Emotional Eating

I'm guilty. I eat when I'm upset, frustrated, anxious, and sometimes when I'm happy. Mostly though it's when I'm frustrated.

I know you would think it would be the other way around but I find that I eat more and grab more comfort foods then then any other time. Feeling good I load up on fruits and veggies. Feeling frustrated and I eat Pizza. Two pieces of supreme Italian pizza to be exact. Ugh..

The hard part about it is that I was in fact hungry before I got frustrated. Once I was upset though my logic went out the window and I ate more than I should of. I feel physically ill. I know that I ate too much and yet I did it anyways. Do I feel better? Nope. Did I solve my problem? Nope. So why did I do that? Because it was easier to do than to actually take a breath think about my problem and find a way to handle the emotions and the situation first and then eat.

Am I concerned about 2 pieces of pizza. Not really. I mean I still have to work out tonight and so I'll have to workout a little harder but its' not a big deal. What bothers me is that I didn't recognize what I was doing until it was too late.

I'm not going to beat myself up over this. I know that I'm emotional eater. I am aware of it and at least that shows me that I am at least partial paying attention to my body. Next time I just need to do what I know I need to do which is acknowledge the emotions first and then set them aside. My moods should not dictate what food I put into my body or the quantities of which I consume.

Are you an emotional eater? How do you handle it?