Emotional Eater/Complusive Eater

your most deffinetley not alone that is for sure I am the same way. sometime in control, some I am not.

I know what you are going through, except I am the exact opposite. I have a horrible diet when I am HAPPY. When I would break up with someone I drop weight like crazy. I have been with my now fiance of two years, and have adopted some awful eating habits! I finally realized that asking myself to eat 100% clean at all times is not realistic for me, I am not aiming to be a fitness model, but just a healthier version of myself. I allow the things that I know are bad for me in moderation. I always eat a healthy meal before I eat a bad one- even if it makes me go over on calories a little because if I dont, I will binge terribly and be like 1000 calories over. I always try to have fun while cooking, trying to make my favorite meals more healthy. I know how you feel- it is very frustrating because you never really want to eat those foods, it just seems to happen. I just try to work towards eating healthy MAJORITY of the time, but not all the time. good luck!!

I am a compulsive eater, but I know my weaknesses and I don't bring that food into the house. If and when I do, I make sure it is small portions, enough for one sitting and that's it. It's a mental thing, you have to find what works for you to "fix" the problem. To be honest I seem to be a compulsive eater on a sunday for some reason. I try to carry a healthy snack of some sort with me or drink lots of water to feel full instead of giving in. I am reading a book about other's weight loss stories. The one story is a woman who wants to eat all the time but isn't actually hungry, she uses what she calls the apple test......when she wants food, if she wouldn't eat an apple then she's not truely hungry. It sounds silly but it works for her. Good luck!! Feel free to add me as a friend if you like :flowerforyou:

Try journaling before you eat. Explain to yourself how you are feeling, why are you are feeling that way, what you want to eat, how much you are going to eat, how will that make you feel when you are done, and then how it did make you feel when you were finished. Sounds like a lot, but it might give you perspective on your eating and emotions. Cheaper then a therapist.

Plan for it. Think of 5 things you can do when stressed. Plan every little detail. if you need to type them out and put them on the fridge. Otherwise you'll continue to fall into the same trap over and over again. So find a few reasonable things you can do instead of eating. Don't kick yourself if you don't do it the first few times but each time you do remind yourself that you could do X,Y Z. Eventually you'll start to do those things instead. I used to emotional eat and get suck in the vicious cycle of pigging out and then eating still more because I was calling myself a failure. Believe it or not I started cleaning and doing minor DIY projects around the house. My kitchen looks really cute and I rarely get stuck in the emotional eating cycle.