Ep 7 How to Stop Mindless Eating and Curb Emotional Eating

Part 2 of 4 Types of Eating: To lose weight you must be aware of why you are eating so you can stop mindless eating.

In this episode I discuss fog and storm eating, how it looks and how you can help yourself by knowing which category you are in. It’s also very important to know what you are thinking so you can change your mindless eating behaviors in the future.

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I talk about how fueling turns to fogging even if you’re eating fuel. This happens when you overeat fuel food. Any time you go beyond a +2 you are fogging. You are going behind your back. It’s good to find that out, and then you can decide if this mindless eating is helping or hurting you. HINT: It’s not helping you.

Overeating lettuce is considered fog eating. You want to show respect to your body by NOT overeating.

Thoughts like, “It’s too good to stop”, are very dangerous and lead to overeating. When you look at this differently and prioritize yourself, you may choose to think the only good thing to do for yourself is to stop. That can change everything. Remember, when you get hungry again, you can eat again!

We want to emulate 5 year olds, because they are connected to their bodies, they will NOT overeat! Their bodies won’t let them. We are training you and your body to do what is the most natural thing in the world.

Storm eating is always about emotions, and in this episode I talk about what Jill Bolte Taylor talks about in her book, A Stroke of Insight: A feeling, when felt all the way through, only last 90 seconds. I discuss this, and help you see a feeling can’t kill you, but two cakes, over time, might!

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