Sentences with phrase «turned to food»

If our feelings and needs have been neglected, we may have turned to food (or other substances) as a way of numbing or soothing ourselves.

Many sex addicts report that they give up their sexual behaviors only to find that they have gained weight because they have turned to food.

After a devastating traumatic event in her childhood, Gay turned to food, making herself large in the hopes that her size would keep her safe from further agony.

By being alone, she turned to food to feel happy.

But my sister and mother had often turned to food for comfort during tough times, so I've seen this first hand.

I know for so long I have turned to food for comfort and Santiago addressed the issues.

My parents got divorced when I was 3 years old and I turned to food for comfort.

It was the first time I was separated from my family, and I felt really lonely — so lonely that I turned to food for comfort.

After 10 years of suffering from digestive issues and chronic pain, she turned to food to help heal her.

As a single mother, she turned to food stamps, Medicaid and the Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Food Program.

The blog Civil Eats recently turned to food expert Marion Nestle to get at the root of this issue, asking her: «How Did Junk Food and Obesity Become a Red State / Blue State Debate?»

Today more than ever, Americans have turned to food to deliver comfort and relieve stress.

With the excitement of Christmas morning subsiding our thoughts turned to food.

Inspired by the dishes we enjoyed by Paul, Nigella Lawson, Maggie Beer, Donna Hay, Jamie Oliver and Matt Moran, the conversation naturally turned to food: our table discussed everything from food trends, rural life vs city living, shopping for food, healthy and unhealthy approaches to food, home baking, baby food and growing your own food.

Olds then turned to food stamps, looking at the effect of an expansion of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a.k.a. food stamps) in the mid-2000s.

Speaking to The Mail on Sunday he said even families with jobs are being forced to turn to food banks to make ends meet.

This guy has just given fat people another reason to feel anxious and miserable and to turn to food for solace about.

I like to turn to food for all kinds of things... nourishment, warmth and always...

When a major storm like Irene threatens, everyone's minds turn to food and drink.

Did you know that 36 % of the estimated 1.7 million Canadians of those turning to food banks in 2013 were children and youth?

It also encourages your child to turn to food as a coping mechanism.

Did you know that 36 % of the 1.7 million Canadians turning to Food Banks in 2013 were children and youth?

Further, we've seen millions of Americans who earn at or above the poverty level turning to food banks for assistance, many needing help for the first time.

«It's a national scandal that half a million British people are now having to turn to food aid.

Researchers exploring the chemistry of sparkling wine are turning to the food industry for alternatives.

Every time something was tough in my life, I was turning to food instead of God.

With the inability to turn to these foods, I had to find new ways to recharge my mind.

(But don't turn to food when you can't sleep — it takes a while for what you digest to turn into melatonin.)

It was other people who made me turn to food for comfort, and it was other people who made it too difficult for me to overcome my past failures and current pain.

«If you get really overfull, eight and above, what happens is you tend to get lethargic... and you turn to food for comfort and eat even more,» she says.

«The goal is to feel satisfied and not turn to food,» says Cabrera.

Some people who experience sexual harassment may lose weight because of disordered eating or loss of appetite, while others may turn to food for comfort and gain weight as a result.

The reason so many people struggle is that long - term weight loss is nearly impossible to achieve without doing the hard work of tackling the underlying thoughts and feelings that you're turning to food to avoid.

The results were amazing, and the patients loved being able to turn to food to assist them with managing their conditions.

Uncontrolled chronic stress can easily turn you into an emotional eater, or someone who turns to food for comfort and stress relief rather than to satisfy real hunger, leading to a higher risk of overeating and unwanted weight gain.

Don't run from them or turn to food (or any other unhealthy habit) for comfort.

When stress and anxiety take over, some of us turn to food to feel better, when, in fact, it has the opposite effect.

Your life probably has much higher stress levels and so you have a much stronger reason to turn to food you find comforting instead of food that is healthy.

If you don't find non-edible ways to relax, you will eventually turn to food.

Sunshine is the most bioavailable source, but if you can't get outside, turn to food to get this essential nutrient.

But I didn't realize that it — I really had no idea from that time that I was 12 where my parents had the accident, I started to turn to food --

No matter how you might feel emotionally, you know how to comfort yourself without food so you do not turn to food to feel better.

Around the age of 21, she started working out instead of turning to food for solace.

That's why you don't want to turn to the food industry for the millions of dollars.

For those that gain weight it could be that in times of stress we turn to food (emotional eating) to make us feel better, we also tend to exercise less due to feeling lethargic / tired.

The next time you find yourself turning to food in a stressful situation, stop and consider engaging in another activity until the craving passes.

Once you have a more productive method in place and start using it a few times, the bad habit of turning to food will be broken.

It's easy to turn to food when we are putting on a fake front — that takes a lot of energy and it's very stressful.

It's easy to turn to food when we are avoiding what we truly feel.

It's easy to turn to food when we are not being who we really are.