no longer forbidden, the intense craving for a whole bar of chocolate sometimes turns into a more manageable desire for just a piece or two. So try to observe your experience in a neutral way.

Strategy #2:

Create a nourishment list. Pick a thing before the thing. That might sound weird, but do just that: Pick an action that you’ll always do before you go into stress eating Choose from the nourishment menu an action first These actions distract the behavior cycle and allows us to enjoy actions that we do really need . as fresh air , social interaction and movement.
For example, before deciding to eat you could:
• Take a deep breath
• Drink a glass of water
• Play with your pet for ten minutes
• Organize your kitchen
• Fold your clothes
• Do some quick stretches
• Listen to your favorite music
• Go for a 10 minutes walk
After choosing an action from your nourishment list , the urge to stress eat will get calmer.

Strategy #3:

practice self-compassionate Self-judgment and self-criticism make stress eating worse. It makes us create the habit of overeating more and locks us in a chain for years . However, you can break that chain and live a normal life. Food provides us with joy, comfort, and positive feelings. its associated with good memories, old days , friends gatherings and more , However ,when we use food to bury our feelings , the worse we feel . while stress eating , we use food as a coping mechanism but it does not leave us better , it could only give us a temporary sense of relief

Strategy #4:

Check out what's going on When we use food as a cooping mechanism and a compensation tool for unfulfilled needs . There are many hidden needs within us that need to be fulfilled as well as feelings that are not e pressed. You may be surprised by this fact but its TRUE. Feelings like anger , boredom , loneliness and stress are some of many reasons why we overeat. These feelings have deep reasons inside that we need to deal with , and once this done , CONGRATULATIONS ,you are now FREE , you are not an emotional eater anymore. So , let us enjoy a holistic journey and dig deeper inside YOU to solve these core reasons.

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