Calling all emotional binge eaters

Binge and emotional eater here! I HATE it, but lose myself too late. I actually stopped tracking food months ago.

I've been successful and got down to a very healthy weight and felt beautiful and strong...
insert stress...
insert sadness...
insert whatever you want...

insert Ben and Jerry's and a huge porterhouse steak! I can eat more than my husband.

I'm treating it like an addiction and have made it through Day 1.

Add me if you like and we can go 1 day at a time together. You are NOT alone!

Just a thought here: If association with binge eating comes from stress, spouses, realtionships etc., shouldn't those be the issues to address to control the eating? I'm all for support, but one can only hear so many times "You can do this!" before they succumb to urge.
Attack the problem at the heart of the issue, not the symptom.

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Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Yeah, I agree. Deal with the underlying issues, stress management, and healthy coping skills (yoga helps me). Many of us have had to tackle stress problems (I've had PTSD). For me stress causes me to lose my appetite, to a serious degree. It does seem stress effects our eating habits.

you are assuming people are not already doing those things
sometimes it does not matter how much "dealing with the cause" we do

I have been in therapy since I was 14 thank you and also take medication to help with my ptsd,anxiety and other various things that contribute to my binge eating. It is an everyday battle for some of us so please take a seat

I'm so very sorry for coming across that way. That was not what I intended at all. It is a daily struggle for me as well. I was only saying that I understand the struggle, even though it comes out differently. For me I become unable to eat. I really am truly sorry for coming across wrong. I know the work is never done. I was just responding to the post because it hit me as something I related to (otherwise I may not have replied). I definitely know that we each have our own challenges and struggles and I would never think I could tell someone how to deal with it. I would also never assume that someone didn't have challenges or that they weren't dealing with it. that was never my thought or intention. I guess tone does not come across online. I was just saying, I relate this way. This is not something I think I have the answers to. I am always still learning and figuring it out for myself. You have probably had more therapy than me. It is challenging for me to trust a therapist, so I do it on my own.

Ever since I started counting my calories, it helps me to eat consistently.

Edit: Also, I see you in the forums also and have always really liked your contributions and presence here.

I used to be an emotional binge eater due to depression/anxiety. Not anymore! Feel free to add me if you need advice and/or support!

Hi there, another emotional binge eater; however, I am in control and have been for over two months. I was so out of control thinking about food every waking minute that one day I just sat there and cried. I hated myself -- the way my body looked, the way my clothing fit and if I kept eating I was going to have to go up a size; I hated lugging the extra weight around; the craving were terrible; my breathing was terrible; i felt that if I didn't stop this horrible cycle I would die of a heart attach, plus I always beat myself up by reminding myself of where I would be if only I had of stayed on my program. My husband reminded me about a time, apx. three years ago when I was healthy, going to the gym, eating properly and had cut out sugar. I had also done MFP before and had great success. That was it. The next day I joined a new gym in town, got myself a personal trainer and rejoined MFP. I was so low and disappointing in myself prior to this that everything just fell into place. Today I am loving the gym and really miss it if I can't get there and my eating is great, not always perfect, but I have no cravings and no binges. That doesn't mean that I will never lapse, but I have surrounded myself with healthy people. I know the dark world that you are living in and I wish you every success.

I certainly fit in this category, and am really trying to control this!!! I can always use more support and give more support, so anyone feel free to add me!

Just a thought here: If association with binge eating comes from stress, spouses, realtionships etc., shouldn't those be the issues to address to control the eating? I'm all for support, but one can only hear so many times "You can do this!" before they succumb to urge.
Attack the problem at the heart of the issue, not the symptom.

A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Yeah, I agree. Deal with the underlying issues, stress management, and healthy coping skills (yoga helps me). Many of us have had to tackle stress problems (I've had PTSD). For me stress causes me to lose my appetite, to a serious degree. It does seem stress effects our eating habits.

you are assuming people are not already doing those things
sometimes it does not matter how much "dealing with the cause" we do

I have been in therapy since I was 14 thank you and also take medication to help with my ptsd,anxiety and other various things that contribute to my binge eating. It is an everyday battle for some of us so please take a seat

While I'm sure there are some that are dealing with them with therapy, meds, etc., my experience with many has been that they haven't dealt with the issues directly, hence the binging. I'm not singling out people, just making a suggestion if they haven't attempted to address the issue directly.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

I eat when I'm happy. When I'm sad I don't.

Reading these posts made me realize that I am not alone!!

I have been struggling for years with binge eating issues. It got really bad over the past year or so, cause I live alone. Living alone I have no one to see how much food I eat.

But, over the past year it occurred to me that I am missing out on life. So, about 17 days ago, I had my last binge (probably not last ever), and woke up in the morning, with a food hangover from my binge, but I got on my yoga mat and started working out all of the crap I have eaten in the past year, and before.

The past few weeks have been amazing. I love that feeling after eating something healthy. I have been doing a lot of yoga, which is helping me recover from my bingeing.

I would love some support, and provide some support, feel free to friend me

I am definitely an emotional eater, but I figure that when I suppress it, the urges just come back harder! So I 'binge' on nutritious and satisfying food, that way when I look back on it it's really hard to feel guilty. How guilty can you feel eating 3 bananas compared to a pack of Oreos?

ME! When I'm stressed,sad or mad I will eat and eat till food can not physically fit down. I hate when people say they binged after having a small treat or just a slightly larger meal. This is not me in my picture, it's my goal. I'm trying to stop purging because I know it encourages more binging too. it's been about 2 weeks since I last did.