The evening when i am borred sometimes... not good. love chomping away

I overeat when I go to my mums for lunch because she is an amazing cook.

I have this hobby - it is called "holding onto old baggage". I love to revisit things from the past - call myself stupid or just feel the shame of those moments (failures) AGAIN!!! I have always turned to food as my very DEPENDABLE, FAITHFUL friend. Always there, no questions asked - always made me feel so much better.

I guess I subconsciously turned to food as my family was not very supportive on an emotional level - we did not hug in my family. So, after many years, I have joined CoDA - Codependents Anonymous to help deal with the baggage I am dragging around - lord knows I am tired. While CoDA has helped me alot and I have let go of things, I still find myself not being able to love myself.

So when I get in those dark, lonely moments, it is so hard to rely on myself - to encourage myself - when my old friend, food, is right there. Not to mention, I love to sit on my "own pitty pot"

I am aware of the situation, that is half the battle. But baby, it is all uphill from here. LOL

Sitting alone on my pitty pot,

John

When I think I'm giving myself a special treat for any reason at all.
"It's hot outside...I deserve this frappuchino"
"It's Saturday.....I can eat three corndogs on the couch if I feel like it."
"The kids are wasteful.....I'll just finish these leftovers for them (like three cups of mac and cheese). People in Africa are hungry you know!!
"I just exercised....It's ok if I eat two candy bars and a box of cheezits."
"I'm supporting my community .... by eating two boxes of girl scout cookies."
"I just sat through the longest sermon on earth this Sunday and I'm starving....so I can eat three hamburgers and a large fry." In the car while driving".

I overeat when......
Im sad
Im angry
Im happy
Im lonely
Im bored
Im stressed
Im at a party
Im at a family get together
I want to make myself feel better
Ive accomplished something, overeating is like a "treat"

So yeah....I think thats pretty much it!

Meeee toooo!!

I tend to overeat whenever my husband is eating fun foods that I want to eat also. Sometimes, he's a bad influence. Or I'm just a bad influence for myself. I feel like eating when I'm bored during the day or when I'm really worried about something. Food is so soothing. I need to learn to be more self-reliant and rely less on food for comfort.

STRESS!! I over eat everytime i'm feeling the pressure! I just this week started drinking water when i feel so stressed that i want to eat. I have to pee a lot but i'm not overeating so much now!

Hi, I just joined this group.
I have identified what makes me eat (now that I finally realize thats what my problem is!)

1. Bored
2. stressful situations
3. Anger. When I am angry at someone or something I tend to head right for the fridge or the nearest fast food restaurant.
4. Depression

I have started practicing asking myself if I am really hungry or not. when I am angry or stressed, I just get up and at least, just walk around the (inside) apartment; do a chore or lay down and close my eyes.

If I find myself in front of the fridge, I grab a bottle of water first before grabbing food...

Practicing these actions help. I haven't been one hundred percent but at least I am aware and am working on it.

I can tell you because I just did it last month. Bills! Bills that are more than my income/paycheck - so basically - stress!!
I had been feeling fine all night - still full from dinner actually - and then I worked on my bills right before bed. Found myself prowling the kitchen looking in cabinets and fridge - finally chose some spicy crackers which would have been within my cals. AFTER eating them, still wasn't satisfied (emotionally that is) and went and had some pb&j on crackers (was out of bread). I loaded each cracker up and ate them open-faced - so that totally blew up my calorie count for the day, and made me feel guilty.

I overeat because I get depressed, which triggers my anxiety, which triggers my binge eating, which then triggers the whole process over and over. :-( My eating come from my emotions.

I am the same way...I had to stop giving myself "cheat day," because they usually last the entire week lol

I always find myself over eating when I get home from work. I don't know what happens but I can go all day and eat good, smaller portions then I get home and all of the sudden I feel like I'm starving. For instance, yesterday I ate a granola bar and tangerine for breakfast, tomato soup and salad for lunch, a little bit of pistachios in between those meals and when I got home I ate half a bag of Frito's. Awful. I think it might be stress from work.

When I'm sick (like today) I just don't have the mental or emotional energy to plan out my meals. I also (just figured this out today in fact while doing some soul searching) tend to try to make myself feel better with food. Its in ingrained habit that I still fight with. Sigh. :grumble:

Mostly boredom is when I'll eat too much. When I eat the really bad stuff (cookies or fast food, etc.), if this makes sense...when I am so very busy I'll eat something to "reward" myself for the hard work I've been doing.

I think we find coping techniques early on, and we've chosen food. Some people are alcoholics, workaholics, rage-aholics, busy-aholics, and so on. But beneath all of those, it's to fill a hole of some sort, instead of dealing directly with what's bothering us. But boy, it can be hard to connect the dots when they're YOUR own dots! I can certainly empathize with everyone here.

This. I'm either stressed out, tired, bored or mad. I overeat like crazy and hen hate myself for it

For me, it's either stress or boredom.

Having foods I tend to overeat on in the house is awful too. The kids aren't bad eaters, they just like granola bars, and other little treats I shouldn't be eating.

To be quite honest, I think I have a sugar addiction too! I can down so much sugar it's crazy. I'm actually going to try Sugar Busters or Atkins to try and rid myself of those cravings.