What do I mean when I say changing mentality ?

I think some people think well its easy to lose weight just don’t eat that chocolate or only eat when your hungry and I have actually had people say this to me over the years but, I can tell you only people who have said this have never struggled with emotional eating !

I am an emotional eater . There I have said it out loud and it is completely true and would you be shocked if I told you I still emotionally eat ? Well I am not one of these people who has lost weight and says ” I am a reformed emotional eater and I have changed my life ” Nope thats not me . The only difference now from 18 years ago is I now know I am emotional eater . Knowledge is power and it is that power that has helped control my eating habits. Yes I still eat chocolate and cake because I am never going to be one of those people who lead a 100% clean eating lifestyle mainly because I love chocolate and cake to much, but what I try to do is create clean eating alternatives like peanut butter bites, chocolate brownies and other delicious treats replace them with.

Over the last 18 years my emotional eating reared its ugly head and has been with me for all the downs I have had. Strangely enough when I am happy and feeling good food doesn’t seem to be something I think about and I can quite happily go without naughty treats for a good while !

What I really want to try and do is talk to you about how emotional eating controls us and how to break that vicious cycle but firstly the thing you have to do is think about why ! Why do you emotionely eat ? Really dive into it and think how it makes you feel before and after and then and only then can we together work out how to recognise and reduce that negative mindset and create a new positive healthy one !