Emotional Eating Tips

Even after years and years of work with myself and clients on emotional eating I have recently found myself reaching for the finger foods as a reaction to stress! I have just finished doing some sleep training with my son. The times when he did cry before falling to sleep I found myself in the kitchen searching out something to put in my mouth for comfort. Of course it only took a couple of times before I caught myself. All the previous work I have done has taught me how to identify these things quickly, but I didn’t stop right away. I was aware that I was doing it and chose to do it anyway.

I’m sure there are millions of women that can identify with this scenario. At those moments I didn’t care. I knew that I was not hungry, that I was seeking comfort in food and I didn’t care. I just wanted to be chewing on something. I was choosing to ignore my inner voice, to override it for the quick fix, the instant gratification. This can be a very slippery slope. Luckily for me I have become conscious enough of my own thoughts and actions that I was able to observe this whole process in motion and a few days later take a step back and get a grip!

Having these slips is normal, being aware but choosing to ignore it now and then is also normal. When you are at a healthy body weight these glitches don’t need to spell catastrophe as long as it doesn’t go on to long. The more you practice consciousness with your eating, with your thinking, with what you are feeling and doing the better you will get at it. Just like anything consciousness takes practice to become good at it. What this consciousness will do is allow you to observe yourself, everything, even the part that is trying really hard not to be aware or at least not to care! Then you will be able to have a conversation with yourself, a loving conversation without judgment and recrimination. You will talk to yourself about what is really important and how this behavior is not TRULY helping but exactly the opposite.

Overcoming emotional eating and maintaining a lifelong healthy weight is an ongoing and ever developing journey. Don’t be fooled into thinking it is over when you reach your desired weight.

WORKSHOP- Emotional Eating-Cultivating Awareness

• Identify your own personal emotional eating patterns.
• Learn the keys to overcoming these patterns for good.
• Take away your own personalized master strategy for success.

This workshop is a must for anyone who has ever struggled with emotional eating and weight gain. Successful weight loss is only possible when we leap this obstacle.

"I have gotten my mindless and emotional eating much more under control, I am more aware and able to stop and think about things. Overall, I am more comfortable and feel better about myself. I definitely spend a lot less time bashing myself and that's a big step!"
-Shannon Calgary, AB

"This course has really helped me zone in on my personal issues, my self worth and my body image."
-Ruth Irmert - Calgary, AB

"The topics are so true and they hit hard, but in a good way. Opens up one's eyes and shows that you can accomplish what you want."
-Karie Schneck- Calgary, AB

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Where: Prema Sai Clinic
2613 14 ave SW Calgary, AB
When: Monday January 25th at 7:00pm
Cost: $33.00
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I think most women who have battled with weight can identify with both Kirstie Alley and Oprah. Most of us understand all too well what it is like to battle with losing weight only to gain it all back. Like the majority of us neither of these women have spent nearly enough time dealing with the psychological aspects of weight loss. Without taking a serious look at what is happening on a mental and emotional level any weight loss success can only be fleeting because the root issues are not addressed.

My heart goes out to Kirsite and Oprah as dealing with something as sensitive and personal as your weight in the public eye must be very difficult. However, these women have a major opportunity to inspire others to embrace their beauty as INDIVIDUALs rather than continuing to strive for some holywoodized cookie cutter version of what women “should” look like.
This recent interview of Kirsite, and her weight loss goals to be ripped in six months, highlights the whole problem with weight loss industry. It is a clear example of the insane messages we are sending to women about what is beautiful, acceptable and even truly possible. I don’t doubt that she may lose a lot of weight in this next 6 months but how truly long lasting will it be? Will we see her right back where she started in another year? I’m willing to bet we will.
No offence to Kirsite as I am sure her heart is in the right place, (or I hope it is) but more DIET and lose weight FAST inspiration is the LAST thing any woman needs! We need more inspiration to work on the inside self, to find out where the true beauty resides and let that shine through to the outside. Women need to do to the harder work of searching inside themselves for their true secrets to weight loss success. So many of Kirsitie Alley’s comments point to a woman who really needs to deal with some issues of self-worth and acceptance. The humour she uses is great entertainment but how much of that is a cover for a person who really hates herself? People often use humour as a guise for true pain because it is easier. Then of course there is the competitive aspect. She says about Valerie Bertinelli’s reveal “I was dying there’s no comparison in my reveal to hers”. Why is this a competition? Why does the skinniest woman win? Healthy weight loss for one woman may not be right for another and healthy fit bodies come in many different shapes and sizes!

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