What to do to stop thinking about food?
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Sounds to me like you are restricting food intake too much.  Protein and fiber keep you full longer.  Eating 6 meals a day works best.
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I recently lost 40 lbs.  I used to feel compelled to finish what I had on my plate.  Especially if it tasted good!  But STOP when you're satisfied, not when you're full.  Exercise, even if it means parking farther away at the grocery store, or using stairs instead of elevators.  Don't give up & binge on sweets and fatty foods.  Snack on pretzel sticks,which are fat free, raw veggies, or chew gum. \nGood Luck!!\n:)
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Exercise is a great stress reliever.  Instead of reaching for food, try going to a walk or run to clear your head.\n\nAlso, try having healthy food around to snack on instead of junk food.  You can crunch on tons of celery for very little calories.
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Two techniques.  \n1. Eat right, but also eat well.  There are bound to be some foods that feel like indulgences even when they are not.  Fat-free frozen yogurt, for instance (preferably sugar-free), or Tasty D-Lite if you have some around, seems like a treat and is nonetheless healthy.  Soy Crisps seem like potato chips and are low-fat, high protein, and low carb.  Give yourself a few of these treats a day, and balance them out.\n2.  Stay on your diet and fitness plans for 6 days.  On the 7th day, eat whatever you want and rest.  Try to keep it somewhat within reason (don't just sit and binge all day), but feel free to indulge in the forbidden foods- pizza, ice cream, etc.  This is actually good for you on two levels: first off, it helps with the motivation ('if I am good for 2 more days I can be bad all day afterwards', 'I can still go out to eat with people', etc.), and second, it helps to jolt your system out of settling into your new, healthier eating habits.\nYou'll keep your diet longer (and develop good habits that can stick with you after you go off it) AND you'll get to eat everything you want to.
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To help curb your appetite drink water (or a low calorie soft drink) when you feel hungry. Thirst is often mistaken for hunger, but even if you are hungry having something in your stomach may help. Turn to things other than food when you are happy, mad, sad, bored, etc. Go for a walk, work on a hobby, read a book...do something to take your mind of food. If you do eat, make it something low cal and healthy...keep "junk" food out of the house so it's not convenient. Start an exercise plan and try to get to where you are working out for about an hour each day. It will take time to do it properly, but you CAN get those pounds off and train yourself not to reward every emotion you have with food. Good luck!
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Eat whenever you get hungry for now.  Take some food in a container and eat it whenever you get the urge.  You need the nutrition, your body can't function properly without it.
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whoa!!!\n\nI know how that feels.. :(\n\nLimit your food intake and try to exercise. Walking or jogging would help a bit... \n\nAnd I'm not sure if it's healthy, but whenever I feel like I gained a lot of weight and I want to stop it, I try to drink at least 2 glasses of water before each meal to trick my stomach into "thinking" that I'm full, that way I won't eat a lot... It does work.\n\nJust don't do it habitually.
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Don't eat to suppress your hunger, or you will feel awful and guilty when you feel like you need to eat and do.  Everyone has to eat, its perfectly alright to eat if you're hungry.  Instead of suppressing your hunger, switch all the foods you snack on with healthier choices.  Things like fruits and veggies with a little peanut butter on them.  Raisins, apples and cheese, stuff like that.  And start off slow with the exercise;  find a great place to walk and walk there with good music or something.  And if you feel like eating your favorite snack food, do it!  Don't feel guilty about it, just make a goal to only indulge once a week.  Hope this helps.
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Eat less.\n\nEven relatively thinner people eat too much.\n\nIt also helps to be in the body so as to know what is\n\ngood for the body. Meditation can help in this respect.\n\nYou must treat your relationship with food as an addiction.\n\nAnd like with most addictions, there is a lot of pain\n\nunderneath the addiction. Food is a way of escaping this\n\nmoment.
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How can u stop eating? tell me ur secret please...
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Drink lots of water and take your daily vitamins. It may be that your body is not getting the proper nutrients it needs. Also try to keep yourself busy, that way you're not constantly thinking of food.
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Change what you snack on. Get some carrot sticks and a dip snack on that.. Have lots of fruit laying around the house.  Popcorn is a healthy snack  (Not salted or toffee).Allow yourself one day a week to eat whatever you like. Don't eat convience foods, prepare your own meals . Swap chips for oven chips. Pile lots of vegatables on your plate to fill you up. Eat cereal for breakfast.  Eat healthier rather than going on  a diet, it's never good to deprive your body of certain foods.  Eat rice and pasta, they fill you up too.   If you are cooking, you won't be bored  while your doing it. Maybe you could take up a hobby that keeps your hands busy to stop you snacking. (Doing  jigsaw puzzles,,  puzzles in books knitting, sewing, cross stitch, crochet). You should do some excercise (another boredom reliever) maybe yoga for beginners to start with as it's gentle (I  work out to a yoga video for beginners). Phone friends & family, write letters,  organise your cupboards, wardrobes, doors, clean,  go for a walk in the park, feed the ducks. Do gardening. Get plenty of sleep, people who don't get enough sleepare more likely to be overweight. If you have trouble sleeping drink cammomile tea. Swap fizzy drinks for water , fruit juice, herbal teas. Good luck.
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I work at a gym and try to counsel a lot of the ladies that come there.  Here is the advice that i give to many of them who like to binge on fatty foods and eat when depressed.  Stop buying those fatty foods.  Stop tempting yourself.  If it isn't there, you can't eat it.  (Clean out your kitchen and pantry --excuse to exercise- lift all those cans and garbage outside!) I tell them that they should shoot for only eating foods that they have to prepare themselves.  To actually cook.  This might stop you from wanting a snack if you actually have to make it.  Have apples and fruits around instead of snacks.  Have yogurt around.  when eating fruits, cut them up and slow yourself down.  PORTION is very important.  If you are going to eat something fatty, MEASURE it out.  if you have a whole bag of chips there you will eat till you are overfull.  Measure it out so you only binge a little.  Cravings go away after 15-20 mins.  DRINK A LOT OF WATER.  Get a picture out of your target weight loss.  Look at it and know that you can achieve it.  You're in a funk right now but only you can get yourself out of it.  Be healthy.  just look at your daughter and see all the motivation you need.  From what you wrote, you already know what you want to do.  Now go and do it. Good Luck!!!
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I really suggest WeightWatchers. You can do it either by going to meetings (which my mom likes) or by just doing it online (which I prefer). \n\nThis has been the best method I've found for a few reasons. First, it really gets you thinking about everything you eat and what activity you are doing. Second, there are no things that you "Can't" eat. It's all about making smart choices and staying within your limits. Third, there is great support either through the online community or through the people you meet at meetings.\n\nGood luck!
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Be careful because you may put on weight as you stress over not being able to lose weight in a short period of time.  Best thing is to work out which you will not only lose weight but lose inches as well.  Here are some important tips:\n\nThe holidays can be stressful... and unfortunately, many people reach for food as comfort. If you find yourself regularly eating in response to stress, anxiety, sadness, boredom, anger, loneliness, relationship problems, or poor self-esteem, try to break the habit with some of my strategies below.\n\nLearn to recognize your hunger. Before you automatically pop something into your mouth, rate your hunger on a scale of 1 to 5 -- 1 being ravenous and 5 being full. Make every effort to avoid eating when your hunger is a 4 or a 5. \n\nFind alternatives to eating. Make a personal list of activities you can do instead of eating. Perhaps go for a walk, call a friend, listen to music, take a hot shower/bath, exercise, clean your house, polish your nails, surf the Internet, schedule outstanding appointments, watch television, look through a photo album,  \n\nKeep a food journal. Logging your food will help to identify your toughest timeframes. It also will make you accountable... so perhaps you'll be less apt to reach for unnecessary food.\n\nThree-food interference. Make the commitment to first eat three specific healthy foods before starting on caloric comfort foods (i.e., an apple, handful of baby carrots and a yogurt). If after that, you still want to continue with your comfort foods, give yourself permission. However, most of the time, the three foods are enough to stop you from moving on.\n\nExercise regularly. Daily exercise relieves stress and puts you in a positive mindset, which provides greater strength to pass on the unhealthy fare. \n\nGet enough sleep. Research shows that sleep deprivation can increase hunger by decreasing Leptin levels, the appetite regulating hormone that signals fullness. With adequate sleep, you'll also be less tired and have more resolve to fight off the urge to grab foods for comfort.
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Your daily diet doesn't sound balanced.  Eat regular meals during the day or 5 small meals and 2-3 healthy snacks.  Drink plenty of water and take a daily vitamin.  At night, if you can't stop the craving, go for a healthier snack, like, peanuts mixed with cereal and raisins.  It is actually good and you get the sweets and salts too from it!  Have about a cup of it.  Believe me it is filling, you might not even eat a whole cup.\nOne more thing.  If you deprive yourself of your favorite snack, you'll binge later on.  So during your day you can have one serving of something that is your favorite.
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What you need to do now is find as many ways as possible to stop thinking about yourself and your problems, as bad as you think they may be.\n\nStart by exercising every day, both aerobic and anaerobic, and eat and drink right.\n\nBy the latter statement, I mean drink at least 8 8oz. glasses of water a day, plus maybe Gatorade or another energy drink for when you workout.\n\nEat at least 2 full meals a day, and preferably with a 3rd minor meal (usually breakfast), and eat balanced meals, with plenty of foods from each food group.\n\nFind an organization or sport or group in your college that supports your skills, interests, and goals in life, whether that is the Pro-Life group, the Chess Club, or the Ski Club, just find something and stick with it, but don't do it so much as to neglect your studies, and on that end, find or create a study group for one or more of your classes, as that will help you focus better and benefit from the fellowship.\n\nFurthermore, find an intramural sport to play if your college offers them, since they are not so competitive like regular collegiate sports, but still can provide you with genuine friendships and a good time.\n\nLast, but not at all least, pray to God, even if you do not believe in Him, this is the best time to start, i.e. when you are suffering and need help with something in your life.\n\nPray every night and God will get you over this hump in your life.