As many of you already know, understanding the different types of eating disorders, how they originate, why so many of us find ourselves having to deal with them, and what can be done to end eating disorders is a priority for me. fight once and for all.
In my many hours of research on emotional eating, I have come across hundreds and hundreds of articles and various research studies. The one thing they all seem to have in common when it comes to “cure” suggestions is that the sufferer eat only when hungry and do their best to keep their attention off the food at all other times.
This made me realize something: if eating only when hungry, and not thinking about food at other times, are prerequisites for getting rid of the emotional disorders of eating or overeating, then people who are serious learners! they have a real problem!
Are binge eating disorders more prevalent in fit people?
Think about it: people who eat according to the clock, regardless of their hunger levels; Those who constantly think about food while planning it days in advance, weighing and measuring every serving of food that they put into their mouths: how can they prevent this obsessive relationship with food, when their lifestyle is focused on food? obsession with her? ?
How do you NOT obsess when this is part of your day?
Then there is the whole cycle of losing fat and gaining muscle, performed in yo-yo form by most of the fitness trainees and competitors. The average figure competitor, for example, will go through an “off season” cycle to gain muscle, followed by a “cut” period in which they will follow a very low calorie and very restrictive diet for 12 to 16 weeks.
Once that cutting cycle is over, you will allow yourself the freedom to consume more calories, along with some of your favorite foods from time to time, as you embark on another “off-season.”
So where is the problem, you ask?
Simple: The simple fact that you’ve been starved for a good 3-4 months and (most of the time) you’ve been on a starvation diet, consisting of less than 1200 calories a day (like you did hours and hours of cardio at day), he absolutely crashed his metabolism!
And there is more …
Once you allow yourself to have more food; The second you tell yourself it’s “okay” to indulge yourself once in a while, when you’ve reached your goal, the moment you relax, your subconscious mind will start sending out intense “feed this body” signals. hungry “which, most likely, you will find incredibly difficult to resist!
So, no matter how well you realize the fact that you don’t really * need * that entire box of cereal; Nor will it disappear the moment you put the spoon down, and you can always have more afterwards; you will have an overwhelming desire to finish it all, as your body is trying to “fill up” with food while it is “available.” . “
After all, who knows when he will embark on another period of starvation. The main goal of your body is to survive. As you stand by the refrigerator late at night, eating peanut butter straight out of the jar with spoonful after spoonful, your whole body is focused on doing, preserving itself.
Look familiar?
Survival.
That’s all it is. And that, to me, explains the prevalence of bingeing and emotional eating in the fitness community.
Honestly, I’m having a hard time with this idea. I like to think that we are all very health conscious people … and yet if we are the main cause of our own suffering, how conscious are we really?
Do you think i’m wrong?
If you think I’m out of line, I would LOVE to know why. I would love nothing more than to prove me wrong. If you think I’m missing any important factor here, I really, really need to hear your thoughts.
And if you agree, or understand what I’m trying to say, I’d love to hear from you too … it’ll help me solidify my theory.