Overcome Emotional Eating

Overcome Emotional Eating

Day 19

21 Day Transformation Challenge

1. FAITH~ 

Overcome Emotional Eating by putting God first (Matt 6:33) and foremost each day, creating a daily relationship with Him will strengthen (Eph 6:10), enable and empower you to take on every obstacle and overcome each battle by faith. The more you know God, the more you know Him, the more you trust, rely and turn to Him, just like you would a best friend.  Make God your best friend not food and turn to Him in prayer and praise just like Paul did in Acts 16:25 &26.

Proclaim your victory by faith!

2. FITNESS~

Push through it!

Distract your mind with exercise: exercise releases anger, stress, worries, anxieties, emotions, etc.  Don't react to your situation when your emotional, take a time out and distract your mind with exercise so you can breathe, release the tension, recoup and rethink your situation out more clearly.   A clear mind allows you to use wisdom and guides you towards prayer and praise verses food and negative words.

Dancing to Praise & Worship music is a great combination of faith and fitness!

Exercise Bonus:  Causes you to crave healthy foods...

3. FOOD ~ Food is 80% of the challenge so lets dive a bit deeper and focus on food...

• Be mindful of why you are eating: emotions, boredom, failure, procrastination, laziness, food pictures, friends, smells.  Journal and take note of whats influencing you to eat when your not hungry
• Take your journal notes and do your homework: research, Livestrong, webmd, medicinenet, mayoclinic, etc
• eat 5-6 small healthy meals every 2-3hrs to stay fueled up so your mind can work properly, able to handle any battle
• Drink plenty of water, think clearer... dehydration causes headaches, which equals emotions
• Food prevention: remove unhealthy foods your home, office, lunch setting so you won't binge when emotional
• never go anywhere, especially parties, grocery shopping and restaurants on an empty stomach, empty stomach equals trouble
• step away from the buffet, the banquets, the bread basket, peanut dish, the candy jar and get distracted, ask to help clean, organize, set up, take pictures of all the guest, engage in conversation, keep busy
• be prepared always, have gum, water, nuts, small meals & snacks with you at all times in case you get stuck somewhere longer than expected
• never skip meals! skipping meals & binging on one meal a day is how a sumo wrestler trains to gain weight, so think of a sumo wrestle when tempted to skip a meal
• never eliminate too much, too fast, take baby steps, take each day, one day at a time or you will go wild and binge when a problem or emotion occurs.
• Prepare before dining out: have a meal set in your mind and refuse to look at the menus if possible, for pictures or descriptions of food can cause an emotional reaction, which may cause you to fail.  Always order specifically to your needs: "spray, no butter, chicken or fish, double up on veggies or add brown rice  please"... be loving, kind, and thankful when ordering!! :-D  
• Sleep:  skip the late night cravings and drink water, brush your teeth and go to bed.  Lack of sleep equals lack of control, give your body the rest it needs to function and think properly! 
• Children rarely eat all their food so cut back on their serving sizes to ensure you won't indulge on their left overs. 
• Check your BMI and keep record of your calorie intake, this time consuming task will distract you from mindless eating and keep you accountable.
• Count your calorie intake and out take: when you see how many calories is in a bag of potato chips or cookies vs calories  burnt you will think twice about indulging or binging

Start cleansing

My favorite replacements
Pray & Praise vs Binging

Exercise vs Binging

Shakeology vs Binging

Please POST what you discovered and learn about Emotional Eating below.  And please post what other challenges your facing when striving to live healthy daily so I can help you tackle your next obstacle. 


Angela Castro
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