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  • beckifitzg
    beckifitzg Posts: 33 Member
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    Mine's probably the same as most - stress and boredom.
    I don't understand how people lose weight through stress?!?!

    Right now I am sitting at my desk bored and I want sweets! I don't want to be busy at work but it really helps with the not eating so much!
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
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    nibbles :sad:

    I do really well most of the time, much to my astonishment! Counting calories has meant I just don't binge! I'm really impressed!

    But

    Stick me in a room with bowls of crisps, peanuts, bombay mix, dips, all the little savory snacks, and I'm dead in the water! So visits to friends' houses, the pub etc are doom. My hand just reaches out of its own accord, and feeds salty snack after salty snack into my mouth, no matter what I say to myself! And eating before I go makes no difference!

    So it's a good job it's not every week.
  • chezz
    chezz Posts: 69 Member
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    drinking and boredom put im trying hard now to break the pattern x
  • LMJS
    LMJS Posts: 157 Member
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    For me its always been an emotional connection, particularly when I'm feeling low. I am a terrible comfort eater and chocolate is my nemesis. Thankfully, the love & support on MFP is helping me cope with that :flowerforyou:

    I also seem to have a real weakness when I've got a bad headache - my mind seems to tell me that a sugar rush will cure it lol - no idea what that's all about but your mind totally plays tricks on you sometimes :laugh:
  • brixtonbanner
    brixtonbanner Posts: 71 Member
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    HANGOVERS! haha I'll eat all day when hungover....

    If you are well enough to eat then it's not a real hangover....ofisher

    Rant mode on
    seriously it's bad labelling
    Fancy a treat of canned tooth rotting pop or a little ice cream
    ah only 150 calories per serving all good there then
    1 serving is 100ml but the container cantains 387.5ml
    I dont walk around with a calculator!
    I want to know how many calories in the container!
    Deep breath and
    rant mode off
  • njspratt
    njspratt Posts: 23
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    Im sorry but the chicken selects are nice !!!!!!

    Chicken selects are lush! I tell myself that I'm being good having them as there's no bread and cheese involved! ;-)

    Back to the original question: it's definitely linked to emotion - whether good or bad. Commiseration or celebration. Socialising is a killer. My family live 400 miles away, so when we get together, it's pretty much carnage washed down with red wine! Really need to stop viewing it as a "holiday" when we visit each other!
  • njspratt
    njspratt Posts: 23
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    And buffets! They are the worst, aren't they?! I was quite proud of myself recently. Went to a family member's 40th birthday party and the buffet was immense, but I told myself I'd get a plate (I think this is the key) and filled it up once and didn't go back. Still not ideal, but better than standing next to it grazing all night!

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