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Anger Anyone?

chr1st1na6464
chr1st1na6464 Posts: 30 Member
in Motivation and Support
I've been using MFP since June of this year, and one thing I have noticed, along with my weight loss is that I am more impatient, critical, and annoyed by other people. I often feel very angry...and this is just not me! I've always been easy going, never getting upset over small stuff...but lately I feel angry all of the time. Just wondering if any of you emotional eaters have dealt with the same thing...and if it is temporary.

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  • stonegirldancing42
    stonegirldancing42 Posts: 76 Member
    I know when I'm getting healthy, I get into a "don't bug me" zone. It's how I stay focused. Something I'm learning is to let myself know what I'm doing and work on balancing it out. I'd recommend just remembering that you're making a big change, you aren't relying on unhealthy habits and you're making yourself more healthy all around. "This too shall pass".
  • Fitnin6280
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    I struggle with it every day... It is hard, but sometimes I just have to power through it. I fake being as happy as possible. Eventually the mood passes and I can move on. For me some days are easy and some are really difficult.

    My best advice is to try to figure out what triggers these emotions. Then try to avoid them as much as possible. I know, easier said than done... but hang in there...
  • ThePhoenixIsRising
    ThePhoenixIsRising Posts: 781 Member
    Is it possible that the emotion you were eating was anger? If it was now you have removed that outlet and need to find a new way to deal with that emotion.
  • laineybz
    laineybz Posts: 704 Member
    Some people tell me i've changed, and i have. I take less bull from people now and tell them no when before i would have gone along with it.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    When I told my doctor I was on 1200 she told me no way that is enough and am I cranky? Look at your calories. Not eating enough as we should makes us *kitten*. True.
  • helenarriaza
    helenarriaza Posts: 517 Member
    chr1st1na6464 wrote: »
    I've been using MFP since June of this year, and one thing I have noticed, along with my weight loss is that I am more impatient, critical, and annoyed by other people. I often feel very angry...and this is just not me! I've always been easy going, never getting upset over small stuff...but lately I feel angry all of the time. Just wondering if any of you emotional eaters have dealt with the same thing...and if it is temporary.

    Are you near the forums often? LOL
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    I get hangry. Bad. Then I exercise to work out my anger and frustration at life and dirty laundry.
  • helenarriaza
    helenarriaza Posts: 517 Member
    Yeah, I have a time where I really don't want to be bothered with stuff I don't care about when it comes to my weight.

    People outside from here telling me to drink shakes, pills, do X or Y fruit/veggie/whatever combo when the things I have been doing are working for me.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    You might want to go for therapy. :(
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    Are you hungry?
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    edited October 2014
    chr1st1na6464 wrote: »
    I've been using MFP since June of this year, and one thing I have noticed, along with my weight loss is that I am more impatient, critical, and annoyed by other people. I often feel very angry...and this is just not me! I've always been easy going, never getting upset over small stuff...but lately I feel angry all of the time. Just wondering if any of you emotional eaters have dealt with the same thing...and if it is temporary.
    You are NOT alone.
    :#
    I was angry at myself for getting fat and was projecting my self-loathing onto others.
    Maybe you can do better, because you're admitting it and talking about it.

  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    Could you be eating too little? There is a condition some of us call "hangry," which is really being irritable from not eating enough. Sometimes this happens if you cut too much.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,511 Member
    Nope, I have always been angry :#
  • chr1st1na6464
    chr1st1na6464 Posts: 30 Member
    Thanks everyone for your replies. I think that the cause is a combination of many of things you all suggested. Triggers? Other people...people talking too much, people interrupting me, people breaking into my solitude, people breathing...lol Maybe I've been easy going and oh so nice for so many years that now that I'm not stuffing everything down, it is all coming out...and I'm sure I'm hangry sometimes. Most of all...I just want to be alone...
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    No. I've always been a b*&^$.
  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
    I love the word "hangry". lol
  • wmcmurray61
    wmcmurray61 Posts: 192 Member
    I have been through a fair amount of this. I figured out I was eating too little. You know. That hangry thing. The other thing I noticed, when I started doing nice things for myself, little, non-food rewards like manicures, movies alone etc. (alone time, really) people began to piss me off less. It's easy to let weight loss, the being hungry part, the working out when you don't really want to work out part, make you feel deprived. And I really DO get crabby when I am hungry, so I really try not to get hungry. I eat lots of nuts and raw veggies between meals. Works for me.
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    Caffeine makes me a little edgy. That is why I no longer drink it. If anything, I am happier now because my diet is more balanced and the number on the scale is moving downward.
  • IconStillFree
    IconStillFree Posts: 262 Member
    "The one I feed"
  • RekindledRose
    RekindledRose Posts: 523 Member
    If you're cutting your carbs too abruptly that can lead to mood swings. Too little carbs has been tied to depression and mood swings. Also you need cholesterol and sunlight to make vitamin D which also combats emotional swings. Are you cutting your cholesterol too much? Taking statin type drugs? I'd consider your micro-nutrients and what you're fueling up on.

    Just a thought. Hope you feel better soon.
  • ladystarr
    ladystarr Posts: 56
    When I first started last week, I was angry at everyone that tried to talk to me :P Now, I am fine. That is, once I found out exactly what I needed to eat to never be "Hangry".
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    What you may be experiencing is emotional release. Weight traps feelings in the body as a emotional eater. Do not repress these feelings but embrace and let go so it can go away! I have these in waves. It is part of a healing process. Especially if you grew up not being allowed to be angry or had parents who were abusive or had mental disorders and if you have any mental health issues as well. Just find an activity to get out the anger and soon you will feel better!
  • Elsie_Brownraisin
    Elsie_Brownraisin Posts: 786 Member
    Being hungry could be a cause, as could the lack of emotional eating.

    When my mother used to say something thoughtless at my dinner table, I'd go to the kitchen to shove a roast potato in my mouth or neck wine from the bottle. If my mouth was full, I couldn't tell her to get bent. Similar situation at work.

    Losing weight might make you feel more confident to say what you think, before it builds to the point of anger. And if it's a persistent problem, talking to someone might help. You could have removed a coping strategy by not eating, and have little to replace it with.

    But it could be more physical though, as others have suggested. Blood sugar levels in the short term, but irritability and depression can occur in the long term if you eat too little.
  • chr1st1na6464
    chr1st1na6464 Posts: 30 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    What you may be experiencing is emotional release. Weight traps feelings in the body as a emotional eater. Do not repress these feelings but embrace and let go so it can go away! I have these in waves. It is part of a healing process. Especially if you grew up not being allowed to be angry or had parents who were abusive or had mental disorders and if you have any mental health issues as well. Just find an activity to get out the anger and soon you will feel better!



    This makes so much sense. I'm going to spend this week finding ways to replace food in my life...there have moments when I've thought there's nothing I love more than food. Sad, but true. There's nothing I get more pleasure out of, whether it is planning to eat, eating, or thinking about food. I know there is more to me than this...
  • chr1st1na6464
    chr1st1na6464 Posts: 30 Member
    Elsie_Brownraisin wrote: »
    Being hungry could be a cause, as could the lack of emotional eating.

    When my mother used to say something thoughtless at my dinner table, I'd go to the kitchen to shove a roast potato in my mouth or neck wine from the bottle. If my mouth was full, I couldn't tell her to get bent. Similar situation at work.

    Losing weight might make you feel more confident to say what you think, before it builds to the point of anger. And if it's a persistent problem, talking to someone might help. You could have removed a coping strategy by not eating, and have little to replace it with.

    But it could be more physical though, as others have suggested. Blood sugar levels in the short term, but irritability and depression can occur in the long term if you eat too little.



    Yes, I could write a book about my parents...and my relationship with food began back when I was a child. Nothing makes me feel better than sugar. Nothing...even a dabble into things illicit. I wish there was a Rehab for Sugar Addicts...something insurance would pay for. It's the only kind of food that I binge on.
  • Maitria
    Maitria Posts: 439 Member
    I took a peek at your diary and notice that you don't count protein. Being low on protein personally causes me to feel fatigued, depressed, and apathetic. It's one thing if you want to be alone sometimes or are irritable sometimes. If you feel that way most of the time, that's different. That starts to sound more like depression. If you think it's diet related, try making some of the changes suggested (Vitamin D, B Vitamins, adequate levels of each macro). If that doesn't help, I do recommend seeing a doctor or therapist.

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