Self Image - The source of a lot of emotional eating.

Anyone who has every been overweight has let themselves become a victim of the emotional eating circle. It starts off with a large meal because you don't like what you see in the mirror. Then you feel more intense emotions for letting yourself eat the fatty meal. Some of those emotions include guilt, self-loathing, and hopelessness. These emotions then take you back to step one and you keep eating even worse meals for you. 


The idea of self image is really one of self esteem. How to see yourself in a positive light is the idea behind high self esteem. Jack Canfield, author of "Chicken Soup for the Soul", describes self esteem boiling down to two basic ideas. One is the idea of being capable and the other is being lovable? If you can see the all ideas with self esteem being from these miscommunication with yourself, it can be easier to rectify the situation.


As an overweight person, I know from experience that it is very had to consider myself lovable and capable. The evidence is all around me. I noticed that girls almost cringe when they think about me. I feel out of place when I am with my family because it seems there are no reasons to love me. I have been struggling so long to find work that will pay all of my bills, it has made me feel from being capable of even providing for myself.


I don't really have any awesome solutions for the idea, but at least I have a good idea where to start.


"Work harder on yourself than you do on your job"
Jim Rohn