You have probably tried many ways to lose weight before and may not have not been as successful as you would like.  You may have been successful at one point and put weight back on again and are now wondering why what worked before is not working now.

That’s because weight loss is not about the food or the particular diet that you may be on at any particular time.  In fact dieting is the worst thing that you can do ever - but that’s for another post.  Everyone knows that if you eat less and exercise more you will lose weight - but if you know it what stops you from doing it?  or what stops you from maintaining those new healthy habits that wonderful diet taught you?

Your emotions - that’s what.
Most of the eating that overweight people do has no link to whether they are hungry or their body needs fuel, it is purely driven by the emotion that is being felt at that moment in time.  For example, boredom can lead you heading straight for the fridge and the thing to remember is that when you head to the fridge for an emotional snack it’s never the celery that you pick.  Your feelings are driving your behaviour.

When ever people break their healthy eating plans it is always some kind of emotional trigger that starts it off and keeps it escalating.

Next time you reach into the fridge or the cupboard, stop and ask yourself - Am I really hungry?  What am I feeling right now?
If the answer is that you are feeling an emotion rather than real hunger, the STOP, do something else, that doesn’t involve putting food into your mouth.