Stop Overeating today.
Most of us would know what emotional eating is and you probably also realize that emotions can be the main cause of overeating. We all experience it once in a while, knowing or unknowingly.
Different feelings can cause emotional spells. Loss of control is one. Maybe you’re going through a difficult break-up. Your company is not doing well. A family member is ill. You can go all day feeling like you’re losing control – until the moment you open the fridge. And you feel the control is back when you can just take anything you want and eat any amount you like. The 1st thing you can do is to throw out all the junk and unhealthy food and stack your fridge with only good and healthy food. So that at least if you eat more than you should, you are taking in the good stuff.
Alternatively the better way is to use exercise as an outlet for our energy and focus that provides remedies to many of the emotions that trigger eating. You can decide which exercises you do, where you exercise and for how long, and the list goes on. Work out in the living room, or at the park or in the gym. Break a quick sweat in 15 minutes, or walk for an hour. Unlike some areas in your life, this choice is yours.
What does food provide when you’re emotional? For most, it’s comfort. Why not turn to a friend or family member instead for that comfort. Exercising in a group when stress and emotional gives you that much needed interaction with others plus benefiting from the exercise.
So remember. The next time you are feeling emotional, don’t just open the fridge and find your favorite junk foods to console you. Think about some exercises that you find comforting instead. “Comfort exercises” are your favorites, the ones you always enjoy. They should be activities you look at as FUN, not as work and the great thing is that you can have a different comfort exercises and activities as well, it can be yoga, pilates, dancing, running playing a sport or simply just working out at the gym. Discover what exercises you truly enjoy and replace it with the unhealthy overeating habit.
Join me in one of my wide variety of fun classes or simply start or customize a private class with your buddies and family members today.
Email me at berdytan@singnet.com.sg or call me at +65 91110270 to find out more.
Yours in sports & fitness,
Albert Tan.
