Filling the Void

Have you ever had one of those days where you just eat and eat and eat and nothing can stop you, or those really sad moments in your life when you turn to food... mainly chocolate and carbs because your friends say its ok to eat your feelings. Truth is, those foods aren't going to make you feel any better, they aren't going to fill that hole you feel in your body... nothing can fill that but time and patience. There is a lot you can do to your body to do damage, indulgence and over eating is one of those things, which goes hand in hand with eating your feelings. Soon after then indulgence happens the guilt follows suit which makes us feel worse and worse and then we don't know how to stop eating.

The best thing to turn to is your friends, family or counsellor to talk through your feelings let them go and give them time to heal. Exercise really helps too as it provides your body with natural endorphins, even going for a walk can get those endorphins out. Support helps the most, but time heals all. Be patient with your body and your feelings.

Stress Eating...or lack there of

Some people eat their feelings, while others use stress to fuel them and to not eat. Both have extremely negative results on the body. Over eating puts stress on the liver to process all the food that is coming in, as most of it isn't healthy. The liver can't handle all that food in one go so it pushes it into other places in our body, like the skin as acne and rashes, into our joints creating aches and pains, into our brains creating fog and exhaustion. Not eating puts stress on the entire body, but extreme amounts on the adrenal glands, which work to keep the body in homeostasis, or happily balanced. When the body is relying on them totally they eventually burnout creating intense exhaustion. When your adrenals burn out your Thyroid takes over, creating weight issues and thyroid problems. So please no matter what kind of stress you are under, listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs.

Oatmeal is very grounding and keeps your body naturally in homeostasis, add some cinnamon and coconut oil and you have yourself a blood sugar balancing full protein, carb and fat meal that will keep you satiated for a fair amount of time.