emotional eating

Eating can be a highly emotional process because food does more than just fill our stomachs. While eating to satisfy hunger is a normal function, emotional eating can be a self-defeating and destructive force in someone's life. Emotional eating is to eat for a reason other than hunger. We are programmed early on in life to attach different emotions with different food. We lavish sweet rewards upon a child for good behavior. When a child is sad what do we give them? Cookies or cake? Punishment can be equated to hunger when the child is forced to miss a meal because of bad behavior. We program our kids to respond to foods at an early age and then set a pattern for comfort through foods that are re-enforced throughout life. 

Five differences between emotional eating and normal hunger:

From the University of Texas Counseling and Mental Health Center web site:

1. Emotional hunger comes on suddenly; physical hunger occurs gradually.

2. When you are eating to fill a void that isn't related to an empty stomach, you crave a specific food, such as pizza or ice cream, and only that food will meet your need. When you eat because you are actually hungry, you're open to options.

3. Emotional hunger feels like it needs to be satisfied instantly with the food you crave; physical hunger can wait.

4. Even when you are full, if you're eating to satisfy an emotional need, you're more likely to keep eating. When you're eating because you're hungry, you're more likely to stop when you're full.

5. Emotional eating can leave behind feelings of guilt; eating when you are physically hungry does not.

According to the University of MD 75% of all overeating is due to emotions.

Eating tips

* Eat when you are hungry and not when you are sad or angry. Never eat because of an emotional feeling you are trying to bury.
* Reduce carb intake, especially the refined carbs that are also called "comfort foods," which release short-term, feel-good neuro chemicals to the body and brain.
* When you feel hungry, try drinking some water to see if the sensation goes away. If it is indeed hunger, then you have a good start on your digestion with the water you just imbibed!
* Eat slow and relaxed. This will give you more time to chew the food, mix it with enzymes from the saliva and improve your overall digestion by giving the brain more time to keep up with the peptide signals that tell you when you have eaten enough.
* Take a brisk walk with the arms swinging, jumping jacks or bicycling. Doing complex math problem or spelling words backwards, counting backwards and skip-counting can help logics take control when you are emotional.

( Eat like a king for breakfast, a prince for lunch and a pauper for supper. )

my happy family

hye, we meet again!,. Now I want to story about my happy family. To me family is important to us hence that more necessary for us no matter who are they. Let's know about my dad first. His name is Mohd Salleh Bin Abdul Ghani, 47th, 16th May 1963 is his birthday. He works as a Lorry Driver for many years since I'm child. He is a responsible dad and without him maybe I'm not here right now. He is my hero to protect us, although he is a strict man but he actually a kind person. He is very fierce and from his face everyone knows that he is a fierce man but he just ignore that. He love to eat Asam Pedas, and he also love to go for fishing, sometimes he will join a tournament of fishing at everywhere he knows. Thanks dad, i know you are always want the best from me, InsyaAllah I will do the best for you. Iloveyoudad :)

Yusni Binti Yusof, that my mom, or I called her mummy. She likes us called her 'mummy' because to her that calls name is more closest with her and no matter who she assume as her children she will use 'mummy' to communicate. She is 43th years old, she is born on 2nd November 1969. She's from Pontian, Johor. She is not working and just a housewife full time. She is a lovely mom and always take care all of us. She like to singing and if she have much time, she will spent that time with singing. Even she is not a singer or an artist but she is good in singing. She also likes to do an exercise for her healthy, every Sunday morning she will join a Senam Robik or Poco-Poco near my house. She is very friendly to people around her and easy to get friends. Terima kasih mummy sebab dah lahirkan saya dan besarkan saya sehinnga sekarang, jasamu tetap akan ku kenang sampai bila-bila,.saya sayang mummy :)

Next about my happy family, I have seven siblings. They are my two elder sister, two younger sister, two younger brother and me. I'm the third number in my siblings. My first sister is Siti Sharmila, 23th, now she wors as a Manager at StarBuck, while my second sister is Siti Shafina, 21th, still study in diploma ( hotel management ) at F.I.M, Kelana Jaya, Kuala Lumpur. Both my sister is pretty, gorgeous and simple. They are very kind and friendly. Even we are sometimes busy but we still have much time to meet each other and do some activities together, such as we are going for movies, hang out and help our mom together at holiday time. I miss them very much.

Then my younger sister turn, my first younger sister is Siti Nurshalyha, 17th, just finish her school and takings final examination last week ( SPM ), and my second younger sister is Siti Nurshahira, 15th, also still school and finish her examination last month ( PMR ). They are very funny and always make me laugh at time, they like to kidding with me but sometimes they are very silly. But they are still my sisters. I hope that they will success in study and can get give something proud for our family. Next about my younger brother, Abdul Rahim, 19th, is my first younger brother and my last brother is Mohamad Faqaraikhan, 13th. Both my younger brother are handsome and always playing around. But Rahim now is matured and works as a Wedding Planner. I love my brother n sister.

I think that's all about my family. We continue story later okay, thanks to read  :)

its about me :)

hye, im Shariya,.welcome to my blog. Let me introduce myself more details. My full name is Siti Shariya Binti Mohd Salleh, 20 years old and born on 14th June 1992 at Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru. My nickname is Shaya sayYO! or sha, but my family calls me Yaa. I have long straight hair, fair of skin, tall and quite chubby. I'm a simple person but sensitive person ( easy to cry ), thats because if I'm crying its make me feels better and calm, I'm also a quiet person and always keep my secret, shortly I like do something by myself and just me know what I'm going to do. My hobby are listening to music and cooking. I love to cooking, even i'm not good in cooking but i try to make it good and better, I like to try new things in cooking such as baked some cake or biscuit especially tart ( tart nenas ) and some cake that I feels it is interesting to try ( chocolate cake ), but now I'm not have a change to cook because now I'm continue studying at UiTM Kampus Bandaraya Melaka in business course (SARJANA MUDA PENTADBIRAN PERNIAGAAN (KEPUJIAN) (PENGURUSAN SUMBER MANUSIA) ). But its ok, I must to focus on my study and hope that I'm not forget how to cook some dishes that I have learn. Whatever my study is importance than others. I have three person who are very important and very I love in my life there are my Abah and Mummy, my beloved ~sayang~ and my friends ( who that always with me in everyday ). They are my strength to get through my life, they give me support to be more though to face my life. Thanks to you alls :-) 

Lastly about myself, I likes motivation, especially on book, I like to reading motivation books, because to me it is interesting and give me easy to plan my life with the steps or tips that they wrote. And what I have learn from that books is 'Always Smile' and 'Think Positive Be Active'. tq :)