Using Food to Make Yourself Feel Better

Do you eat whenever you feel stressed or happy? I did a little survey and found that most people eat whenever they are experiencing an emotion such as sadness, fear, stress or happiness. Eating is a response that we usually think will make us feel better.

Then after eating, we sometimes feel horrible and even hating ourselves for what we did. How can we make ourselves feel better without the food? One small step you can take, is ask yourself the question, “Am I hungry or just want to eat something to make me feel better?” If you answer the question saying, “I just want to make myself feel better” taking some of the following steps may help:
1. Put some music on and dance around the house.
2. Call a friend and enjoy their company.
3. Tell yourself, “I can eat something after taking a walk (or anything else you like to do.)

Please let me know what small steps you take to distract yourself from eating. Remember as a team we can change anything especially our addiction for using food to make us feel better.

Please leave your ideas and thoughts on my blog using the comment button below. I can also be reached at helen@loveyourselfcoaching.net.

Action may not always bring happiness,
but there is no happiness
without action.
Benjamin Disraeli,
British Prime Minister and writer