Sandra found after her weight balloon 60 pounds she separated from her husband. Weight gain is obviously dependent on the part of the drug, she took the remainder seems to be the result of what can be described as a mood diet. In recent years, more attention has focused on emotional eating issues for women and men. In fact, some experts even claim that most weight gain can be blamed on emotional eating. According to today's women's magazines, it is estimated that up to 75 percent of overeating is due to emotions.

For some people, overeating due to anxiety. For example, if you find yourself spending an entire bag of potato chips, it may be the cause of anxiety. While many people realize that alcohol and illegal drugs are not an antidote to anxiety, they may not understand, indulge in snack foods to combat anxiety can be dangerous as well.

In other cases, overeating may be the result of depression. If you feel tired, do not want to have lost interest in your normal activities, you may be suffering from a depressive episode. To deal with these uncomfortable feelings, people may turn to food, trying to cheer up. The problem is that foods can lead to weight gain, which may lead to further depression.

Sometimes, overeating may be a symptom of boredom. Individuals can speculate that he or she has nothing better to do than to overeat. This may be especially true when a person watching TV or surfing the Internet. Rather than trying to determine the cause of boredom, a person might just try to "fix" it is to indulge in high-fat, high-calorie foods.

How do you know if you are an emotional eating? Ask yourself some key questions: I tend to, I am very worried about eating? Afraid? Sad? I think eating lift my spirit? I will spend more time than eating other activities, I enjoyed? I am doing my carnival to suffer disappointed? I turned to food to deal with the death of a loved one and divorce ...... ...... still my favorite team's defeat? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes", you may be overeating purely emotional reasons.

When you are sure that he is an emotional eating, you need to take some measures to correct your behavior. Perhaps the most effective way is to switch. In other words, if you find yourself reaching the cookie jar, find another activity participation, the answer may be walking, kickboxing, or dancing. Or, it may be some less physically demanding, such as needle or crochet. The idea is to get your hands ...... maybe the rest of your body ... moved. Over time, you will find the urge to overeat subsidies, you are involved in other activities.

You can take another step is to determine how effective your emotional eating triggers. You, or right before bedtime often carnival mid-morning, afternoon? You eat snacks while watching TV, while at the computer, or when you sit in your favorite chair? Ask yourself these questions, you can find out the time of day, you overeat, and for the location of your overeating when. With this information, you can learn to reboot your behavior is not easy to gain weight pursuit.

Another useful method is to create a support network to help you combat overeating. Members of your support team may include your spouse, children, parents, friends, or other overeating. You may even consider joining, dedicated to helping those who engage in binge eating a support group. If you feel the need to overeat, please contact your support team one. Talk through your emotions can provide you need to release your emotions, making overeating unnecessary.

If your anxiety or depression persists, may be considered to see a psychiatrist. He or she can help you develop more effective coping mechanisms. If you find able to talk to friends or family about your overeating difficult, psychotherapist can provide talk therapy you need to overcome the problem for you.