The triggers that affect our obesity

We all have triggers that arouse us to emotional eating. The scientific concept is – hedonism. That is, eating that is not made out of hunger, but out of an emotional, comforting need. We have ice cream, chocolate, fries and sometimes another dish of pasta, or a triangle of pizza.Each and every one of us needs comfort: in stress, anxiety, due to violent events or existential threat, as has been undergoing a whole country in recent months. But sometimes we eat with joy: when you go with friends to a restaurant, at a holiday meal, at events. With a hand on the stomach: Which of us no longer eats outside the home? Taste all the desserts on the buffet? Fill the house in the snacks, “for kids,” but gnawing them himself in such moments and others?

What between emotional eating and obesity?

We are all flooded with stimuli, abundant food, advertisements that stimulate the salivary glands, and food programs that cause the imagination. When these emotional situations meet endless options of food – it is very difficult to cope. Why is there as if they would not give up another slice of cake and others would settle for bite or give up?

 

The scientific, studies, indicates a change in our approach to obesity: The differences between us are caused by our genetics, and that – cannot be changed. But we have many tools that will help us deal with it.

 

“Many times, a genetic tendency for obesity connects to the tendency to fill the house in sweets, that is, to create a environment that encourages obesity,” explains Dr. Batya Kardbaum, a specialist in family medicine, personal care and prevention and company in Israeli society for the study and treatment of obesity. ” Negative, but understand and explain that obesity is a biological failure that, among other things, produces behavioral difficulty. Biology and habits involve each other, and you can improve them. ”

“Generally, lean people tend to eat less when they are in stress,” confirms Dr. Rakefet Baca, a family medicine expert, a member of the Israeli company in Israeli society for obesity, “while overweight people, whose fat cells in their bodies are greater than their childhood, tend to eat more. The war has forced many changes and especially emotional and many people recently gained weight, stopped exercising, stopped taking medication and getting out of balance. ”

In the not too distant past, they used to say that “oils are happy and happy people,” but the truth is quite different:

Usually, people who have been dealing with overweight or obesity were considered “lazy” or “willpower” and not “ridiculous”, physical harm and even discriminatory attitude in reception, promotion at work, receiving medical treatment and the like.

Dr. Bachar: “Even if we think there are people who carry their obesity proudly, reality is different: most of the women who deal with obesity and overweight aspire and strive to lose weight and maintain the decline. This is the ambition that our culture dictates. In other words: they may. So you can’t say that people who deal with obesity are happier. Inside them they want to lose weight and maintain normal weight. ”

Understand what emotional eating is, and what are the triggers

Emotional eating is a situation where food provides comfort to deal with negative emotions, such as stress, anger, fear, boredom, sadness and loneliness. That is, it is eating that is not caused by hunger but emotional groceries. Most of the obesity people know and are aware of emotional eating, but sometimes it is not enough, and you have to understand the causes and causes, what are the weaknesses that need to be understood and recognized. “When a patient knows what he is dealing with, recognizing situations in which he eats more, his weak points, you can try to prevent and overcome the habit.

How can you deal with emotional eating triggers?

Here are some tips that may help deal with emotional eating, but it is important to emphasize: If you have tried self -help options but you are not yet able to control emotional eating, you should consider treatment in the emotional behavioral.

Exercise: “It is worth remembering that an hour’s walk barely burns a pizza triangle, but it has many benefits and not just a calorie burning,” Dr. Cornbaum emphasizes. Do not owe a gym or running, any activity can fit: work in the garden, trip in the park. Everything that helps to ventilate your head and reduce tension. “Any exercise that makes us happy: a folk dances, for example, basketball or football, etc. For those who are hard to start, we recommend adopting a dog and going out with him on trips every day.

Manage an eating log: “I explain to patients how to map the moments when they need a comforting eating, locating the difficult times they are “thrown” to eat. This helps not to fall in those difficult moments, “explains Dr. Corbaum.

Give up desserts: “It’s a light -hearted Western culture, you don’t have to be sweet at the end of the food.

Drinking water: Not only does it save the calories and sugar that has sugary drinks, it can soothe and prevent emotional eating.

Dealing with food: If you must snack, it is better to cut vegetables. “This is also about food, but that we do not fatten and that it is healthier,” Dr. Bachar emphasizes.

Avoid hunger situations: Eat neat meals, so as not to cause the situation where at the end of the day you eat a double dose.

Eat slowly: “It takes the body for long minutes to identify the feeling of satiety. Therefore, when you eat slowly, they don’t need another dish after a few minutes, because the feeling of satiety has not yet appeared,” Dr. Bacari explains.

Eat small plates: To avoid over -loading for the plate.

Take out snacks and sweets from home: “If you already have to eat something delicious, you should prefer fruit, which even though it contains sugar – it is a healthier sugar for the body and helps change the eating habits,” Dr. Bacaris argues.

Psychotherapy treatment: Combining the emotional world of behavioral may help deal with emotional eating urge.

Use drugs: They are not a magic solution, but may provide additional assistance in dealing with obesity in adults. It is also important to understand that since this is a drug treatment for chronic disease, medical surveillance must be maintained and the continued drug treatment, according to the doctor’s instructions.

Don’t be considered: The weight does not really indicate obesity or obesity. But if you feel that the garment presses, or “gets too small,” it is definitely a sign that something has changed. I do not agree with this recommendation. Maybe not to consistently consider every day, but in my opinion it is important to be considered to maintain an existing situation. It depends very much on a person, what is right for him and not stressful. It is important to consider. When the clothes don’t close it is already too late.

Return your body to balance: “Our body is managed by the biological clock, the pircadian, which synchronizes with light and dark hours,” explains Dr. Cardbaum. Therefore, it is important to regulate and adjust the schedules. Metabolic disruption causes obesity, unequivocally. ”

Guidelines for changing habits give a sense of power, tools and security, which is what encourages motivation. You should adhere to the tool set, each week, another change. Remember that testimony will always be, but you can develop strategies on how to cope and reduce emotional eating by 80%, and it is excellent, that aspiring to 100% is not feasible, it is more important to reduce the quantities and testimonies, “Dr. Corbaum adds.

“You should always remember, obesity is a biological failure and therefore does not involve guilt, but it should be taken responsibility,” Dr. Bachar concludes.

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The information does not constitute medical advice.