Emotional eaters unite for encouragement

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  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    You look amazing. I like the same kind of sweet food. You are almost there. What an inspiration!
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    My dad also passed away 3 years ago. My sympathy is with you. Very hard to lose someone you love. Our dad's would want us to be happy and healthy. We can do this!
  • Oncebittentwiceshy38
    Oncebittentwiceshy38 Posts: 127 Member
    Please add me! I struggle with emotional eating too, lost 65 lbs a couple of yrs ago but never learned how to keep it off. Keep fighting the same 30 lbs now and want to actually lose a lot more.
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Thank you and know you can do this also. Weight sure has a way of creeping up on us. Look forward to reading your post.
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Nice to meet you. You have such a great attitude about getting healthy and being honest. Way to go. Please stick with it. Your'e worth it!
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    I have also lost and gained too many times. Going to get to the bottom of these emotions and get back in control. You will make it!
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Yea! I'm rooting for you. Nice,positive attitude:smile:
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Please feel free to join my group(Food and feelings):smile:
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Please feel free to join my group(food and feelings):smile:
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Please feel free to join my group(Food and feelings):smile:
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Please feel free to join my group(food and feelings):smile:
  • gaelicgal70
    gaelicgal70 Posts: 9
    Hi!

    I don't know how to join your group (and I would love to), so I just wanted to say to all of you emotional eaters - please add me as a friend!

    I read somewhere recently that if you want to know the reason why you eat emotionally, stop doing it and then describe your emotions.

    Well, I feel like a drug-crazed lunatic who would slap my momma in order to get to the food... because I feel TOTAL PANIC!

    I think about binging EVERY SINGLE DAY because I want to have the feeling of calm that I have when I'm absolutely full (as in WAY TOO FULL). If only it didn't come with massive weight gain, low self-esteem, constant negative self-talk, and lack of self-confidence!

    Thanks for listening.
  • ahende3
    ahende3 Posts: 46 Member
    Feel free to Add me, I know that I have been an emotional eater my entire life, my family does this as well.....I can use the support and I can definitely be supportive!
  • susanjean62
    susanjean62 Posts: 200
    Please feel free to join my group(food and feelings):smile:
  • kea208
    kea208 Posts: 2 Member
    sign me up!!!!! Iknow exactly what you are talking about.
  • sharonglantz
    sharonglantz Posts: 5 Member
    passover was here.i thought id keep track of my food and stay on track.well,i didnt.i ate til i couldnt breathe.why.i wish i knew.my friend also on fitness pal also didnt do great on passover.we both ate too much.the thing i feel good about is,the next day i got back on track with my food and exercise.its a way of life and we have to forgive ourselves when we screw up because the next day we can back on the healthy way of eating and living.
  • Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door
    Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door Posts: 735 Member
    I just joined a few days ago. all the people in the group or those who struggle with this are welcome to friend me:)
  • witrixie2011
    witrixie2011 Posts: 224
    Guilty as charged!! Would love to have some like minded friends to help me stop the vicious cycle!
  • TinaCleg
    TinaCleg Posts: 87
    Great topic Susan! There are a lot of people who struggle with this, including me. You are going to find great support here!
  • KGamelin116
    KGamelin116 Posts: 15
    I agree, this is a great topic. A lot of people who have never had weight issues before (like my husband!) can't understand what it is like to be an emotional eater. I was going through a very stressful and dangerous time in my life and I took a lot of it out on food. I wound up gaining 50lbs in 11 months. Now i'm in the process of taking it off and more! As emotional eaters, we need to learn ways to channel our emotions and stress into other things - like talking to friends about it or working out! Please friend me if you'd like!
  • LovingKay
    LovingKay Posts: 47 Member
    This is the support that I was looking for! thanks for starting it. I really need the support. I am an emotional eater when my emotions run high/low. I celebrate and commiserate with food. I lost 49 pounds by October last year and then when stressors in my relationship and work changed/increased, I took less time out for me to exercise and eat right. I ate...yummy and not so yummy things. Then I grew bored and ate more. I still am down 30 pounds but to have gained 19 pounds in 5 months when it took me 8 months to lose 49... I feel sad but hopeful. I refuse to quit! I slipped but I refuse to stay down! I am in the middle of a spring detox. So this would help me be accountable, mindful and stable in my actions of eating and exercise as my emotions, do what they do: emote. Please add me everyone! We can do this and support one another along the way!
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    Please check out this group:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/726-binge-eating-support-group
  • Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door
    Sweet_Gurl_Next_Door Posts: 735 Member
    no actually it doesn't. I have been an emotional eater and recovered. I found them to encourage me to know I can talk about my trigger points and journal to open that awareness and because of that I have not only lost 74 pounds but am finding the root causes. the only way it can continue the cycle is by having an emotional eating pity fest. this all about other eaters uniting together to support one another to encourage them to recover. I am an emotional eating success story.
    Having a bunch of emotional eater as friends?

    Won't that just continue the cycle?

    I think you need friends that are you know . . . a bit more rational about their eating . . . .
  • littlebugs_momma
    littlebugs_momma Posts: 17
    I'm a major emotional eater, and that's tied strongly to being Bipolar I. I'm always on board for new friends, feel free to add me!
  • disneygirltoo
    disneygirltoo Posts: 1
    I am definately in. I just ate an entire pepperoni pizza for lunch and am thoroughly disgusted with myself. I deal with stress...by eating. I deal with problems...by eating. Lately I have found that even when I plan on choosing something healthy, when I get to the store or place my order I choose something totally different. I thnk I see food as my only reward. Any suggestions for changing this pattern are appreciated - I hate this endless cycle!
  • BdBoop
    BdBoop Posts: 4 Member
    New to the Message Boards but not new to mfp. Debating on spending my money of WW again but think this may be a better option. I know what I should eat...............until I have an anxioius moment and then I reach for a salty, starchy carb. HELP! :-)

    As a leader in a faith based support group, I know there is strength in Community. Some things are easier to conquor than others. My alcoholism was much easier to deal with than this problem with food!
  • clyn7819
    clyn7819 Posts: 5 Member
    I'm choosing to go this route instead of rejoining my weight watch program. I have been through 2 programs and know that my problem is emotional eating. I believe in group support and encouragement. I found the lady that lost so many lbs above,said that when she tackled the root causes, you can begin to let go & lose weight. I think this is true. A book I might suggest is:

    The Yo Yo Diet Syndrome by Dorren Virtue.

    Another quote I recently saw was, "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." by Buckminster Fuller.
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    UHG. Food is SUCH a drug for me. I use it for everything. To celebrate, to cheer me up when I'm down, you name it. I've been this way all my life. I wake up thinking of what I want to eat and I always have as long as I can remember. I don't have all that much left to lose but I log on every day and am super active here. My diary is wide open and would love to have as many supportive friends as I can get. Add me :)

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