Anybody else over-eat?

lyricalliaisons

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My problem isn't over-eating so much as eating the wrong foods. I've been buying crap that I know is unhealthy & fattening just because it makes me feel better (ice cream, mainly). I used to eat this kind of food & still lost a lot of weight while eating it, but I was able to buy fat free/ sugar free/ no sugar added versions, but for the last couple of years, I've had no access to the stores that sell those versions. Where I live now, it's either full fat/full sugar ice cream, or no ice cream & being depressed & miserable a lot, it makes me feel better, so I buy it anyway, even though I know I shouldn't. That, along with my thyroid, is the reason I've gained so much weight back this past couple years. I can't wait until we move so I'll be right across the street from the store that sells all kinds of whole grain/ sugar free/ fat free food, so I can start losing weight again without having to give things up.
 
A good thing is not to have any "bad foods" available. I mostly got healthy foods in my house. I can understand eating can be brought on by emotions. But when you are aware of this you can start to get better about stopping it. The good thing with me is I try to eat slower and chew more all the time and I eat smaller portions. This has to do with health and dieting. So I find these techniques helping me in situations like emotional eating too.

I also believe that most overweight people are also gluttons. They overdo it because of having a gluttonous mentality. Once you stop being a glutton you will not overeat.
 

Ashiene

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I got so depressed that in 3 months, my weight increased by half, from 55kg to 80kg in 2008. im still 80kg now, and still eating a lot. i find a deep comfort in food. much like sleep, it soothes the mind and removes all worries, if only for a short moment. tried to control myself, but it is difficult.
 

Pookah

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I'm losing weight and technically eating more often than I used to. The difference is what I'm eating and not cramming all my calories into one or two meals.
 

fitftw

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I enjoy going to Target once or twice a week and buying the big one-pound bags of Skittles and Reese's Pieces. I eat them both in a night or two at most...

But I go to the gym and I'm in good shape so I don't care. I really just love candy. Always have. Always will.
 

Uber Schnitzel

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I do over eat...then I'll under eat to compensate for it. It's definitely connected to the emotional side of things rather than the physical. It has and does mess me up in terms of my metabolism, my energy levels and mood. Since I've started going to the gym it has less effect on me as I feel ten times better and my energy levels are more even. I wouldn't say I have a full blown eating disorder or anything but definitely an unhealthy relationship with food. I've been considering getting some proper help for this but I honestly wouldn't know where to go or even how to explain once I found it.
 

fooj

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My SA brought on anorexia in my early 20s and I'm a guy! I'm back to normal now, but I have to say, I really liked the feeling of being real lean, I was a stick and exercised like a demon. I eat lots of junk now, I'm totally uninhibited.
 

Kinetik

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I don't eat a whole lot, but I do drink too much. I have this bad habit of replacing my last meal of the day (dinner) with alcohol, and then just continuing for most of the night. When that happens, I find myself too full for food. This isn't every single day, but certainly three times a week.
 
Gross

Fuсk. I wish I could still be forgetting to eat! I ate like 3000 fuсkin' plus calories today. I feel so fat. I lost weight but I'm terrified to weigh myself because I know it's above the amount I want it to be at. I ate two entire freaking tubs of ice cream in two days, and a boat load of candy as well. Insane. I just can't have that type of food in my house, or I'll just devour it. I always tell myself I won't eat as much tomorrow, but I don't know. I've just been way obsessing over it all lately . Damn it, hate this.
 

EscapeArtist

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Hey, psychedelicious, I have that problem pretty bad. It's binge eating, for me. I've dramatically reduced the issue though! After a full year of having it, Binge eating disorder and then restriction.. back and forth. The key to not overeat is to 1. don't feel guilty about it. Yeah, it's really really hard, but just tell yourself... ya know, it's going to be ok, it's in the past, I'll just do my best at this very moment. No past, no future, focus on right now. 2. DO NOT ever try and 'make up for it'. All it does is make it seem like it's off limits, and deprives your body.. and then you'll try and rebel by overeating all over again. It's this vicious cycle! 3. Let yourself have everything you want, ask yourself whether you are hungry first. Place no restrictions on anything! If you restrict yourself from things, you will rebel against yourself. The more you tell yourself you cant have it, the more you'll want it.. If everything is allowed suddenly, guilt free, you'll find that you didn't even want it in the first place! Or maybe that you only really wanted one bowl of icecream. Without guilt and restriction, your body focuses more on what it really wants, rather than stuffing things down for some unknown reason. I haven't over eaten in like... 2 weeks now, just by letting myself have whatever I want, when i'm hungry. It does get really hard, and I'm not losing weight, but i'm not gaining weight either, and i'm not feeling like a worthless piece of fat because even though 'im still 15 pounds over what I'd like to be, and even though I hate my body, I don't feel disgusting. I'm running a lot now, and working out, which helps with body image a lot too. It's so important to FEEL strong, and to learn to trust your body through exercise. It can really bring one's confidence up.
 

EscapeArtist

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Forgot to add that, my overeating started after I lost about 20 pounds and reached my ideal weight. The problem isn't overeating, it's the food obsession that began when you began to lose weight, i'm guessing? Right now i'm just trying to have a healthy relationship with food..the more obsession, the more it consumes us.
 

MaliceInWickedland

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When I'm feeling depressed or self-conscious of my body, I'll eat very little for the day and then exercise on the treadmill or elliptical for over an hour so that I burn a lot more calories than I consumed. I know it's bad but it's become a habit lately and I'm finding it difficult to stop, especially after I lost 5 pounds in one month and I find myself actually looking in the mirror more often now that most of my problem areas on my body have pretty much disappeared. I actually feel good about myself for once, even though I shouldn't because I'm more than likely hurting myself this way.
 
I like muffins

Hey, psychedelicious, I have that problem pretty bad. It's binge eating, for me. I've dramatically reduced the issue though! After a full year of having it...



Hey! Thanks hun. You've got some good words there to tell me. I totally understand what you mean. It's hard to not feel guilty about it, but I think it helps to atleast try and forget about instead. I have this weird thing that when there is something really delicious that I know I'll eat, I'll eat it all quickly just to get rid of it. I need to not do that too. I've been better the past couple of days.

I find it better to not weigh myself. If I do I just obsess about it. Sometimes it's hard not to, and sometimes you can't avoid it, like at a doctor's office or something. I just started weighing myself again recently, and now that I am the lowest I've ever been it's making me obsess about it again because I don't want to go any higher than that.

Oh the joy of eating.... or not.
 

fitftw

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I eat constantly at night. Bags of candy. Skittles & Reese's Pieces. All night long. It's bad. Somtimes I'll eat an entire box of cereal at night.
 

EscapeArtist

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I've seen that too! Ha.

I think I will take up oversleeping. It's a lot easier than undersleeping. Especially as far as weight gain goes. Just need something that will help me oversleep, I have trouble enough as it is sleeping my 5 hours a day.
 

Pacific_Loner

Pirate from the North Pole
I'm not going to lie to myself, I'm lonely, I miss people (or at least the calm ones that I do'nt mind being around sometimes), and because of this I've started a new habit of bingeing big time when I realise how alone I am..Worst part is that i'm a celiac but when I binge I eat everything wheat =/. Not sure how to stop.
anybody relate?

I couldn't relate less. I do The opposite. I stop eating.
 
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