Emotional Eating--The Real Holiday Stressor - Article by ArticleFeeder.com_639

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Emotional eating goes out the window with holiday stress. And so does losing weight. But the real holiday stress is not the rushing around (not that there isn't any of that) but it's the uncertainty of all your plans working out for the season.
Aside from uncertainty there's certainly the pressure to get things done, anticipation, hurridiness and so on. But the real stressor is the uncertainty that all your plans will work out and everyone will be happy. There's uncertainty that you'll get the right gifts--uncertainty that you'll project a great image at the company Christmas party--uncertainty that you'll even find the gifts you're looking for. There's uncertainty as to what you can afford or how you will pay for them. Will you remember everything on your "to do" list? Uncertainty as to whether all your guests will show up or get along and behave.
Unlike hurridness, frustration,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, anticipation, and the pressure (or anxiety) to get something done that are fleeting feelings, uncertainty is an emotion that lasts 24 hours a day seven days a week until the plans are all finished and the holiday season over.
A close running emotion is anticipation which I'm sure you can see can be closely tied into uncertainty. It's real easy to be into emotional eating.
Anyway losing weight or experiencing weight loss is but impossible unless these raw emotions are dealt with
Actually anticipation and uncertainty can be lumped together. But the bigger question is, "OK,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, how can we isolate them and leave emotional eating out of the equation?" Can we actually lose weight over the holidays or should we just put weight loss on the back burner?
So what does one do with uncertainty? Just ask the weight loss experts and their response will be "Duh". Sure, ask them what to do with boredom and they are replete with tons of advice such as:
1. go exercise.
2. chew on celery.
3. call a friend.
And if they actually thought about uncertainty, they'd probably give the same advice plus maybe things like:
1. Don't worry, it'll all work out.
2. Have faith in yourself.
Think about it. These and a hundred different other options boil down to one thing and that is "do something about uncertainty." Escape it, run away from it, convert it to something else.
It all makes perfect sense, right?
Maybe I can put a slightly different twist on uncertainty. Uncertainty is the result of:
1. Being unsure of yourself.
2. Being unsure of others and outside events.
3. Feeling out of control about circumstances.
And if we can not let it be that you're unsure of yourself and others, we will feel uncertain.
As opposed to denying it, trying to escape it, or convert it to something else (any one of which we might eventually do which leads to emotional eating) let's first acknowledge it and how we feel about it.
"I'm feeling uncertain and I dislike it or hate it.
Now if you can not let it be that you are uncertain or have control of everything, you'll do something about it and what you've been programmed since childhood to do about uncertainty is eat. That's right, emotional eating. Lacking faith in you or not letting go of worry--no you'll grab a comfort food.
This is all because we resist uncertainty. When you allow you to feel uncertain, it disappears and you no longer have to use comfort foods to dilute it.
Ok, so let's just experience and feel uncertain. But it's not that easy. Since childhood we've been programmed to to avoid uncertainty at all costs. Programs such as:
1. You should be in control.
2. You should trust that everything will work out.
You can make up your own list of beliefs you have about uncertainty. It's these attitudes and beliefs that you've acquired the make it difficult to experience and feel uncertainty.
When you permit you to feel and experience uncertainty, guess what? It disappears. However if you resist it and avoid it you'll have to do something about it--emotional eating.
Look at it from another perspective! Now if you can not let it be that you are uncertain and you munch, what are you eating?
Symbolically you are eating the thing you lack control over or the planned event.
Sure the end result with feeling and experiencing an emotion might be that you end up calling a friend to discuss your uncertainties, let go of worry and just trust in your ability to handle whatever happens or something else but it won't be to escape uncertainty, it'll be as a result trusting your ability to handle any situation that may arise.
Now if the end result is the same, you might ask why deal with uncertainty? It's because to be successful with uncertainty, it's important to acknowledge that you are diluting the emotion by emotionally eating your planned events. You then have an opportunity to move beyond "I have an eating problem" to "I have a problem when I'm uncertain of my plans working out as planned"
You are now directed to the stressor itself and can stop blaming your over weight condition on food. Plus when you actually experience uncertainty, it's gone and so is the need to dilute it.                     
                        
                      Richard Kuhns B.S.Ch.E.,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, NGH certified is an expert in
Waking Hypnosis to eliminate panic and
anxiety, a prominent figure in the field of
motivational thoughts,?
and author of the best selling Scale Conspiracy E-book,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login,
His objective is
to make it possible for anyone to free themselves of?br/>
binge eating as well as emotional eating.
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