Emotional eating and other negative behaviors

Over the years I have noticed among many people, including myself, that many of us eat more or eat comfort foods when we are emotionally upset.  When we are upset we feel anger, a sense of rejection, or emptiness -we tend to substitute excessive food or other negative behavior for those feelings.

What can we do to change our negative behavior?

• First acknowledge the facts or the truth about our negative behavior.
• Second, make a decision in advance what positive thoughts, self-talk, affirmation, or actions to put in to practice when we notice the first sign of the tendency for the negative behavior rising in us.
• Third,  begin immediately  implementing the decisions we have made regarding positive behaviors.

Let us understand that very few people can make drastic change and stick with it.  So simply choose to have a vision of where you want to go and the road you want to travel on.  See yourself becoming more and more free from the negative behaviors, impulsive reactions, and the tendency not to deal with your feelings.

A key point to note here is to have patience with yourself.  Patience and faith of a farmer, who knows sowing good seeds … with rain, water, sunshine, etc. will result in a tree and the fruit.

Faith is the practice of patience when you’ve done your best and you leave the rest!

Best wishes to all on this worthwhile journey!