Why am I overweight?
Overweight is different for everyone but the same to everyone is the need for protection. Protection sounds so serious, we know but it is a very simple concept. There is something that scares you and instead of facing the fear, you eat the fear away. This is why you call weight gaining food “comfort foods”. Truly, many can eat the comfort foods and not gain weight. This is because they are not using this food as a crutch. They do not abuse the food and eat it out of content.
So, how do you catch this fear before it is eaten away? Usually when the mind set that losing weight is the most important mission to accomplish. Now you are noticing that the urge to overeat is there before you eat away the feeling. Now the fear is relevant and emotions surface. This is when you either learn to love yourself (for the fears are usually based off of lack of love and disapproving the self) or you return to your old eating habits.
