Why do you overeat?

When you sit down to think why do end up in a situation where you have to loose weight, you should think to yourself, why do you overeat?

Some like me overeat because the satiety feeling does not come, or I can not be felt. It is particularly true, when you are in an inflammation situation. The inflammation process is playing on the feeling full message send to your brain, so when you feel arthritis pain or any type of pain, pay particular attention to your servings, because the satiety message transmission is jeopardized.

You may also seek some feeling good and satisfaction from food because you are not feeling any fulfillment from your job, family or personal life. In that case, the only feeling good you will get is from the food you will be eating. In this case, the best idea is to create motivation and action outside of your kitchen in activities you find fulfilling.

Eating is often a compensation from emotions we are feeling. If this is the case, it is a good idea to take a particular attention to treating the emotion side of the issue with counseling instead than with foods.

Overeating is for me quite often in a social setting, in a dinner with friends and family. When the food is on the table, I eat and talk, and talk without even realizing that I have finished my plate and go for another one and another one until I see the bottom of each dish. Unfortunately, when this happens, I realize only when I start feeling a stomach ache that I had too much foods. Therefore, I should always get one plate and one only in a social dinner, this will help me avoid overeating without realizing it, and asking questions, so others do the talking.

There are other reasons why you would overeat, but paying attention and realizing the source is already a first step to modify this situation!