How to Stop Comfort Eating With Hypnosis
It is not uncommon to reach out for a bar of chocolate or a bag of crisps when you feel stressed or bored. A large majority of people use food as a medicine to fight depression and other negative emotions. Mostly this food is rich in carbohydrates like cakes, cookies and ice cream. Despite reminding yourself to never do it again, when you are in a different emotional state, you do not have power of reasoning anymore. Comfort eaters do not even realize consciously what they are doing; the unconscious mind does not know the difference between wanting to relax and hunger. Learn how to stop comfort eating with hypnosis help and relax without putting on unwanted weight.
Why should you stop comfort eating?
Though perfectly enjoyable in moderation, comfort eating can be a huge problem when there are far too many crises that demand a cookie. Unfortunately, most of the times comfort eaters indulge in the wrong foods that are high in fat, sugar and calories. Mostly we end up wolfing down food that is high in all three to down our sadness, excitement, anxiety, depression, stress or numerous other emotions. You no doubt get the temporary relief you were looking for, but you also get the added inches to your waistline.
The vicious cycle of comfort eating
Other than the obvious weight increase, comfort eating will also lead you into the vicious cycle of guilt. For the sake of getting relief from your feelings, you tend to overeat these comfort foods adding guilt to the depression you were feeling in the first place. Now you are not only eating to beat the depression but also for overeating, feeling guilty about overeating and then starting all over again! Comfort eating is no more a one time temporary relief at this stage but a continuous indulgence that serves no purpose.
Sugary foods and comfort eating
With all the responsibilities and challenges we face each day, it is difficult to actually sit down to a proper meal where you can savor the food and digest it to feel fulfilled. Mostly you are grabbing a quick bite on your way to work, school or other chores. This is what makes you feel you did not have a substantial meal at all. Bad eating habits are a major reason to make you reach out for the biscuit tin or a bar of chocolate during your coffee break at work or after you have dropped the kids to school. No doubt it feels much more rewarding than a healthy meal at breakfast time. You get an instant high with the rush of sugar, though it is short lived. When this feeling of relief fades away, you automatically reach for the food again for another high. The cycle continues and you need more and more sugar to get a better high than before. It feels just like a drug addiction, where you would need more amount than before to reach the same level of high and then feel depressed and empty when the feeling goes away.
Food is easily accessible to us now and we use it more often for comfort. Even though we still enjoy eating out with family and friends, comfort eating has reached its pinnacle. For the smallest of reasons we pick up a treat to make ourselves feel better making treats a part of everyday diet and not a treat anymore.
Effects of comfort eating on your health and emotions
Comfort eaters tend to forget the basics about food – you need it for energy to survive, when you overeat, the remaining turns to fat and deposits as pounds. Just like emotional eating and yo-yo dieting, comfort eating leads to obesity. Obesity is a main culprit for a number of health reasons like diabetes, heart conditions and cancer. Comfort eating also leads to eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia.
Comfort eating plays havoc with your emotions. You get sucked into the cycle of comfort eating – feeling better – weight gain – feeling of failure – comfort eating. It is a lost war against good eating habits and stopping comfort eating. Media, television and cookery books that offer high fat comfort foods complete the cycle by feeding your thought process with the assurance that it is OK to eat these foods abundantly.
Actually, if you included foods from all food groups in your daily diet, it would automatically diminish any need for comfort foods since your sugar levels would keep controlled. You will be able to enjoy your occasional treats without any weight gain making weight management an easy job.
Overcome comfort eating
A good idea can be to post warning notes on the cupboards or the fridge simply asking yourself to “stop and think about your hunger”. This should make you think about the reason why you want to eat when you head out to the fridge the next time. When you learn to be honest about why you want to eat, you are halfway there. Try and name the reason behind your urge to eat a biscuit – are you depressed, stressed about work or kids?
Another great way of trying to give up comfort eating as a habit is to begin maintaining a diary whenever you comfort eat. When you see how you end up every time you feel the urge to comfort eat, you will be able to recognize the pattern. This ultimately leads you to make lifestyle changes. A majority of people report that they have this overwhelming need to eat when they are stressed.
Stress shortens your life span, causes depression, memory loss and diabetes but it is manageable. Change your lifestyle, get a good night’s rest with the recommended 8 hours of sleep. Lack of sleep decreases your metabolism adding to the reasons for weight gain.
Change habits with hypnosis
Hypnotherapy has been around for centuries and only now getting its due as an effective treatment against numerous physical, medical and emotional problems. With hypnosis your mind is trained to place less emphasis on foods you turn to when in need of comfort. When these overwhelming feelings do not have power over your subconscious anymore, it can be retrained towards good eating habits. Hypnosis helps you deal with the reasons or emotions behind comfort eating as well, teaching you better and healthier ways to deal with your stress, depression and other emotions. Stop negative emotions and comfort eating with hypnosis to lead a satisfied life.
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