12 Reasons Why We Overeat & 6.

We want to feel the nurturing “mother love”

that is lacking in our lives. * Choose to cease
How to Overcome
covering up your emotions and to release
by David Klein
emotional contractions and you will begin to feel
Courtesy of Living Nutrition Magazine vol. 7
nurtured by the love that is always present within
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yourself.*
1. We are malnourished--we eat nutrient-poor
foods and are craving nutrients. *Tune in to your
7. We feel and believe we are hungry when we
body’s true needs and consume delicious
are not--we are actually eating to fill up an
mineral-rich, organically-grown fresh fruits and
emptiness. *Choose to explore, accept and be
vegetables and, if you like, their juices.*
with the emptiness. Meditation and the “somatic
inquiry” can help.*
2. We harbor the false idea that we will not
obtain enough nutrients by having small meals
8. We feel bored and we eat recreationally. *
of raw fruits and/or vegetables. *Understand that
Develop enjoyable, purposeful and healthful
raw food nutrition is infinitely superior to your old
activities away from the food or kitchen.
diet of cooked foods--there is far more nutritional,
health-promoting value in one apple than in a
9. We feel socially obligated. *Choose to act
seven course meal of cooked food.*
healthfully and be in your power--choose to take
the best possible care of your self at all times.*
3. We are tired and are trying to stimulate our
energy. * Understand that when we are tired, our
10. We feel too thin when we are in the
primary need is for rest, not food, and food
detoxification stage. *Accept and love yourself
cannot digest well when we are tired. Eating
as you are, and understand that by living and
when we are tired will only lead to enervation,
eating correctly your detoxification and
toxemia and a worsening of fatigue.*
weightloss period will eventually shift into a
rebuilding phase, in which you will add healthy
4. We are not mindful or present while we eat.
weight with larger muscles and enjoy higher
*Eat slowly and practice being
vitality.*
aware/mindful/conscious and present in your
body while you eat.*
11. We are not physically fit and are at the mercy
of our sympathetic emotions. * Keep physically
5. We do not want to feel a particular emotion.
fit--a strong spine and fit body translates into a
*Choose to accept, feel and be with the emotion.
strong nervous system, self-esteem, will-power,
Allow it to dissipate, or expand, to flow through
and keener physical awareness so that you can
your body and beyond. Explore the “somatic (or
discern your true needs for nourishment.
emotional) inquiry.”*

12. We believe we can “get away with it” one

more time. *Ask yourself: “How is this food going
to make me feel in a few minutes, and in a few
hours, and tomorrow?” Think about how you
want to feel and make the healthful choice,
knowing that as you do, you are raising your
level of well-being.*

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