The Emotional Funneling Cure

Dieting is so unsuccessful in most people because of a little known phenomenon called Emotional Funneling. This is the misperception in a person that makes them think they are hungry, when actually they are stressed, bored, anxious, tired, annoyed, lonely, or any of a myriad of other emotions. They funnel all their emotions into one: Hunger. The reality though is that most people never, or rarely, ever experience hunger. We eat so often and so much, that true hunger is essentially unknown in American society. Real hunger can be primarily detected by your stomach growling. Even then, you may not be actually hungry. It may be just your stomach reacting to it's daily cycle response of expecting food at a certain time of day.
The cure for emotional funneling is to remove the funnel and see straight lines to the end state you are trying to consciously or unconsciously achieve. If you are tired, lay down and relax. If you are bored, find something interesting to do. If you are lonely, call a friend or family member. The key is to feel your feelings and identify your real emotion and state, versus just letting your discomfort be funneled once again into the thought that you are hungry, because you're not!
Dr. Doug Ikeler http://www.lifeextensionbooks.net/