Is Deprivation and Dieting Causing
Your Emotional Eating?
Is constant dieting causing you to feel a sense of deprivation? Has food become "Forbidden Fruit" for you? Do you feel that you "deserve" to eat whatever you want for a job well done, or a hurdle overcome? A sense of deprivation will cause you to engage in emotional eating, because you can only keep yourself from eating what you really crave for so long.
Beware the "Poor Me, I Can't Have It" Mindset
Do you feel that you are suffering an injustice, simply because you have chosen to change your body? Do you think it's so unfair that you cannot eat it all and still be thin?This is the ultimate in the deprivation mind-set. You feel victimized by your circumstances, and put the blame for your weight problem outside of your control. The feelings of deprivation that you may have experienced on diets in the past were a product of a mind-set you imposed on yourself. Your decision to make positive changes in your body is YOUR CHOICE! Feeling deprived is really just another way of surrendering to the control of food. It is a denial of your freedom and ability to determine your own path. You don't need a book, diet, or doctor to tell you what, when and how to eat...you have the knowledge and power to do that all on your own. You simply need to use it.
People who are successful at weight loss take responsibility for their choices...you know that when you eat compulsively, you are not happy, and you have the power to change that. Ultimately, you want to learn to say, "I know I CAN have it, but I don't want it." Staying with the program of eating when you're hungry, stopping when you're full and learning to handle your negative emotions will allow you to be able to say that. You will be happier for having done it, and feel good about your ability to do so, knowing that every time you heal your feelings of deprivation, you lighten up!
Control Binge Eating without Deprivation
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