What Type of Eater Are You?

People gain weight for a multitude of reasons. It can be due to illness, depression, or plain old boredom. If you wanna make changes and better your chances at weight-loss, it's important to evaluate your eating habits. Here are some of the categories:

1. The Stress Eater: You'll eat anything in sight to help "ease the pain" of uncomfortable circumstances/experiences. The food is a type of self-medication to lift your mood and bring you happiness.

2. The Emotional Eater: You eat because you're happy, sad, anxious, angry, frustrated, all of the above.  No matter what emotion it is that you are experiencing, you just have to eat continuously.

3. The Designated Eater: You are the family member that everyone passes their leftovers to because you have absolutely no problem with finishing their plates.

4. The Grazer: You eat continuously throughout the day, not even aware of how many calories you're actually consuming. You feel that you're never full, which causes you to eat even more throughout the day.

5. The Unconscious Eater:  You eat the most when you're watching tv, or reading a book. You're not really paying attention to what you're eating because of the preoccupation with another activity.

I can say for myself, that I've been each type of eater at different points in my life. I've become a stress eater in the past year or so in my life. Several things caused me some serious distress and unwanted drama. Trying to fill that void with food to make myself feel better. That never works, and you're left with a few extra pounds to carry around. I've been the emotional eater. When life is good, I'll have some cheesecake to suit my mood. If the day sucks and I'm not feeling it, break out the little debbies. When I was younger, I was the designated eater. Whatever people left behind on their plates, I would be quick to grab it up and savor every single bite!! I'm habitually a grazer. Sometimes, I get bored during the day and will make myself a bowl of cereal, or have a peanut butter sandwich, or a big plate of chicken for dinner. This is not that great, and I'm working through it. No doubt that I'm an unconscious eater. When I'm watching tv, I won't even realize that I finished an entire pack of oreos. Like the blog says, my fatass just can't put down the cookies. I hope this post gives you some clarity and see where you stand with your eating. The first step is admitting your problems and working towards changing them and bettering your health and state of mind. We'll get through it together =).