Weekly Nutrition Tip - Mood Eating

Posted by Dan on July 02nd 2007 to Nutrition/Supplements

I think that all of us are guilty of ‘mood eating’ from time to time. We know what we should be eating, but we throw it out the window because we just ‘feel like’ eating something that we know won’t help us to reach our goals, whether that goal is to gain more size and muscle or lose weight. Today’s tip has to do with avoiding emotional mood eating. Dr. Berardi is talking at the end a little bit more about gaining muscle and size, but this analogy works for losing weight or any other goal as well if you look at the overall principle:

Mood Eating
by Dr. John Berardi

Most people eat based on their mood and/or some subjective feelings of hunger. They don’t eat based on what their bodies need. Think of it this way: you’re about to take a long drive on a stretch of highway with no gas station. Do you fail to stop for gas before you hit the road because you’re ‘not in the mood?’ Of course not. Think of eating in the same way. Eating fuels your metabolic engine. So it’s time to start feeling like eating so that you can stop feeling like you’re scrawny.

This tip is provided by Dr. John Berardi of Precision Nutrition

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  1. OUCH
    July 2nd, 2007 | 8:50 am

    I like to “listen” to my body. When I’m hungry I eat.

  2. Dan
    July 2nd, 2007 | 11:02 am

    OUCH,
    This is normally a good tactic to follow, and I agree with your point. The thing to watch out for is when it’s your emotions talking and you’re eating more because of sadness or some other ‘mood’ that is affecting what you’re choosing to eat.

  3. kevin
    July 7th, 2007 | 10:47 am

    interesting, I know my mood does impact what and when I eat… I totally need to be more aware of that.

  4. Dan
    July 9th, 2007 | 5:56 am

    Hey Kevin,
    I think most of us need to be more aware of it, because most of us fall prey to emotional eating a lot more than we care to admit. Thanks for the comment!

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