Emotional Eating

My clients ask me all the time about emotional eating. Fortunately, that's my specialty. So, I tell them to think about the current movie out, He's Just Not That Into You. In this movie, we see one of the female characters upset, sitting at home in front of the television, and what is she doing? Eating ice cream for solace! Many of my clients, who are female, find comfort in eating to console themselves. Because women are nurturers, they have realized that nourishment offers solace and comfort. Certainly, young mothers have learned that feeding a crying baby will cause the baby to be comforted and happy. This wiring of the female brain to nurture makes turning to food the natural way to find solace for any emotional distress we may encounter. It's natural, but can be very unhealthy if done often or to extreme.

My company, Totell (see www.TotellWellness.com) has a program that pinpoints the physiological needs our bodies have and why we turn to certain foods to meet those needs. Scientifically, our bodies desire certain hormones to bring balance (i.e., comfort). My program teaches the individual how to discern what is needed physiologically and how to obtain those needed hormones without turning to harmful, weight-increasing comfort foods.