You may notice that your tendency to reach for high-caloric foods is dependent on your mood. Some people tend to overeat when very happy, others when very sad and certainly, many when they feel stressed. Why is food used as a "treatment" or reaction to mood issues?
Some of this is chemical, meaning that under certain conditions, neurochemicals such as serotonin become unbalanced and this results in cravings and the complusion to eat.
A part of this is a learned response as well...lets go back to infancy when the baby starts to cry...the first thing the parent does is put the bottle in the mouth.
Food is an immediate gratification and there is noi denying that it may produce an immediate mollification of the emotional issue/change. However, the weight gain or the derailing of the weight loss effort that occurs results in self-loathing. Try your best to not give in to the compulsion to eat the harmful food sources when your mood turns or stress hits hard.
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