If you belong to the type of people who use any excuse to eat, then you should better control your emotions. Fury, anxiety, sadness, longing, discontent with oneself, nervousness and even joy - all this can be the reason for attacking the refrigerator.
Eaten chocolate muffles negative emotions, anxiety passes, but inevitably leads to problems with the figure.
The habit of "jamming" emotions can develop into a persistent dependence, and you will lean on food even when you are in a good mood.
And this is a direct way to obesity. After a busy day, a piece of cake replaces such people with a dose of alcohol. The fact is that sucrose increases the level of the hormone serotonin, which is responsible for pleasure and good mood, reduces anguish, nervousness, etc.
"Sweet-minded" psychologist and psychotherapist Olga Tessari recommends first of all to establish regular physical exercises, as they, in addition to burning calories, also produce serotonin. However, we should not forget about the emotional sphere. Ask a therapist to find out which emotions cause you to eat, it is likely that their range is very limited. If you have already gained excessive weight, consult an endocrinologist or a nutritionist. Diets that promise the wonders of weight loss can provoke negative emotions and, as a consequence, weight gain.
Here are the emotions that most often cause the desire to run to the refrigerator:
- difficulties in communicating with other people
- feeling, you are not loved
- financial difficulties
- lack of household comfort
- dissatisfaction
- parting
- ruin of plans
- fear
- longing
- low self-esteem
- sadness
- loneliness
- uncertainty
- pessimism
- poverty
How to deal with this?
- Learn to control yourself. Have you eaten recently and are thinking of eating a snack again, like chocolate? Distract, for example, make a 10-minute charge, directed at the problem areas. The desire to eat can disappear, if not, eat instead of sweet some fruit.
- Try to eat at certain hours, thoroughly chewing it.
- Go in for sports. Join a group of aerobics, in the pool, etc. In addition to solving problems with weight, playing sports in the group will change your psychological state, there will be positive emotions, new friends.
- do not go to the store, feeling hungry, otherwise you will buy many more products than you need.
Love Lyulko
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