stop overeating

Only to put 5 back on in the past month. I’ve slipped back into my old habit of eating when I’m tired, bored, stressed, etc., only to feel guilty later and wanting to throw up. I just need to get back into the routine of waiting until my belly is growling to eat, and eating mindfully until I’m satisfied, not stuffed. Sensible portions, healthy foods, lots of water, and eating slowly. I can do this. :)

If I stop overeating I will be able to reach my weight goal without as much effort. I want to work on eating smaller portions more often during the day to maintain a healthy weight.

I managed not to binge last night and it’s only 9AM and I am back.

Today I want to
1. not snack between breakfast and lunch
2. eat lunch
3. not snack after dinner
4. get up and check in tomorrow

Food is a fuel. Our bodies are machines. Food is like petrol for a car. How can it be addictive? How can I crave something like food. How can I base my day around it.

I always start off good. Have my cereal with milk, cuppa tea. Then lunch have my strawberry and grapes salad. Have my pasta with sauce. All very small healthy portions. I get home from school I eat normal dinner, try to keep everything in proportion. Have improved, dont ussually have seconds any more which is a major improvement

Then I go downhill, Today I had 1000ml of plain yoghurt with loads of sugar. And then so many marie biscuits.
I feel disguisting. I am still sickeningly fill and its three hours later:O

I need to control food, not let it control me.

I am new to this site, I am not sure whether people here give help and advice or whether it is really just a place to vent frustrations, but I really need help and don’t knwo where to turn, I am also wondering if anyone else feels the way I do, and if so how people are trying to get better.

I’ve recently (through reading a lot of literature and closely observing my behaviour) realised that I have a problem with food. I have always loved food and looked forward to meal times, but it has actually taken over my life. I make sneaky journeys to the student kitchen and cook big pans of rice or soup and then feel the need to make excuses such as ‘oh i am cooking plenty for the rest of the week’ then i bring it back to my room and eat the lot. I don’t enjoy it I don’t taste it, I just eat and eat and I get scared when there isn’t much left- the enjoyment i get is knowing theres loads more to eat and not from the food itself. If i get upset or if I am worrying about my problem i go tot the fridge and eat eat eat. I eat healthily- Brown rice, fruit vegetables, no wheat dairy vegetarian, but this is anything just shows the extent of my problem. I have becoe fat on really healhty foods because i just eat so ridiculously much. for example the other day I ate: 4 big bowls of porridge (oats and water) 10 vegetarian sausages, 6 tomatoes, 2 bowls of brown rice and 10 apples and a whole fennel bulb. I cram myself I feel so sick, but I just get so helpless and depressed and when i am eating Ifeel nothing except guilt which cn only be numbed by more eating. I am out of control.

I am 5 ft 3 and weigh 9.5 stone. I’m 19 and feel like I should be having a fun life but this is impossible- i dont like drinking as i want to save the calories for food which i think to myself is more fun. I dont like going out because i look rubbish in clothes. I have a really skinny mum and sister so dread family occasions and I dream of being thin, my thin alter ego even has a name and I look at the clothes she would wear in shops and i base my future around being skinny and happy and light then i come home (as quickly as possible) and eat eat eat and then when i am so full i cant move I take some spinach and quorn pieces into the kitcen, grill them put them on a little plate and eat in front of my housemates.

i hate myself, i am deceptive and greedy. but really deep inside i know i am not like this, i just have a terrible relationship with food. i would way rather we could just take 3 pills a day and never have to worry about eating because i could do that i just cant do moderation.

please can someone suggest something that will help me. I am at my wits end. I dont want to see a doctor because i am so scared of making this a massive issue. but it is a problem. I have friends who love food but they dont plan their lives around eating it, thinking about it and they dont get fat becaus ethey stop when they’re full.

help please!! thankyou to anyone who actually read my entire ramble.

I started that pack 30 minutes ago, BTW.

I swear, it’s insane. I think I was overfed as a kid or something, but I can’t stop eating. Ever. Unless I’m REALLY interested in what I’m doing, which is rare. I get in trouble at school for chewing gum all the time. Would they rather I bite off some kid’s arm? No.

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Had a slight relapse yesterday. I started the day off good and healthy with a bowl of oatmeal with some raisins. Then, since we were going swimming later, I didn’t consume anything for the rest of the day except apple cider vinegar water. Post swim is when is when it all went down hill. 3 tablespoons of peanut butter, a whole half a bag of baked cheetos, atleast a half can of pringles, more raisins, a few pieces of sliced chicken, and (the worst!) 2 turkey burgers, fries, and popcorn shrimp! All of this within 4 hours! And on top of it all I picked yesterday as a rest day from working out. I’ll stop beating myself up…today’s a new day.

i do not need to eat anything before dinner.. i don’t. I’m not even hungry so there is no reason for me to eat. no reason. stop thinking about pigging out. i’ll have to tell everyone how bad i pigged out if i do.. and that will suck… so just dont. i don’t need to eat because I’m not hungry…

there are always reasons why we do things.. try to identify what your reason is for overeating. whether its boredom, eating for satisfaction, eating cus your sad, etc, try to find out what it is!! i find that it is really helping me

does anyone know of a good support group online? or maybe even we should set one up; like encourage one another and share tips and common problems, etc. Anyone with me or interested?? this is a problem, and time doesn’t exactly stop for us to fix it. no time to fix it like the present…