The Art of Thinking Positive: Part of Eating Right
Andrea Pelin
April 14, 2007
Food plays a key role in the way people feel. Whether it is consumed in excessive amounts or in too little quantities, food may alter physical appearance and so, negative feelings may show up.
Binge eating, gaining weight, or compulsive eating can be controlled if you make better food choices. If you start making better food choices, you’ll notice a better appetite control, higher levels of energy, and a more positive attitude. Experts agree that there are many factors that influence people`s eating, feelings and behavior. Some of these factors are cultural, familial, evolutionary, individual, or social. Eating may have both positive and negative consequences regarding the behavior.
For instance, eating more may help people fight negative feelings in the short run. However, in the long run, fighting stress through eating more may actually increase negative feelings. This happens because the underlying problem that causes the stress is still unsolved. Plus, your self-image is damaged by the extra-pounds.
Psychologists tries to help people with eating problems through behavioral treatment and cognition therapy. Cognitive behavioral treatment is often used to determine what someone needs to do in order to achieve his or her goals and make a commitment to do it.
This type of therapy helps to self-monitor your food choices, portions, and what causes you to eat a lot. Cognitive behavioral treatment can also make you replace eating when not necessary with healthier alternatives. Linkages can be broken with positive reinforcement, social support, or altering eating habits.
Cognitive therapy treats the way you think about food and makes you recognize self-defeating thinking patterns. If you think something is too hard for you, that you failed if you didn`t reach your target weight, or that you can go back to your old eating habits when you noticed a lean weight loss, then you have self-defeating thoughts.
Binge eating, gaining weight, or compulsive eating can be controlled if you make better food choices. If you start making better food choices, you’ll notice a better appetite control, higher levels of energy, and a more positive attitude. Experts agree that there are many factors that influence people`s eating, feelings and behavior. Some of these factors are cultural, familial, evolutionary, individual, or social. Eating may have both positive and negative consequences regarding the behavior.
For instance, eating more may help people fight negative feelings in the short run. However, in the long run, fighting stress through eating more may actually increase negative feelings. This happens because the underlying problem that causes the stress is still unsolved. Plus, your self-image is damaged by the extra-pounds.
Psychologists tries to help people with eating problems through behavioral treatment and cognition therapy. Cognitive behavioral treatment is often used to determine what someone needs to do in order to achieve his or her goals and make a commitment to do it.
This type of therapy helps to self-monitor your food choices, portions, and what causes you to eat a lot. Cognitive behavioral treatment can also make you replace eating when not necessary with healthier alternatives. Linkages can be broken with positive reinforcement, social support, or altering eating habits.
Cognitive therapy treats the way you think about food and makes you recognize self-defeating thinking patterns. If you think something is too hard for you, that you failed if you didn`t reach your target weight, or that you can go back to your old eating habits when you noticed a lean weight loss, then you have self-defeating thoughts.
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