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Tags: health, wellness, eating disorders, overeating
 Everybody needs to eat. It is essential for living and growth. How about overeating? A different story. Let’s just say, once upon a time there’s this teen age girl who makes eating her favorite past time. A heavy meal three times a day is just the minimum. You might associate her with Po, the best-loved panda from the movie Kung Fu Panda.
She is not that humongous or something like Po just chubby and large for her age but they definitely have something in common—they eat when they are upset. Frustration is just one of the many root cause of overeating. For some, it is their way of expressing unwanted feelings inside them.
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Those that they can’t simply release through other means they know but to stuff their mouths with anything edible within reach even if they are not hungry at all. This is sometimes called emotional eating. What drives you to eat more is not the lurching sounds from your stomach but the raging feelings inside you.
Anything that makes you upset fuels your desire to release that negative feeling. You really want it out of your system so instead of crying, hitting people or even fighting back you resort to eating. The logic behind overeating is the inability to find other safe and physically advantageous means to combat one of the forms of stress and that is frustration.
One simply has to know that overeating does not solve their problems or it can even give rise to a new one. The ultimate solution to your frustration is to face it. However, if you are not yet prepared you have to compose yourself. Never do things that will make you feel sorry later on because you made abrupt decisions when you’re still blinded and confused.
Aside from eating why don’t you pray or meditate to create serenity at the comfort of your homes or at your favorite spa? You can also consider watching movies, attend to concerts (if you are the party type), or if you want to be just by yourself pop up your most listened to records.
Take note that some music has healing and soothing effects especially the classical ones. But if you really want to get somewhere, you can try a short walk on your favorite park (and if it rains you can stroll without an umbrella for a little bit of drama just don’t overdo it or some will think you’re nuts!) or even go out of town.
Attend camps, retreats and other forms of social recreation to help your mind wander to other things even for a while. It really helps to try new things so that you can divert your attention. After you’ve done these kinds of things expect that what you felt before is not as bad as what you feel now.
And if you are already prepared to face your frustrations, that’s good! You can think well when you’re not angry. Face that person, that fact or whatever it is that makes you upset and attain some closure. There are many ways to get even with frustration and the least that you could do is to harm yourself thru overeating.
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About the author
The author of this article Rose Windale is a Health and Wellness Coach who has been successful with several natural health programs for many years. Rose recently published a step-by-step guide on how to lose weight the EASY way and become totally healthy and happy. More info on her life-changing eating habits plan HERE.
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