scottishpacfan
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I admit i do have a tendency to comfort eat, not all the time though!.
Any Comfort Eaters here??
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Oh my god yes! I am sitting here eating a bowl full of muffin batter right now, seriously weird I know. I will go crazy and binge eat and then really really gross and stupid about it. Then I have to make up for it by not eating or hardly eating anything the next day or so. It's soooo annoying, agh!
Oh my god yes! I am sitting here eating a bowl full of muffin batter right now, seriously weird I know. I will go crazy and binge eat and then really really gross and stupid about it. Then I have to make up for it by not eating or hardly eating anything the next day or so. It's soooo annoying, agh!
I'm too neurotic and perfectionistic to do that. People are often telling me to treat myself, but I never do. I'm very strict with myself, whether it's eating, spending money, or anything else. If I buy something, I have instant buyer's remorse. If I eat even slightly too much, I obsess over getting fat. It's like I'm always regulating things very rigidly, as if I'm on a permanent self-improvement regimen or something. I've recently been wondering if I'm the only person on here like this.
Ive been doing it for a good couple years now. Infact at first i didnt really realise it, but ive put on 2st in a year. I say to myself ive got to eat healthier and exercise anymore, and then i end up not doing that, and get depressed cause i havent exercised etc and so i just eat again. Its stupid, but its what i do.
I have instant buyers remorse too, but eating is different. With buyers remorse, i know that that money will never come back, with eating, i know it will take a lot to get fat, and i sort of tell myself that one more wont hurt etc. And then obviously it does. Im not fat..but if i keep going i know i will be so its getting a concern now.
I'm a comfort eater! I refer to it as "eating my feelings." But I have vowed this year to loose weight, so now when I comfort/stress eat, I try to eat healthier things. It's hard, though. Cookie dough ice cream is so appealing!
WeirdyMcGee
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I would comfort eat all the time when I was in college... but then one day the food ran out and I was forced to not eat for a week---- so I learned my lesson to eat properly because money doesn't grow on trees! Food does... but not money to buy the food.
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MsBuzzkillington
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I comfort eat too. I eat too much sometimes and I just can't stop myself.
One thing I envy is people who have self control to eat "normally". To just eat to eat and not have it *mean* something.
Also, I am sorry but it really kind of bothers me when people post about things that are opposite of the OP. I know you are struggling with things and people are here to listen and help... but I don't really need it "rubbed in my face" that you don't over eat. Or that no you don't comfort eat.
There are plenty of people who restrict what they eat to a really unhealthy level. They are out there... everywhere. You aren't alone in that regard.
One thing I envy is people who have self control to eat "normally". To just eat to eat and not have it *mean* something.
Also, I am sorry but it really kind of bothers me when people post about things that are opposite of the OP. I know you are struggling with things and people are here to listen and help... but I don't really need it "rubbed in my face" that you don't over eat. Or that no you don't comfort eat.
There are plenty of people who restrict what they eat to a really unhealthy level. They are out there... everywhere. You aren't alone in that regard.
EscapeArtist
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Yeah... It's becoming a real problem
philly2bits
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Unfortunately. It's better than drinking or doing drugs though. I'll take a Big Mac over booze any day.
philly2bits
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theslowesthand
Banned
Comfort eating is how i get my nutrition - otherwise i would hardly eat at all.
I do it all day, every day. It's one of the few things i do with my life.
I do it all day, every day. It's one of the few things i do with my life.
Richey
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This all comes down to conditioning as a child ...
I recently watched a documentary that showed a classroom being handed food and bowls of chips and chocolate. half kept eating even after they weren't hungry and the other half either ate nothing or stopped after one, it also proves that the signals of impulse to eat come from different parts of the brain ...
so this is why some people have alot of self control while others can't shake sugar cravings or crunchy textures in food.
asian people tend to have the healthiest diets int he world, this is why they generally look healthy and live a few years longer then most countries.
part of the problem is the western diet in general and marketing, the other problem is the food parents choose to buy for their kids growing up, either you promote a healthy diet or you buy your kids processed **** and just follow trends.
I used to comfort eat all the time, I still do on some days, the problem for me is sugar, it's so freaking addictive as is chocolate and bread. I still look skinny but i can't be healthy even though i exercise.
I recently watched a documentary that showed a classroom being handed food and bowls of chips and chocolate. half kept eating even after they weren't hungry and the other half either ate nothing or stopped after one, it also proves that the signals of impulse to eat come from different parts of the brain ...
so this is why some people have alot of self control while others can't shake sugar cravings or crunchy textures in food.
asian people tend to have the healthiest diets int he world, this is why they generally look healthy and live a few years longer then most countries.
part of the problem is the western diet in general and marketing, the other problem is the food parents choose to buy for their kids growing up, either you promote a healthy diet or you buy your kids processed **** and just follow trends.
I used to comfort eat all the time, I still do on some days, the problem for me is sugar, it's so freaking addictive as is chocolate and bread. I still look skinny but i can't be healthy even though i exercise.
Izolo
Member
I knoww that happens to me too,
I try to eat as much as I can for 1 or 2 days,
then on the next days I barely eat, which makes me very hungry,
so then the following days I start eating a lot again..
bsebring
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I knoww that happens to me too,
I try to eat as much as I can for 1 or 2 days,
then on the next days I barely eat, which makes me very hungry,
so then the following days I start eating a lot again..
i think a lot of ppl do this. me included.