When we eat, receptors in our gut response by releasing dopamine in our brain. The more we eat sweets, simple carbs, trans fat and salt, the greater release of dopamine. The more dopamine we have, the more “high” we feel. More dopamine means also that we are motivated to have that substance over and over […]
Personally, I have nothing against scales as long as we are able to stay neutral with the feedback we get once we see the number on it. Most people are not neutral. Most people get irritated or triggered if they don’t see the number they wish to see.The number dictates their mood, how much they […]
My emotional eating started exactly 25 years ago. I was 14 years old. Like every child, I needed my parents’ love to grow up loving myself. I was validated on every aspect of my life including my looks until I gained weight. I gained weight because I was eating more granted, I was lonely after […]
If you grew up in a highly critical environment you may be hyper vigilant on your flaws. You may be trying to fix them in order to avoid criticism. If you felt abandoned, you will do anything to keep people around and try to be and do things perfectly all the time. You are hard […]
If you grew up in a highly critical environment you may be hyper vigilant on your flaws. You may be trying to fix them in order to avoid criticism. If you felt abandoned, you will do anything to keep people around and try to be and do things perfectly all the time. You are hard […]
Do you find yourself trying to eat clean and be good with your eating only to “mess it up” at night and over the weekend? Do you find yourself overeating on a regular basis yet you know you weren’t hungry in the first place? Here are some tips to overcome emotionally overeating while still enjoying […]
Do these questions sound familiar before or after you ate something? 1. I should have had only one slice…2. I shouldn’t have eaten that, too much fat, too many carbs…3. I should eat less tomorrow to compensate…4. Should I just go all in and start a new diet tomorrow?5. I feel so bad for eating […]
This is what I used to do when I was faced with a desire to binge and emotionally eat. Normally for me, my desire would come up after a very stressful day at work and I just felt I wanted to reward myself, I wanted to relax in front of the TV with loads of […]