Top 10 Triggers for Overeating

TOP 10 TRIGGERS FOR OVEREATING

To many people overeating means bingeing and for others it means consuming more or than planned. Most people overeat for many different reasons. Below are the Top 10 Triggers for eating based on my previous clients for standard weight loss hypnosis and for the Virtual Gastric Band/Balloon - they are not in any particular order. How many apply to you? This list is not exhaustive and you may have other triggers.

1) Boredom. This is eating when you're bored or do not have anything interesting to do or look forward to. TV is a favourite passtime especially when you are alone at home or bored.

2) Feeling Deprived. When following a 'typical diet' you will feel deprived of the foods which you enjoy and this leaves you craving for them even more. The media's attitudes towards emphasizing skinnyness as an ideal has lead to many people using severe restrictive dieting and avoiding of whole groups of foods. The 'dieter' often breaks their "plan" and eats the 'forbidden' or 'naughty' food. This may lead to overwhelming guilt followed by feelings of low self-esteem which motivate the individual to eat more of the avoided food in an attempt to numb these negative feelings.

3) Feeling Disgust or Hatred with Your Body. Are you focusing on the things which you feel are 'wrong' with your body and figure. One of the main reasons women, (and men), are unable to over come eating triggers is their inability to accept their body shape due to the bombardment on our minds and souls of absurd body ideals, that are based on 'perfect models'. Most of us are not 'perfect models' and can never be so.

4) Glucose intolerance. Many people suffer from this problem which is based on a natural physiological trigger. In a healthy body, carbohydrates are converted to glucose and a blood glucose level of ~60-120mg/dl is maintained without thought to the dietary consumption of carbohydrate. In the glucose intolerant population, carbohydrates are readily converted to glucose and the pancreas responds to this shift in blood sugar by secreting an excessive amount of the hormone, insulin. Insulin’s job is to remove the glucose from the blood stream and help it to enter the body cells. If done properly, the blood glucose level returns to the normal range regardless of the amount of carbohydrate consumed. If this system is not working correctly, a quick rise in blood glucose followed by an over production of insulin occurs. The excessive insulin is not recognized by the body cells so is unable to remove the glucose from the blood stream. The result is an increase in blood insulin levels, which has an appetite stimulating effect. The person is driven to eat and if simple carbohydrates are chosen, the cycle continues.

JUNK FOOD MAKES YOU EAT MORE JUNK FOOD!!!!!!

5) Habits. Your daily eating habits are not as healthy as they may be and you may not even be aware of some of them. Often, excessive eating, lack of physical activity and stress tips the scales of our otherwise balanced lifestyles. Many women have found that overeating tends to occur in specific places and times, such as in the evening when you're at home cooking for the family and watching television. It could be always having biscuits with your tea of coffee, having a bedtime snack or finishing the kids food when they leave it.

6) Lack of Energy and Feeling Tired. You are putting up with so much in your life that this is constantly draining your energy, leaving you feeling tired. Then your energy level becomes low, you may look for food to pick you up. Unfortunately, most people reach for calorie-laden, (sweet), treats instead of an apple or banana.

7) Needing Love and Comfort. If you turn to food when you're really needing love and comfort you may really pile on the pounds. With the pressure of work and home both men and women tend to be 'burned' out. All this is acceptable if supported with constant appreciation and love. However, lack of appreciation, discouraging remarks leave people sad and lonely, they tend to turn towards food to find consolation and some pleasure in life.

8) Feeling Overwhelmed. You have got so much going on that you feel you find it difficult to take the first step to changing your eating habits. Take the first step, then the second and third and move on...

9) Feeling Upset and Hurt. Do you turn to food when someone says or does something that feels upsetting or hurtful to you? Anxieties and emotions can also trigger the desire to eat. Many people eat because they are sad or stressed out or even to celebrate when they are happy.

10) Lack of Willpower. Your attitude is shaped by your thoughts, feelings, and actions. It's really easy to feel good when the going is good. The key to vibrant energy and a powerful attitude is to MAKE yourself feel good, ESPECIALLY when the going's tough, and you don't feel good, or you don't want to feel good. Willpower is one of the tools you need to employ in order resist the powerful cravings associated with food. The cravings will attempt to control you. It is your willpower, determination and self-discipline that you will use to fight back.

Please note: the Cressingham System Virtual Hypnotic Gastric Band and Cressingham System Virtual Hypnotic Gastric Balloon are not in any way associated with Elite Clinics' Gastric Mind Band or Hypno-Band and Virtual Gastric Band these are trademarks of Newwave Hypnotherapy.