If you are looking to lose weight then this information will be useful to you and it is around emotional eating.
The human body has an automatic biochemical mechanism that has the ability to tell us when we are hungry and when we are full. The problem with emotional eaters is that they have trained their bodies and mind to override those signals.
Imagine it is nearing lunchtime and you are feeling the hunger signals being generated within the body. So you decide to get something to eat and a drink. As you eat and drink these the stomach begins to fill up, signals are sent informing you that you are being satisfied. Once a level of satisfaction is reached naturally you should stop eating. That’s what is supposed to happen and irrespective of the amount left on your plate you will feel pleasantly satisfied leaving whatver is left. that is what typically people who are naturally slim do.
In the case of an emotional eater, the ‘stop signal’ is completely ignored and they carry on eating for a psychological reason rather than a physiological one. They go way beyond the point where they should really stop and feel bloated, lethargic and guilty. In fact if you are eating for psychological reasons then no amount of food is going to satify you. if you are an emotional eater you will probably be familiar with this process.
if you drive a car and the oil light comes on would the oil light go out if you topped up your fuel tank with petrol or diesel? Of course not so why do we continue to do this with food?
Why would a person want to do that?
The answer lies in ‘conditioning’ – we are taught when young that food can bring comfort. We are trained right from the time of being toddlers that food is a reward, a prize a comfort. “be good and you can have a sweet” “there there have a piece of chocolate to make your knee better” when you may have tripped.
Advanced Hypnotherpay and NLP are used in our easy weight loss sessions to deal with this in a completely different way. to find out more contact us now and find out how emotional eating and other elements come togeather with our Easy Weight Loss Sessions.