Hey, you? WTF is your problem?

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  • AglaeaC
    AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
    Emotional eating. Trying to change my pattern from diving into the fridge to going for a run when *kitten* hits the fan.
  • Kanuenue
    Kanuenue Posts: 253 Member
    I love to cook, create recipes, and experiment with new healthy food combos. I eat when I get bored because food is one of my hobbies that is easy to revert too. I set aside creative time and then there is cooking time. They are different events otherwise I would be eating 24/7.
  • Jiggle_all_the_way
    Jiggle_all_the_way Posts: 32 Member
    I have a sugar addiction. When I'm off sugar (cane and corn) I have absolutely no problems with my diet/exercise anything. I get a little bit of sugar in me and my brain goes...ZZZZZZZIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG! WE WANT MORE!!!

    I did it once for about 1.5 years -- and then I got my tonsils out and the only foods I could eat were sugary like jello and ice cream.

    I'm on day two of no sugar. I can do it again. I know I can.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I actually genuinely want to know.

    We're all here for a reason - we're heavier than we'd like to be. There'll be different reasons for each of us. For me, it's that I eat when I'm not hungry, and then spend a lot of time wondering if I'm hungry or not. I'm basically always thinking about food. If there's cheese or any other tasty snack-food in the house, I'll eat it even when I don't want it. Psychology reckons I'm trying to fill some void, which is probably right, but I don't know what that is (I'm actually a pretty happy, emotionally well-rounded person so I've no idea what it is I'm 'missing'!).

    Have any of you found your void, or put your finger on the problem? Why do you eat too much?

    xx

    I just really, really enjoy delicious food and find pleasure in the act of cooking and eating. I also had no damn clue what a correct portion size was. :laugh:

    Maybe the reason doesn't always have to be deep, dark, or complicated?
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Had this conversation with someone not too long ago when I attempted to order off the kids menu - usual portioning for adults is usually inappropriate for adults. The norm is designed with big in mind, and results in big as the norm. While convenient doesn't need to mean big, if you don't want big your options won't be as plentiful as they would be otherwise.
  • kyleekay10
    kyleekay10 Posts: 1,812 Member
    I actually genuinely want to know.

    We're all here for a reason - we're heavier than we'd like to be. There'll be different reasons for each of us. For me, it's that I eat when I'm not hungry, and then spend a lot of time wondering if I'm hungry or not. I'm basically always thinking about food. If there's cheese or any other tasty snack-food in the house, I'll eat it even when I don't want it. Psychology reckons I'm trying to fill some void, which is probably right, but I don't know what that is (I'm actually a pretty happy, emotionally well-rounded person so I've no idea what it is I'm 'missing'!).

    Have any of you found your void, or put your finger on the problem? Why do you eat too much?

    xx

    I used to be a boredom eater- I mostly have that under control now. My biggest vice is alcohol.

    Hey, I'm 22, going through a divorce, and I'm able to experience the bar scene for the first time ever... what do you expect? :drinker:

    Fortunately I manage my diet in such a way during the week that I don't gain from my weekend binges.
  • tbullucks06
    tbullucks06 Posts: 128
    Stress, emotions, celebrations, socializing. Heck, I didn't even have to have a reason. I just love food!


    Totally me too!
  • TheBitSlinger
    TheBitSlinger Posts: 621 Member
    Have any of you found your void, or put your finger on the problem? Why do you eat too much?

    xx

    Yes, I'm addicted to food. I picked an awesome drug for my choice of addiction. What other drug do you absolutely have to have every day in order to survive?
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    I'm a creature of habit. A few weeks ago, it was lunch at Paradise Bakery and a cookie pushing 300 calories -- pretty much every day. This week it's been Luna bars -- they were convenient when I had a calf injury, couldn't walk off my food, and didn't have time to go get real food, but as an everyday thing they're not for me... but now they're something I'm used to going for. These things are progress compared to the kind of habits I used to have, like a great big cup of ice cream practically every day or a couple servings of garbage from the vending machine at work while I pounded on the keyboard. Or like staying up all night and getting up too late to make myself a decent breakfast and getting to work late and stressed and ready to devour the first unhealthy thing I see... uh, yyyeeah...

    So yeah, habit and routine are the problems that made me overweight. The solution is better habits and better routines. So far, so good.
  • SmangeDiggs
    SmangeDiggs Posts: 238 Member
    I love food and i'm inherently lazy.
    I still love food but now i love to exercise to....win win
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    Using food as a reward, either to celebrate something good or to congratulate myself for getting through something difficult. Grabbing an unhealthy option when pressed for time instead of planning ahead in the first place. Inventing excuses to not exercise due to being lazy.

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