Why can't I STOP eating and why can't I LOOSE weight, Why do I overeat?
When we consider weight loos we often don't look beyond the content of our diets. If we can't keep up with the diet, we blame ourselves and our lack of willpower without considering other facts. |
That doesn't mean there's something wrong with us. What drives us to overeat lies below the surface and we need to see exactly what it is. "Why do I eat so much?" "Why can't I stop eating?" |
The most common antecedent to an episode of compulsive overeating or binge-eating, is negative emotion. These negative feelings are related to body image, stress, even boredom. |
So, why do we overeat? We overeat to meet a need, to cope or to hide, and food gives us comfort or it helps deflect our feelings.
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The society's presure about the way we look, is making us feel uncomfortable with our bodys. Then we start eating to punish ourselves.
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Stress and frustration are often reaching a boiling point. Then we get stuck, we've had enough and we binge-eat. There's our "why do I eat so much".
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There are also physiological reasons for overeating, binge-eating and cravings
Physical reasons for overeating include hormonal imbalance, low blood sugar, food intolerance and also allergies, vitamin deficiencies. |
Dr. Julia Ross with her book The Diet Cure helps readers identify their biochemical imbalances and provides targeted strategies to correct them. |
People struggling with hormone-imbalance, food allergies, sugar addiction, weight problems, found help with Donna Gates and her Body Ecology Diet. |