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Binge Eating Over The Christmas Holiday Season
By Sandra Kim Leong

If you have a binge eating disorder, the Christmas season may just trigger an aggravation to your condition. With a huge spread of food across the table, you can find it difficult to pull yourself away. In fact, holiday celebrations only present a number of opportunities for you to eat compulsively. After all, you may rationalise that everyone else is also over-eating. Holiday food tends to be appealing since the mind perceives that it is specially prepared and therefore, decidedly tasty.

There are many things that can trigger an episode of binge eating during Christmas. It may be the sight of a succulent turkey or decadent chocolate cakes and holiday treats. Unfortunately, if none of your family members are aware about your binge eating disorder, they may be prompting you to go for seconds or thirds.

What time you eat may be a significant stimulus. You may feel the particular urge to indulge in the late afternoon, more particularly in the evening or late at night. You can feel the added stress of putting on more weight if you eat late into the night.

Ironically, binge eaters face the problem of wanting to avoid eating too much during the early part of the day. However, when late afternoon and evening comes, they find it hard to resist any longer. This is when binge eating becomes full blown. Having big dinner spreads that can last for hours sure does not help!

A binge eating disorder is a thorny problem for those who are trying, or need, to shed excess weight, especially women. It has been found that the disorder occurs at some point in the life cycle in most cases, among high school students and those going off to college. This period is a particular sensitive period when one tends to be concerned about looks, perhaps due to interest in the opposite sex.

You develop a binge eating disorder when you become overly concerned about your appearance to the point of an obsession and seek to control it through diet. The best way to avoid binge eating is to avoid restrictive dieting. If you limit calorie intake below a normal quantity, a chemical signal reaches the brain that food is needed.

Whether you are actually overweight or of average size, as a binge eater you often grab some food when you want to feel better about yourself. You should also look for alternative ways of making yourself feel better, particularly when you feel stress. Turning to food is not a solution and can even cause you more depression. It is crucial that you know that there is more to you than just looks. Your appearance only plays a small part of who you are. Participate n activities that boosts your self esteem. With a strong self esteem, it is unlikely that you will develop a binge eating disorder.

Alarmed by the rising incidences of eating disorders, Sandra Kim Leong sets about researching and investigating into the root of the problem. She has since written several articles on binge eating and on anorexia eating disorders. For more information, please visit http://www.eating-disorder-research.com.

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