The Secret to Conquering Overeating

 I think I've got it! The secret to conquering overeating has really nothing to do with the specifics, like calorie-counting, whether you feel full after that salad, depriving yourself of sugars at the end of the night. 

It really comes down to trying to get down to the origin of why it is you overeat. I'm not talking about overeating because you're stressed, or anxious. I'm talking about trying to figure when, in your young life, did you start to associate food with feeling better.

Once we get to that point, you can unravel those feelings and finally face the child in you that's been neglected this whole time.

I discovered for myself that food was a coping mechanism for the neglect I was feeling from my parents. I post more information about it here, but it was only then did I realize that I was never actually hungry. It was a behavior that has been ingrained in me since I was younger - to eat to feel better, ESPECIALLY at night time.

Once you get down to the ORIGIN of when your eating behavior came about, you can finally start conquering your overeating. You'll start to see that it really has nothing to do with food at all, but because of a neglect you've experienced.

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