Recognize your triggers:
It is important to take note of your emotions per time and how you respond to them. You can achieve this by journaling every time you eat. Take note of how you feel before eating and what led to the feeling. This will help you discover if you eat because of hunger or for other reasons.
Reduce the Temptation:
Clear out junk food from your refrigerator or anywhere around you. The goal is to make it difficult for you to reach those comfort foods when you are triggered.
Clarify your relationship with food:
You need to understand that food is not a way to solve problems but for sustenance. Reminding yourself can help develop a better relationship with food.
Distract yourself:
Whenever you feel triggered to comfort eat, you can engage in activities that take your mind of the food such as taking a walk.
Seek support:
Seek support in managing your emotions and emotional eating. You can get support from family and friends and families or an anonymous community such as Overeaters Anonymous
Deal with the root cause:
Sometimes, you can find it difficult to understand why you emotionally eat. You can seek support from our therapists at 360Psyche to help you deal with the issue. You can get therapy and counseling face-to-face in Lagos and Abuja, and online from anywhere in Nigeria or the world.
I hope you found this article enlightening. Don’t forget to drop a comment.