I overeat when I'm bored or stressed. Also when I'm tired or rushed I dont overeat but I eat quick things that usually end up being bad for me. I really need to stop reponding to stress with food but its soooooo comforting sometimes. :flowerforyou:

Anxiety, stress, and loneliness are the main reasons I overeat. I don't do to bad most of the time at large social gatherings. I overeat more often when I am alone. I'm getting better at identifying why I am eating if hunger is not the reason. That said I still have occurrences of binge eating. I'm trying to widen my range of coping strategies, and I am actively working towards not using food to cope with life.

I overeat when I'm watching TV/a movie/YouTube videos/reading a book because I don't like just sitting doing nothing with my hands. When I'm eating and watching/reading something else I'm not paying attention so I finish everything without feeling like I had anything at all and often go to get more because I don't feel full. If I'm not chewing or singing I end up biting my lip and my nails to pieces, which is why I am glad chewing gum exists.

I overeat when I'm stressed, bored, with friends, really depressed

Loosing my job in October 2013. I am going to the gym more since I have more time and watching what I eat.

I eat for control. I have no idea how this makes any sense, but that's what I do. When the 4 year old starts getting lippy, and acting crazy, I feel better after I eat something and it seems I can control the situation better. When the baby cries all night, it seems I can handle it better after a handful of Reese's. It seems I can think clearer after I fill my face. Does anyone else do this??? This is what my food addiction has told me for years and the same food addiction has told me I will never be a healthy weight. I know my addiction is a liar but I still hear it talking.

EVERYTHING all the TIME!!

I saw pictures of myself from a wedding I went to a couple months ago... I had worked so hard to loose weight for the occasion and succeeded a little and since have regained it all back. If that's how I looked after loosing some weight, then what can I say about myself now? So.... I spent all day overeating! It doesn't make sense, but that IS emotional eating!

A few of my triggers are boredom or feeling overwhelmed thinking of all that I need to do. Which then leads to procrastination...it's all a slippery (downward!) slope. People who don't deal w/ this have no idea how strong emotional eating can be. Best of luck to all!

In this country, food is an affordable luxury. Think of other affordable luxuries...cars, alcohol, extravagant spendin (shoes, handbags etc) ...too much of any of them is a feeling of addiction. Pleasure for the moment--deep immediate satisfaction which lasts about one minute or so and then the regrets and lows which seem to only be satisfied by more of the luxury. A drug addiction can be described the same way. Food is difficult because you can quit drugs cold turkey and remove any sign from your life but food is required by our bodies. The challenge lies in self control of the feel good food.I am an emotional eater. Part of my downfall is "rewarding" myself. I had a bad day so I deserve it, I had a good day so I deserve it, I am traveling so I deserve it, I am sad so I deserve it, I am with family so I deserve it, I worked out so I deserve it, I lost weight---I deserve it !!??....this entitlement feeling has me at the weight I am at. I recently took a class at my church called "take back your temple" it has many things that did strike a chord with me. I have lost 8 lbs (give or take) in a bout 3 weeks and holding steady. I think the thing to keep in mind is that you wont be changing your ways for a few months, lose some weight and then back to what you are currently doing----the truth is that whatever is working, you will have to continue forever for improvement so choose things that you can live with. If you cant live with rice cakes and protien shakes...imaging doing what you are doing at age 80----then dont do those things. If you see your self at 80 taking walks, eating friuts and veggies and laughing a lot --then that may be your recipe for longterm success. We are all EXPERTS---all of us know exactly what to do-what is good what is bad etc etc. There is information surrounding us. We could have a PhD in nutrition but it is our habits that are the downfall. Food is simply an addiction and I have asked God to take His temple back. Weak moments? Of course! I am afterall a human. Am I going to give up again? ....Not this time....not this time!

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"

Couldn't have said it any better than this.

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

I exaggerate in food or when I'm stressed or when I allow my negativity take control of my mind. I always had the bad habit of thinking the worst of myself and used food as a way to not think about it.

For me, I eat when I'm happy, I eat when I'm sad, I eat when I'm bored, I eat when I'm not, I just love the taste of food and sadly enough, it's the carbs that have my undivided attention. Junk food and Carbs. If I didn't have those, I would be skinny.

I think everything makes me overeat. Stress and depression and nervousness seem to be the biggest ones; so anything anxiety and depression related. Oh, and boredom!!

Oh, it's so good to have found this group and see I'm not alone.

I tend to overeat a lot but never thought about why I do it. Today, it became painfully clear to me that my two main triggers are boredom and anxiety. The boredom I can probably get rid of easily. Either indulge in something else that is fun or - even better - use the energy for something useful like a workout or even just a walk.

Now, the anxiety is way harder to deal with. Without trying to put the blame on anyone else, it is often caused by problems between me and other people. I'm not a very self-confident person as it is but if something happens between me and someone else, it really eats me up and drains my energy. Had a fight with a friend earlier today and here I am, eating chocolate.