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So people seem to throw caution to the wind and eat what they like from November! When I had a beauty/toning table salon I couldnt believe that people left mid November and didnt come back until end of January - I thought people would be exercising up until Christmas and then immediately getting back to it afterwards but how wrong could I be!
What with all the party food, mince pies, drink, chocolate and nuts, Christmas Parties and then eating and drinking for a least 4 days over Christmas the weight (and water retention) can pile on. I know if I did this I would put on at least 14 lb (a UK stone) which would then take me a good three months to get off - and is it worth it? Certainly not to me!
Also it means that it will increase your stomach size and your appetite which means it will be harder to get it under control when you go back to dieting. And it means you will eat more over the Christmas period!
If you are eating like this it also means that you havent got to the bottom of your eating problems. Do you think it gives you a licence to eat? Do you feel deprived if you dont eat what other people are eating? Do you have cravings or are you emotionally eating over this period because of spending time with families, or grief or another reason?
I knew somebody who had lost a lot of weight and went on a cruise where she preceded to eat everything every day, including afternoon tea. This shows that she hasnt healed her problems and it took her over 4 months to get the weight off from one weeks eating! I am not saying that she couldnt have one afternoon tea, but why every day?
So you need to understand why you suddenly drop the exercise and healthy eating routine that you have worked hard on all year? Clear what comes up using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or tapping).
If you are going to over do it, cut down the day before and the day after because excess calories store as water for 48 hours so you could lose it before it turns to fat. This also means that your stomach wont stretch.
Go back to healthy eating the day after Boxing Day (26th in the UK) and throw out or freeze anything that might tempt you - dont let that old excuse of having to eat all the left overs up!
Watch the alcohol as this will put on excess water and make you eat!
Drink a glass of water reasonably slowly 30 minutes before a meal which will fill you up
Ask for treats rather than food for presents - vouchers for treatments, body lotions for pampering, manicures etc
Put a little bit of everything on your plate and always leave something - you dont have to eat everything!
If you are going to a party eat before you go so you are not tempted to pick on sausage rolls!
Remember with peanuts that people may not have washed their hands so this should stop you digging in! And that they may have sneezed all over the party food!
If you feel you are going to eat more, then do some tapping before you eat. Change your beliefs from I need to eat as it is Christmas to I eat to satisfy me and I stop when I am full
Set yourself a target that you will actually lose weight over Christmas rather than put it on and buy yourself something nice in the sales to wear!
Imagine how great you will feel on January 1st being able to get into your clothes easily and with a clear, sparkling complexion! This is so much more important than food which you will have totally forgotten by now!
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Monday, 2 December 2019
Monday, 20 April 2015
Why do you overeat?
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Why do you overeat? Do you do it when you are bored, emotional, PMS or some other reason? Do you know why you overeat? Food can be an addiction (as strong as drink and drugs) as it gives you please and releases the feel good hormones.
You can be stuffing down emotions you dont want to look at, or you could be giving yourself the love you never received from your mother - or are not receiving now from your partner or children. Food is often given as a treat to a child or sometimes to shut you up and keep you quiet. So if you want to treat yourself you will often go to a bar of chocolate - but one is never enough so you eat as much as you can and then you are filled with self loathing and self disgust which causes you to start again - it is a vicious cycle.
Sometimes you eat because the type of food gives you the emotion of what you need - no sweetness in your life is one of the main ones. Sometimes you dont even know why you are eating. This is why it is a good idea to start keeping a journal and record your moods, hormones, what is happening in your life, your emotions and anything else and that will help you manage your eating better.
If you are stressed you may reach for the food and the booze but actually this is making it worse. And instead of blocking your emotions you really need to deal with them and work out strategies for you to cope for the future. This is where techniques like EFT are invaluable because they really help release these emotions quickly and without having to look at the cause - they just go.
If your subconscious doesnt want you to be slim it will stop your will power in its tracks and you will eat. So why dont you want to be slim - what happened the last time? Did your partner leave you or you got pregnant or you got too much attention? So suddenly you will feel yourself eating and you dont know even what you have eaten - only the empty packets tell the tale.
As I mentioned in my last blog if you have a background of scarcity and lack - and feel that is what is happening now - you will eat and put on weight because you feel this is the only way to proceed.
In the long run eating does not bring you what you want or help with the emotions - it is a bit like drinking when you wake up they are all still there! Only now you have gained pounds, your clothes dont fit and you have spots!
So stop making excuses and look at your life and start cutting down on this eating. Even if you are slim (and I know lots of slim people who stuff their faces!) you will not be healthy on the inside or outside and your skin will tell the tale. Put yourself back in control of your life and learn to heal the emotions and begin to like yourself. Why not contact me for a copy of my book WHY?WEIGHT which will help you stop this habit and lose the weight?
Why do you overeat? Do you do it when you are bored, emotional, PMS or some other reason? Do you know why you overeat? Food can be an addiction (as strong as drink and drugs) as it gives you please and releases the feel good hormones.
You can be stuffing down emotions you dont want to look at, or you could be giving yourself the love you never received from your mother - or are not receiving now from your partner or children. Food is often given as a treat to a child or sometimes to shut you up and keep you quiet. So if you want to treat yourself you will often go to a bar of chocolate - but one is never enough so you eat as much as you can and then you are filled with self loathing and self disgust which causes you to start again - it is a vicious cycle.
Sometimes you eat because the type of food gives you the emotion of what you need - no sweetness in your life is one of the main ones. Sometimes you dont even know why you are eating. This is why it is a good idea to start keeping a journal and record your moods, hormones, what is happening in your life, your emotions and anything else and that will help you manage your eating better.
If you are stressed you may reach for the food and the booze but actually this is making it worse. And instead of blocking your emotions you really need to deal with them and work out strategies for you to cope for the future. This is where techniques like EFT are invaluable because they really help release these emotions quickly and without having to look at the cause - they just go.
If your subconscious doesnt want you to be slim it will stop your will power in its tracks and you will eat. So why dont you want to be slim - what happened the last time? Did your partner leave you or you got pregnant or you got too much attention? So suddenly you will feel yourself eating and you dont know even what you have eaten - only the empty packets tell the tale.
As I mentioned in my last blog if you have a background of scarcity and lack - and feel that is what is happening now - you will eat and put on weight because you feel this is the only way to proceed.
In the long run eating does not bring you what you want or help with the emotions - it is a bit like drinking when you wake up they are all still there! Only now you have gained pounds, your clothes dont fit and you have spots!
So stop making excuses and look at your life and start cutting down on this eating. Even if you are slim (and I know lots of slim people who stuff their faces!) you will not be healthy on the inside or outside and your skin will tell the tale. Put yourself back in control of your life and learn to heal the emotions and begin to like yourself. Why not contact me for a copy of my book WHY?WEIGHT which will help you stop this habit and lose the weight?
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