Don't think you have emotional eating in your office? Think again!

I was an emotional eater and it started at the office! Not from stress, but from creating a habit. Do you turn to food as a habit, even when you're not hungry?

Here's my story...

27% of adults admit turning to food to deal with stress, while 34% of these admit to it being a habit. Stress-eating can be defined as ‘emotional eating’, or eating to compensate for, or as an alternative to, dealing with emotions.

 Why Do We Do It?

While it’s easy to blame external factors - the food itself, the party who provided it, the place in which it was consumed, etc., the real underlying issue with stress-eating lies in lack of awareness of our own bodies, emotions, or our ability to deal with them.

If you wonder if your habits might be emotional eating, here is a quiz in Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/tests/health/emotional-eating-test  It's takes about 25 minutes to complete the quiz. If you just want to have a conversation about stress or emotional eating and how that may be affecting your life, send me a note (either here in Linked In or by email) and we'll set up a time to talk. Don’t get stuck in the belief that you can’t change. That’s not true. My email is [email protected].

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