Stress Eating — Stress Relief for Overeating and Emotional Eating

Heartmath and Emotional Eating

by Carol

I just watched a webinar on how to stop emotional eating and stress eating from the folks at Heartmath. In a 6-week pilot study, their research showed:

5.2 lb. average weight reduction over 6 weeks of using the Heartmath stress reducer
Average waist size reduced by 2.1 inches
Average hip circumference reduced by 1.78 inches
Calmness significantly increased
Anger, resentfulness and stress significantly reduced

These results were all accomplished WITHOUT any specific food or exercise regimen, only using the Heartmath emWave tool.

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Has Stress Eating Become A Habit?

by Carol

Has stress eating become a habit? Is it hard to stop stress eating once you start? I’ll bet you aren’t reaching for carrots!

According to a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research, just a few bites of a sweet treat may leave you yearning for more foods packed with sugar and fat.

Drexel University professor, Evan Forman, Ph.D. conducted a study showing that when participants savored one chocolate truffle, they ended up craving unhealthy foods, such as pizza, potato chips, and ice cream.

“Sampling decadent foods seemed to set off an unconscious urge to overindulge,” Dr. Forman explained. Knowing this fact can help you plan for the unintended consequences of stress eating.

Sugar has powerful biological and psychological effects on us - we are both physiologically and psychologically set up to crave sweets. The majority of our taste buds detect sweetness.

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5 Ways To Stop Stress Eating and Build Resilience

Stress drains your ability to pick yourself up after life lets you down unless you build stress resilience. Just as you take in nutritional food and transform it into energy, positive emotions transform into resiliency. People who are resilient tend to be able to take things in stride, choosing positive emotions and behaviors in the [...]

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Is Stress Eating Normal?

When you become accustomed to chronic stress conditions, tension, worry and stress eating start to seem normal.
After all, stress is a shared experience and stress eating is a common response. Most people are operating with huge amounts of pressure and uncertainty.
It’s easy to feel as if you are too busy to deal with stress or [...]

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Why Willpower Doesn’t Work For Stress Eating

If you are trying to use willpower to control stress eating, you are probably feeling frustrated. Applying willpower doesn’t work because the eating serves a need - a normal human need, usually for distraction, soothing or comfort.
If the need goes unmet, then willpower is no match for the powerful emotions that are driving the need. Weight [...]

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The Stress Eating Emotional Connection

Overeating is not a food problem. It’s a stress problem. It’s an emotional problem. It requires support. The cause of eating too much is too much stress and overwhelm. Overeating decreases when stress is reduced.
The root of all addictions is the addiction to a tranquilizing activity. Eating is the first and most commonly used (and misused) [...]

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