Emotional Eating Disorder

An emotional eating disorder is the same as an addiction to drugs or alcohol. Food is the drug of choice and getting a fix is all important to  try to stuff down the feelings that you don't want to feel.

When an overwhelming emotion surfaces you just have to eat and most people feel powerless over this. Then when you eat more than you should you feel regret and self loathing. Does this sound familiar?

Start here by taking our emotional eating quiz to determine if you do have an emotional disorder and to take the first steps.

The start of your emotional eating disorder

Can you determine the time when food switched from being a physiological need to a psychological need? Most people can. It may be after a painful divorce, separation, a move a change of schools. it's important to get in touch with that period in your life and remember what was going on and how you felt.

When I was young my dad left and came back 10 times over many years. My mom didn't know what to do. (This was during the 60s when very few people got divorced.) I am the youngest of 5 kids and we had to stuff down our pain and any feelings and act as if everything was ok. Another habit of those times.

It wasn't until I was 30 that I went to see a spiritual healer. She explained to me that I had taken a decision at that time. I put up walls around me and I became painfully shy. I told myself, "If I don't let anyone get close to me I can't be hurt."

When she told me that I burst into tears. I had always wondered where my shyness came from and now that I knew, I was then able to start letting go of it, bit by bit.

When we have these, Ah Ha moments, a profound shift can take place. Can you go back and figure out exactly what was going on when you started to use food as a source of comfort? What was causing the pain in your life that started your emotional eating disorder? The Formula for Change can help

In what area of your life do you feel powerless?

According to Dr. Roger Gould, author of the book, Shrink Yourself, Break free from emotional eating forever, the reason why it's so hard to break free from emotional eating is because you feel powerless.

1. You feel powerless about how to deal with your self doubts.
2. You feel powerless about how to get real satisfaction in  life.
3. You feel powerless to insure your own safety.
   
4. You feel powerless to appropriately assert your independence.
5. You feel powerless to fill yourself up when you feel empty inside. 1
   

Hi, I'm Sue-Anne... As a naturopath and weight loss specialist I do consultations by Zoom all around the world.

I created the Bodytypology System for lasting weight loss. Eating right for your body type is a natural way to lose weight. But I found that unless we address the underlying emotional eating triggers or stress eating triggers, that are causing the uncontrollable cravings, weight loss will be temporary. 

That is why in 2020 I trained to be a licensed R.T.T practitioner.

It stands for Rapid Transformational Therapy. It's basically a very powerful and efficient modality using deep relaxation to accesses the subconscious mind. We go back to scenes in your life where you picked up limiting beliefs.

We change the interpretation that you made, and we let go of all the thoughts, beliefs, and emotions that have been holding you back.  We reframe them and give you new beliefs and a more positive mindset, that align with your desires. Typically in less than 3 sessions! 

For guaranteed, lasting weight loss, work with me today!  I've helped hundreds of people eat right for their body type and lose weight permanently. 


 I encourage you to book a free Discovery call to get all the information you need. With the simple steps I'll show you how you can easily overcome your emotional eating for good, achieve your weight loss goals and transform your life as so many of my clients have.

Continue reading more about emotional eating treatment.

You might also enjoy this article about how to boost self esteem 

or compulsive emotional eating 

References:

1. Gould, Roger, M.D., Shrink Yourself, Break free from emotional eating forever (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007) 20-21.

2. Gould, Roger, M.D., Shrink Yourself, Break free from emotional eating forever (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007) 27-28.

How to treat food addiction the natural way

Submitted by Linda
(Canada)

In my family, we love to eat. But one of us is taking it to the next level. I think she needs help and I hope you can come up with natural solution!

She knows it all about healthy eating, and she even practices raw or vegan diet sometimes. She has an intention to do it all the time, but the truth is, she never does. Instead, her butt sticking out of the fridge is the most frequent picture that I see.

She eats until she feels numb and so full she is about to burst, this is the way she describes it. She cannot stop. She eats fast food and bad stuff even though her religion totally prohibits her doing that.

How can she be helped? She feels she cannot stop herself no matter how hard she tries.

Sue-Anne's Reply:
Because you tell me that this is an addiction, I believe that with any addiction, drugs, alcohol, work, etc. There is an underlying emotional cause. Also you say, "she eats until she feels numb." What is the pain that she is trying to numb?

The cause of weight gain is often psychological. Why and when did she start gaining weight? Is she open to getting help? Talking to a professional? Making changes?

I have a page about the causes of weight gain on my site. The link is on the weight loss plan page. I would start by discovering the cause so we can then work towards the solution.

I have great success with my clients with weight loss, using the metabolic-energy type plan catered to their own needs and lifestyle. When she is ready you can suggest she contact me  find out more.