Has anyone been able to control compulsive/emotional eating? Need help!?
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Halloween Snickers here, sorry
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Keep in mind the following when looking for a new diet:\n\nDiets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.\n\nP.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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I can't handle anyone else telling me what I can and can't eat.\n\nCurrently, I have lost 26 pounds by just doing my own thing.  I eat two Dannon Light n Fit yogurts, a bowl of raisin bran with 1/2% milk and a sensible dinner each day. I don't say anything is off limits, but I have to watch that I only eat ONE serving of things. I occasionally allow a treat.\n\nIf someone had told me to eat only that every day I would not have followed it. I think sometimes you just really have to figure out what works for you. \n\nA little exercise and a little less food works wonders. And no fast food! EEk, that stuff is horribly calorie-laden.\n\nGood luck to you.
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you are already on your way sweetie, if you want a little help and support definitely try weight watchers, thats what i do, and its awesome if you stick to the program. the best thing about it is you can eat whatever you want it just teaches you portion control :)
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I'm not a medical person--just a mom--but here are some suggestions:\n\n--Have you had a physical evaluation and discussed this with a doctor? Some doctors can refer you to a dietitian who could help you learn more about eating the right \ncombinations of foods so that you don't feel physically hungry at night.\n\n--There's probably a psychological component to the waking and eating--if nothing other than habit--but there may be more to it than that. Consider seeking personal counseling from a mental health professional. That sounds intimidating but when you find the right counselor, it's a wonderful help. If you don't already attend church, becoming part of a church community is a good way to help you feel connected with others and energized by that connection. I've benefited the most from daily Bible reading, prayer, and regular participation in a church fellowship.\n\n--Divide your meals into 5 small meals daily and include protein with each meal. Make yourself eat slowly, chew thoroughly, and don't drink a bunch of water or other liquids during each meal. Save the drinking for at least half an hour after the meal so your digestive system's chemicals won't be diluted by the liquid.\n\n--Eat healthy! Phase out junk food and processed foods. Eat food as close to its natural state as possible--eat foods that remember where they came from. Consider eliminating caffeine, which affects your central nervous system and might be part of what's keeping you up at night.\n\n--Check out this link for health topics. Hope some of this is helpful. This is my doctor and he's got some terrific information on helping your body get healthy and stay healthy.\n\nhttp://www.drkaslow.com/\nhttp://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm\n(I'm not in any way qualified to say this is an eating disorder and I don't have any idea if it is, but there's some info. in here that may be relevant to you.)\n\nHope some of this is helpful. I'm just throwing out some ideas.
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Diet pills will work only for a short period of time because as an emotional eater, we don't eat because we are hungry, we eat for other reasons.  Keep the following in mind when dieting:\n\nDiets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.\n\nP.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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I'd say Over eaters Anonymous, and if your Christian, you get a good does of religion in there too. \nOtherwise...Your Doctor should be able to refer you to an Eating Disorder specialist in your area. People don't understand, they say just put down the cheeseburger, but it truly is an addiction, just like any other drug...get help... and good luck...PS I'm still stuffed from Thanksgiving and its like 2 am, do ya think I overate??? Miserable!
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I just reviewed this book for Amazon that would be great for you.  It's called Ten Habits That Mess Up a Woman's Diet by Elizabeth Somer.  Here's what it covers:\n"The author explains the situational, chemical and emotional contributors to overeating or poor eating. She recommends different strategies that fit the different triggers or causes. Read this book to get the right tool for your situation. Maybe it will be a food journal, healthy munchies, calorie tracking, ways to love veggies, but it definitely won't be a fad diet. \n\nHabit 1: Mindless Eating \nHabit 2: Putting Other's Needs Ahead of Our Own \nHabit 3: Not Being Honest \nHabit 4: Skip the Broccoli, Eat the Fries \nHabit 5: Setting Off Without a Plan \nHabit 6: Excuses, Excuses, Excuses \nHabit 7: I'm Moody, Let's Eat! \nHabit 8: Give Me the Quick Fix, Now! \nHabit 9: Drinking Away Our Waistlines \nHabit 10: The All-or-Nothing Approach to Dieting
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The best diet I have found is moderation. Radical loss plans do not keep it off for me. It needs to be a diet that you can maintain and not feel like you are depriving yourself. It does not hurt to eat a slice of pie or a couple cookies once in awhile. It is what you do on an over all basis. Wise life style choices in dining that can last a life time will probably help you along with a exercise plan you can stick to as well.  Good Luck.
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i'm not sure which eating disorder you've been diagnosed with, but the mind part of it never goes away, you might be able to stop doing certain habits you've accustomed to but the thoughts and temptations will always be there. i'm sorry i don't want to bring you down, but trust me you're not alone. i'd invite you to read the book "Wasted", by Marya Hornbacher. VERY GOOD. but triggering so be wary. i wish you the bEST OF LUCK IN FIGHTING THIS BATTLE.\nyou can email me freely, please if you need someone who understands to talk to ok?
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You need to divert your attention.  Start thinking of food as a tool to maintain life rather than something fun to do.  If you can put some restrictions on yourself it will help.  \nFrom now on, each time you want something that isn't healthy or a part of a meal tell yourself you are only allowed to have it if you first walk around the block.  That way it will take your mind off of it.  If you still want it after the walk go ahead and eat it.  Or if you want an even harder fix, figure out how many calories are in the item, then figure out how long you would have to walk or run to burn the calories.  You can then force yourself to do that much exercise before eating the item.  \n\nI know it's hard, but eventually you'll get to a point where it's just not worth it to you to eat the item.  Also, allow yourself a cheat here or there.  Total deprivation never works.
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Yes, but what is the reason for over eating? You need to find what makes you over eat and use food as comfort to be able to get over this as well. \n\nHeart attacks, diabetes, strokes, hey is that enough cause there are heaps if that sounds great don't change. If you scares you there are many things you can do to change your lifestyle. \n\nI hope you make some good decisions as what you eat effects every part of your body now and later. Heard the saying, you are what you eat!
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Keep in mind the following when dieting:\n\nDiets and changing your eating to healthy food choices can work but because we know so little about ourselves and our relationship with food, it makes it difficult to win the battle. A lot of us have problems with dieting because we have a problem called "emotional eating" we eat to comfort ourselves during difficult, stressful, sad, etc times in our lives.\n\nYou may experience all those emotions during dieting as we continuously get on the scale hoping to see a big difference in numbers after dieting only for a day or two. Also what is stressful when dieting is that we try to lose a large number of weight in such a short period of time which in most cases is unreasonable. \n\nThis all brings about stress, discomfort and sadness. When we feel this way, we turn to our best friend for help and support which for many of us is food. The diet is now broken and we feel that we can't stick to diets. We then try fad diet after fad diet hoping to lose the original 20 pounds and now we may have as much as 30 pounds to lose because we continue to put on weight as we continue to break these fad diets by binging before starting our next diet. \n\nPlease learn about your relationship with food before your next diet so that you may achieve your goals. To help a little, keep in mind the following:\n\nYou already know how to lose weight. You know that if you eat less and exercise more eventually you’ll see the pounds come off. What’s getting in your way? Why do you usually regain the weight you lost? The answer to all these questions is the same “Emotional Eating.” Simply defined, emotional eating means you eat to satisfy emotional hunger; it means you use food for comfort or as a way to cope with life; and it means you eat for reasons other than what your body needs. Whenever you reach for a boredom-breaking snack despite your commitment, or whenever you eat to quell anxiety, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you binge after a fight, or double up on portions because your day turned sour, that’s emotional eating. Whenever you feel that sharp craving for your favorite food, that’s emotional eating. When we eat during these times while on a diet, we believe the diet doesn’t work or that we lack self control and then look for the quickest way to lose weight (fasting/diet pills, ect) after eating all we can since we already messed the diet day up. Read the information below but remember that emotional eating plays a big part in why we don’t continue dieting and why we regain lost weight and why we binge today and start a new diet tomorrow. Best of Luck.\n\nP.S. After learning about my relationship with food, I was able to drop my weight from 263 pounds down to 151 pounds which is a 112 pound weight lost.
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It sounds like Compulsive Over Eating. It's a kind of eating disorder where you obsessive over food and  eat more than you need, sometimes to the point where you feel sick. That's my guess.
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This worked for me.\n\nTreadmill... 55 minutes 3 x weekly, plus a round of the universal weight machines.\n\nChange eating behaviors.  Cook your own food.  Make and eat plenty of broth based soups (rather than cream / flour / corn starch based.  Eat smaller meals.  Cut out all the sugars you can.  Cut back on cheese, bread, and ice cream.  Never skip breakfast.  Use non-stick pans to cook eggs.
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I have been on and off with it.  It's horrible.  There are much safer ways to lose weight.  Whenever I picked up the bad habit, I forced my self to believe that it was just an abnormal way of dieting, but diets are not supposed to wreak havoc on your emotions, and bulimia did.  If you have an eating disorder, or tendencies, please talk to a very close friend or an adult about it.  Bulimia can take years off of your life.  It's not worth it.
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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:)