Q. I am 5'3 114 lbs., I diet and exercise. I think the only thing stopping me from losing weight is binge eating. I binge eat when I'm nervous. I also suffer from depression, this also causes me to binge eat. PLEASE HELP. I want to lose weight but i can if I binge eat.
A. Are you the type of person who learns from books, because there are several out on emotional eating. I have the same problem.
Two things that really helped me were something I learned from the people at Overeaters Anonymous (otherwise useless for me, but this was important). It's called HALT.
Never let yourself get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
Second, I learned to manage what I did eat. For some reason, when I craved sugar and crunch snacks, eating protein, especially beef jerky, satisfied something and I felt better and was able to stop the binge.
Two things that really helped me were something I learned from the people at Overeaters Anonymous (otherwise useless for me, but this was important). It's called HALT.
Never let yourself get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
Second, I learned to manage what I did eat. For some reason, when I craved sugar and crunch snacks, eating protein, especially beef jerky, satisfied something and I felt better and was able to stop the binge.
encouraging advise on how to now binge eating on the weekends?
Q. i love taking care of my health! i am always eating healthy and watching wat i eat hoping to drop some pounds but i cant help but get trapped in binge eating on the weekends. healhty foods really satisfy me but for some reason not on the weekends. i've tryed to stop binge eating by writing everything that i eat down everyday but when it comes to weekends if i get trapped in the binge i tend to not write in my journal! i tryed eating one small snack once a week but that just influences more unhealthy choices and binge eating. I also have an eliptical and i try to use that when i binge eat feel temptped to binge but usually when i binge eat i am very tired and i dont feel good to exercise. does anyone know of anything i can do to fix this problem on the weekends because my weekday eating is PERFECT and i actually feel like i can live without unhealthy food but the weekends always ruin my life! please send some tips, advise or encouragement it will be really appreciated. <3 thank youu
A. This used to be my problem every night. I would go through the whole day fine and then at night it would be a disaster. And I tried to distract myself but then I wouldnt be able to fall asleep so i would give in. This ended when I became a vegan and turned to whole grains, veggies and fruit. My diet is actually 99% identical to a macrobiotic lifestlyle.
But hmm. Maybe fill up more in the day on your healthy stuff and then you wont be in the mood to eat later on. Or maybe just have one night on the weekend to let yourself loose. Remember you are eating healthy 5 days a week. Splurging one night a week wont kill ya. Or maybe when you feel like binging fill up on veggies first then add some junk, so you'll be more full on the healthy stuff. I hope I helped..good luck!
But hmm. Maybe fill up more in the day on your healthy stuff and then you wont be in the mood to eat later on. Or maybe just have one night on the weekend to let yourself loose. Remember you are eating healthy 5 days a week. Splurging one night a week wont kill ya. Or maybe when you feel like binging fill up on veggies first then add some junk, so you'll be more full on the healthy stuff. I hope I helped..good luck!
How do you get overcome emotional eating?
Q. I really struggle with binge eating even though I know a lot about health and eat well. Generally when night time hits for one reason or another I stuff my face. I don't know how to stop, it makes me feel horrible about myself. In the past year I have gained twenty pounds and gone from 135 to 155. This needs to stop!
Sorry about the funny wording in the question, it was accident.
Sorry about the funny wording in the question, it was accident.
A. You do NOT need to see a doctor! People who have the answer 'doctor' to anything like this are insane. I do the same thing. You've just got to do something to keep you occupied. Do something like, 'No eating for me after 8pm' OR else I HAVE to tell my friends I can't go out with them or I can't go to Target to get this or that. However you choose to handle it, you need the support of your friends / family, or it won't work. You also need to be optimistic.
hope this helped
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