Why is overeating bad?

Answer 1

You are eating more than your body actually needs, which is unhealthy. This has more implications than you may realize:

1. Weight gain. The most immediate, and the most obvious. When you turn to food for salvation, it's a matter of time before you gain weight - possibly even becoming overweight or obese over time. This is why emotional eaters tend to be overweight and heavier than the average person, though not necessarily so if they exercise excessively to offset their extra food intake. This is just a temporary fix though - see #7. Weight gain can be a very traumatic experience, especially if you do not wish to gain weight. It leads to more stress, which makes you eat in response, hence perpetuating the problem.
2. Often times, weight gain leads to a decrease in physical attractiveness, if we benchmark against society's norm for attractiveness. This inadvertently leads to poor body image,lower self-esteem, and potentially self-hate.
3. Given the food that people consume when overeating is junk crap such as pies, pastries, desserts, chips candy, fried food, junk food (typical "comfort" food), and not salads or fruits, it leads to higher cholesterol, and poorer health.