Weight Loss Ross

By Golden Young

5 Golden Rules For Managing Emotional Eating:

1. Acknowledgement
2. Acceptance
3. Appreciation
4. Allow
5. Action

I bet you never thought about emotional eating as something useful or valuable. My guess is that it is something that you have tried to rid yourself of most of your life. Maybe it’s even something you fight with on a daily or perhaps even on an hourly basis. I further suggest that you have seen emotional eating as a major impediment to your weight loss success. Something that you’re sure is the cause of your weight problem. Am I right on any of these points? (more…)

By Kayla Jayne

At some point in our lives, we’ve all fallen victim to emotional eating, whether it be scarfing down that whole block of chocolate or always finding ourselves in front of the refrigerator! Your best defense is understanding what exactly emotional eating is and how to recognize it in yourself.

When we think of emotional eating, we generally picture some poor heartbroken girl sitting in front of the television crying her eyes out and digging into a tub of ice-cream. But emotional eating can come in many forms and effect us all differently.

Emotional eating isn’t just about depression and heartache, it can also be a byproduct of stress or even boredom. I actually believe that eating out of boredom is a highly under-recognized form of emotional eating!

Let’s look at these different drivers in a bit more detail: (more…)