What is emotional eating?

Are You An Emotional Eater? Do you eat to feel better or relieve stress? Do you eat because eating that bowl of ice cream is the highlight of your day? Do you eat when you are happy to exaggerate that happy feeling? Do you eat when you are sad or pissed off to comfort yourself? Do you eat when you're not hungry? If you answered yes to any of the above then you’re most likely an emotional eater, welcome to the club! I would say that 99% of humans are in the same club so it’s really nothing to worry about… that is unless it’s happening so often that it’s having a negative impact on your life. There is a spectrum when it comes to emotional eating (like most things) and everyone will be somewhere on that spectrum. If you are considered a ‘normal eater’ you will most likely be at the bottom end of the spectrum. If you always turn to food and eat in large amounts, you will most likely be on the high end of the spectrum. A lot of people (most of my clients and my past self) are both emotional eaters and binge eaters. Don’t worry, there is hope! Emotional eating is more complex than binge eating so I will dedicate this page to emotional eating and this page to binge eating. Ok then so emotional eating…