To overcome emotional eating, one of the most important things you must be willing to do is face emotion that drives it instead of immediately retreating into food. Procrastination is a common reason for eating when you aren't hungry. You might have had the experience of facing a daunting project and you knew you should be working on that, but suddenly the kitchen is calling you.

If you find yourself eating when you should be working a lot, then not only can it impact your health and weight, but possibly even your career and income!
Here are some tips to deal with procrastination so that you are less likely to eat emotionally for those reasons:

* Create a goals list - what do you want to do with your life?
* Plan your day the night before, deciding what you would like to accomplish that day
* Prioritize the items on the list that will either bring great rewards if completed or bring painful consequences if you don't complete them. Stay with those items on the list until they are done
* If you are trying to decide between two high priority items to do, start with the easiest one first so you can get it out of the way
* Try to discover the reasons behind your procrastination. Usually these reasons are either a fear of failure or fear of success

Keep in mind the quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain." They only cure for fear is action.

It also helps to imagine yourself at 80 years old: With the current choices that you are making in your life now, will you be happy with the results that they've brought you then? If not, now is the time to take a new approach.

The more satisfied you feel with your life and take action on your worthy goals, the less you will engage in emotional eating patterns. Only then will you be able to restore a healthy, balanced relationship with food.

Kimberly Floyd is an author, certified wellness coach, and the CEO of Take Back Your Temple, which offers books, multimedia, seminars and wellness coaching to help others reach their perfect weight using Christian weight loss principles. Once 240 pounds and a size 22, Kim lost 85 pounds and went from a size 22 to an 8 so she knows about weight issues from the inside out. Her story has been featured in Prevention Magazine, Essence Magazine, and on CBN's The 700 Club. She is the author of the eBook 'Take Back Your Temple: How to Achieve Healthy Weight Loss God's Way' and 'MoneyWise Weight Loss: The Faith-based Plan for Building a Better Body on a Budget'.


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