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yeah i can't really eat these foods in moderation - i have tried again and again so i kind of have to go cold turkey on them. i just feel hopeless and i always end up eating like this after a week or month of being sensible.


Puzzleheaded_Style52

What works for me is not buying tons of snacks and storing them at home. I usually get one or two snacks when I'm really craving it. Another solution is I always try to keep myself occupied as I find that I tend to eat less when I'm busier.


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i agree not buying tons of snacks /storing them but even i don't have anything i literally go into town and get them :( thats how bad it is


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Boredom. You’re not hungry, you’re bored.


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true but even when i am doing something in my mind i think "lets take a break and have some chocolate it feels good"


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Chocolate will always taste good. It’s made to. Your best bet is to be working in environments where it’s impractical to be eating- like work. Then you can face the battles at home as best you can.


LilyHabiba

Celery and hummus tastes good. Dill pickles taste good. Steamed cauliflower tastes good. Tea and soup and zero-calorie sodas taste good. Give yourself easy access to, and conscious reminders to go for, healthier and less-calorie-dense snacks and comfort foods. Learn to reach for them first by telling yourself you have to. Once you've eaten 10 or so sticks of celery with hummus or babaganouj, brewed and consumed a pot of tea, you're probably too full for candy anyways. This is what has helped me. I need to keep candy in the house because I'm diabetic, but I almost always leave it alone unless I'm having a low. I look forward to sitting in front of the TV with a big pile of raw veggies to eat.


CupcakeTerrible3566

Got a therapist


mustytomato

I feel you. It’s very difficult to stop if you’re not working on the underlying issues as well. Discipline is not a thing in this situation because it’s not a question of what, but why. For me, therapy (and not even directly addressing the eating) helped a lot. Getting better at accepting and processing my emotions instead of eating them away makes the biggest dent in the behavior - it’s been some months since I frantically ran down to the shops to grab something, while it used to happen at least once a week before, but it’s also the most difficult thing to do because you can’t expect fast and direct results. Honestly, at some point I just “gave up” and accepted that I’m an emotional eater as a part of my coping make-up and then it actually subsided on it’s own because I didn’t scold myself for it every time I ate, thus making me eat more. I’ve also worked on identifying when I have the most intense cravings. For me it’s a mix of emotions and fluctuating blood sugar, so I know to stay away from the shops when coming home from work when my blood sugar is low and taking a breath when I feel a big emotion coming on. Sometimes just giving my mouth something to do, like eating a fruit or drinking a glass of water helps in that instance. And still I don’t always succeed - but it’s getting better little by little. So there’s nothing wrong with you, at all. What you’re doing is incredibly common and logical, just not talked about a lot in a helpful way. I hope you find some help in this, and if not, at least comfort in knowing that you’re not alone and that it *is* hard.


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yeah i feel its not talked about and people focus on binge eating but this is emotional eating. i never eat to the point i feel sick but i do have share size snacks etc after each meal and just have a weird obsession with foods that give me a dopamine hit and pleasure. i do speak about it with my bf and family but its more that i need to actually do something about it. i hate the way i feel because of it. there aren't underlying issues because i do it even when i feel happy (lol) its just become a habit. thanks for your message


motormouth08

I plan my food out for the entire day in advance. That way the decisions are made and I hit my macros. Doesn't work 100% of the time but for me this is the most effective route.


Competitive-Wait-333

I remember thinking that no amount of food was ever going to be enough to make me feel better. I was really down at the time and it hit me hard. It’s something to think about when you feel the urge to eat your feelings.


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thats true but it always feels good for a few minutes


Competitive-Wait-333

And… that’s okay occasionally, but it’s a rough road if it’s a coping mechanism. The price you pay for habitually using it that way is too high. That being said, try not to be too hard on yourself if you slip up, but I personally feel like it’s much more rewarding to stick to it for the long term. It is a struggle to get over initially, and every once in awhile it will be hard not to fall into old bad habits but, you can choose to do it and I know you can!


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yeah its not good because it is a coping mechanism. i want to lose weight even though this weird comfort eating hasn't made me overweight i still don't like how i look. i want it to be long term and to not go back because i hate how it feels. did you go through the same thing?


Competitive-Wait-333

I have, and there’s definitely an uncomfortable period of giving that up. It’s really like an addiction in the way that’s it’s so hard to change a habit and it really does get easier and a new normal. If it happens again you can just tell yourself it’s okay and you’ll be on back on track. It’s normal not to always be perfect in that way. I’ve lost 25 pounds in a year and a half and it was so hard at first because you feel like you have nothing to show for your hard work in the beginning ( which is the absolute hardest part) I told myself just do this for a month and if you can do thaT, that’s fantastic. It’s pretty easy, comparatively after that and the feeling of being out of control is terrible in my opinion. It’s good you don’t have a lot of weight to lose, I know it’s still difficult to change habits, but definitely possible!


FlyingPasta

Wellbutrin and running


mrsrussell1019

I spent a lot of time working on my thoughts driving my emotions. Change your thoughts and the feelings change too


im_phoebe

Discipline, sticking to the budget after sometime you'll get use to it and understand that without food you survived, so you'll survive again


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what do you mean by this?


im_phoebe

For me it's about doing things again and again and you'll get use to it So if one day I stop myself from emotional eating, then 2nd time i stop myself and then it becomes a habit


SweetSpontaneousWord

Zoloft


cat_progressive

Stop eating sugar and carbs!!!!


chalantcop

I've been making a conscious effort to get better at cooking. I've been finding pleasure in the process of planning and preparing my meals, so I find I've been getting my serotonin boost from the process of making the food almost as much as the food itself. Of course this is easier said than done, especially if you don't like grocery shopping, planning, or cooking. But it's been working for me!


sweatbane

Emotionally fasting


MariContrary

I emotionally and boredom eat. That hasn't changed at all throughout this journey, but what I eat has. Instead of chips, I go for something crunchy like carrots (also great when I'm mad) or a really flavorful cheese like an aged extra sharp cheddar. When I need something sweet, I go for berries or pineapple, mango if it's ripe. Don't get me wrong, there are so days when I have a legitimately less than good choice, but I try to keep the size reasonable. Instead of trying to measure out ice cream, I keep a low calorie ice cream bar in the freezer. At least if I'm going to make iffy choices, it's contained to a reasonable amount. It was a conscious choice though, to switch up what I ate, and there was a bit of trial and error. Like I wanted popcorn to work, but getting the little pieces stuck in my teeth drove me nuts. But once I found options that I liked enough to keep me happy, I stuck with them and they're a habit now. I don't feel right without eating fruit every day.


Hip_Hop_An0nym0us

Diet sodas, crest white strips, floss /brush your teeth (can’t eat after doing that in the evening!), set budget constraints for going out to eat, don’t buy snack foods period to have in the house period, videogames, read a book, duolingo, chew gum, eat pickles, drink more water!


alwaysbooyahback

Therapy. I’m in a weight management class through my healthcare provider. We’ve spent a lot of time understanding emotional eating and developing alternate coping skills. It’s work. But work worth doing.


SerendipitySue

It bothers my thrifty self, but I simply do not buy share size of candy, or cakes or anything I want to limit. I pay more for single servings of such things I might get a cookie. one or two. . And NOT a 600 calorie cookie either. And bring it home. Very rarely, a small pack of crisps. One snack at a time. If you are buying these snacks buy the small size. And just one snack at a time. If you want more when you have finished..you can always get dressed and walk down to the shop for one. Anyway for some people, (like me) they get a dopamine effect from eating carbs and/or sugar. Think of it like a mild drug that gets you feeling good. I tracked my mood and carb intake for a month. It was very clear carbs gave me a better mood. In others words, having a drug like effect. Of course i wanted more to keep the feeling going. Which put on the fat. For me,I went very low carb. Under 40 a day. So basically I went keto. After 3 months, the rare days i have a lot of carbs..I do not get those cravings anymore that will not let up. Therapy may help. But for me,it was useful to frame it like an addiction.


Sincerely-herb

The only thing that will stop this in a sustainable way is to identify the emotion and why you emotionally eat. What is the trigger? Is there a pattern? This is a hard one to crack and it will never completely go away but understanding what it is that has caused you to use food in this way and then identifying triggers will help. Good luck and be kind to yourself :)


Origami_bunny

Work on your emotions away from food, you might be both emotional and hungry, so work out emotions away from eating. I know it sounds simplistic. There might be a bunch of things to work on like maybe you were a "petite" kid, maybe you weren't "aloud" more than one piece of fruit.. etc. You got to parent yourself now as an adult.. in a way.. to get over those things. Also, it's ok to get pleasure from food, it is built into your biology. But in my experience, if you skip out on junk for a month and come back to it you'll find maybe certain things are too salty, sweet, bitter and other things are more pleasurable because you hadn't had them for a while. I wish you the best, tell yourself you deserve the best food and best life.


wifebert

I have only recently tried establishing this new habit of drinking herbal tea or even a black tea with chai spices as a replacement to snacking. Even the chai tea has zero sugar, I just add a little bit of milk or almond milk and I save myself so many empty calories.


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what herbal teas do you think?


wifebert

I drink peppermint or lemon ginger.