How do I amotionally detach from eating food as a result of boredom or stress?

Answer 1

Recognizing that you do it is the first step! Next, you might think about journaling for two weeks to see when you eat and what triggers what foods. For example, if you get bored and eat ice cream, write it down. When, why, what and how much of it. You should soon notice a pattern that can help you determine why you eat what you eat. Then you are armed. Take your knowledge, and go to the library or get online and find out what you can eat to replace the food that you binge on when bored or restless or stressed. You could learn to substitute apples for the sugary snacks of stress. You might eat peanut butter crackers instead of the burgers and fries you consume when bored. But there ARE foods that will satisfy those emotional craters rather than the ones you are eating now.
You might also try walking when you get the urge to eat! It doesn't matter where, just walk. Take along a walkman and learn a new language while you walk. Listen to music that you normally don't listen to. Listen to a book on tape, and make it one you wouldn't normally read. My point is to do something different than you usually do, and in 21 days... just 3 little weeks, and you will have established a new habit and hopefully done away with the old one! Good luck to you!

Answer 2

Instead of eating, go out for a walk, or play on the computer. You shouldn't eat every time you are bored or stressed. If you don't like those ideas, try snapping yourself with a rubber band when you get the craving. It may hurt, but it's better than cutting yourself, or eating all of the time.

Answer 3

try going for a walk instead, no need to constantly fill your face