Do you know what your triggers are? You claim to be an emotional eater, but do you really know what makes you do it? One minute your are fine sitting on the couch, you start thinking about something and BLAM, next thing you know you are shoveling ice cream into your mouth, and at a time that is just BAD! ALL BAD. Why do you do it?
WE HAVE TO MEET OUR PAIN, IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH IT.
If you are on a journey to take back your life and get healthy, then you really need to figure this out. Otherwise, you could be back to square one. Seriously, and it can happen fast. Again, this is why I always suggest journaling through this incredibly emotional, amazing, eye-opening journey.
When you journal, and especially get good at practicing capturing that THOUGHT(or thoughts) , that CLICK in your head that then cause you to almost zombie like lead you to the fridge and then here you are emotionally eating, (sigh) again. By journaling your feelings, thoughts, then soon, very soon you will recognize it or them. You have to pay attention, because if you busy your life so much, or maybe you are yet to become a deeper thinker, you might miss it. IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR HEALTH. It is important so you do not BACKSLIDE on your goals and end up emotionally eating, which WILL sabotage all that hard work and how far you have come. Do you want that? I doubt you do. This is why you have got to figure it out, because emotional eating is like a DISORDER. You've got to get to the root of it to learn to control it.
Here's a quick short experience of a woman. She gave me permission to share this. She felt there could be other women that could relate to her.
Yes, she too was an emotional eater. She realized one of her triggers was when she began to feel ashamed, or worthless, unwanted. UNWANTED was a big one. Everybody leaves, she felt. She chose men that were bad for her. These men were usually wrong for her because they took advantage of her low self-esteem. She was a bit needy she admitted. Men can pick up on this FAST. It's like they can easily SENSE it. But sometimes, we exude those traits and not even realize it. These men would be really sweet to her, but they had other motives and would never take too much time, getting to what it is they came for. She always fell fall for it and they would hit it and then you know the ending, QUIT IT. Although she knew from the start they weren't "KEEPERS", she set herself up. She knew the ending. She knew at some point she would feel low, ashamed, lonely, not attractive, unwanted and see HE LEFT TOO.
She realized, it wasn't the men, it was HER. She was self-sabotaging herself and it was one big cycle. They were her ban-aide and she used them as much as they used her. They lifted her up for a while. Made her feel pretty, made her laugh, made her feel good. (Did you catch that "MADE HER" They, not herself?) It was a great outlet. Before she started that non-sense; as she calls it, she would lose weight, was focused, slept well, then for some reason she would distract herself with these wrong men and then gain lots more back. But little, did she realize that this was a trigger and she didn't even realize it, until she began to have SELF-AWARENESS and really was raw and honest with herself. Her journal revealed volumes. Are you picking up on things she was doing? Can you relate at all?
Today, she no longer wastes her time with these type of men. It's a DISTRACTION that leads her to bigger size pants. She would rather be single and wait for the right man after she allows herself to heal on the inside first. She needed to make herself happy. She can't keep fooling herself and others, she needed to learn how to BE HAPPY IN HER SKIN, and of course all those feelings she sought out and relied on them to make her feel. She realized as she started all over for a sixth time on her journey, she was going to do something different, because repeating past behaviors, and always landing back at the same spot, says a lot. So, she likes alcoholics are encouraged to do, she decided to not date any men until 12 months into her journey. At 12 months, she will ask herself the BLOG TITLE QUESTION... This person is going to SOAR and now that she has recognized her 'trigger', she can catch it before it takes over her and leads her back to square one again.
Please, you need to know your triggers so you do not continue to emotional eat and backslide. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TO STEPS TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR JOURNEY AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
In Light & Love,
That Gym Girl
WE HAVE TO MEET OUR PAIN, IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH IT.
If you are on a journey to take back your life and get healthy, then you really need to figure this out. Otherwise, you could be back to square one. Seriously, and it can happen fast. Again, this is why I always suggest journaling through this incredibly emotional, amazing, eye-opening journey.
When you journal, and especially get good at practicing capturing that THOUGHT(or thoughts) , that CLICK in your head that then cause you to almost zombie like lead you to the fridge and then here you are emotionally eating, (sigh) again. By journaling your feelings, thoughts, then soon, very soon you will recognize it or them. You have to pay attention, because if you busy your life so much, or maybe you are yet to become a deeper thinker, you might miss it. IT IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR HEALTH. It is important so you do not BACKSLIDE on your goals and end up emotionally eating, which WILL sabotage all that hard work and how far you have come. Do you want that? I doubt you do. This is why you have got to figure it out, because emotional eating is like a DISORDER. You've got to get to the root of it to learn to control it.
Here's a quick short experience of a woman. She gave me permission to share this. She felt there could be other women that could relate to her.
Yes, she too was an emotional eater. She realized one of her triggers was when she began to feel ashamed, or worthless, unwanted. UNWANTED was a big one. Everybody leaves, she felt. She chose men that were bad for her. These men were usually wrong for her because they took advantage of her low self-esteem. She was a bit needy she admitted. Men can pick up on this FAST. It's like they can easily SENSE it. But sometimes, we exude those traits and not even realize it. These men would be really sweet to her, but they had other motives and would never take too much time, getting to what it is they came for. She always fell fall for it and they would hit it and then you know the ending, QUIT IT. Although she knew from the start they weren't "KEEPERS", she set herself up. She knew the ending. She knew at some point she would feel low, ashamed, lonely, not attractive, unwanted and see HE LEFT TOO.
She realized, it wasn't the men, it was HER. She was self-sabotaging herself and it was one big cycle. They were her ban-aide and she used them as much as they used her. They lifted her up for a while. Made her feel pretty, made her laugh, made her feel good. (Did you catch that "MADE HER" They, not herself?) It was a great outlet. Before she started that non-sense; as she calls it, she would lose weight, was focused, slept well, then for some reason she would distract herself with these wrong men and then gain lots more back. But little, did she realize that this was a trigger and she didn't even realize it, until she began to have SELF-AWARENESS and really was raw and honest with herself. Her journal revealed volumes. Are you picking up on things she was doing? Can you relate at all?
Today, she no longer wastes her time with these type of men. It's a DISTRACTION that leads her to bigger size pants. She would rather be single and wait for the right man after she allows herself to heal on the inside first. She needed to make herself happy. She can't keep fooling herself and others, she needed to learn how to BE HAPPY IN HER SKIN, and of course all those feelings she sought out and relied on them to make her feel. She realized as she started all over for a sixth time on her journey, she was going to do something different, because repeating past behaviors, and always landing back at the same spot, says a lot. So, she likes alcoholics are encouraged to do, she decided to not date any men until 12 months into her journey. At 12 months, she will ask herself the BLOG TITLE QUESTION... This person is going to SOAR and now that she has recognized her 'trigger', she can catch it before it takes over her and leads her back to square one again.
Please, you need to know your triggers so you do not continue to emotional eat and backslide. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TO STEPS TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR JOURNEY AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
In Light & Love,
That Gym Girl
