What is your demon?

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  • zenchild
    zenchild Posts: 680 Member
    For 14 years I worked in retail. I was constantly on my feet and for the last year I was a stocker. 2-3 days a week I would be up at 3:30, at work by 4, and spend the morning lifting trays of canned food and heavy boxes. I would get off work by noon and go home and hit the recumbent bike while reading or watching TV. Then I would apply for jobs, clean the house a bit and make dinner. I would have liked to be thinner but I was at a healthy BMI.
    In November I got a job as an accountant. I have an MBA so it's what I wanted and I'm much happier here. However, I'm sitting all day and I don't get home until after 5. There's no time to spend an hour on my bike, or shampoo the carpet in half the house, or go for a long walk. My husband makes dinner. I gained 12 pounds in 4 months when I would have liked to lose 12 pounds.
    I also have a tendency to snack when I'm sitting. That certainly doesn't help.
  • snowsflake
    snowsflake Posts: 214 Member
    Food addict...TOTALLY! Emotional eater, binge eater, restricter then binger...basically I didn't know how to handle my emotions and so I ate to numb out. For me getting help with the emotional side has helped with the eating patterns. I also changed the type of food that ate - I know my trigger foods - which has been pizza and so I don't indulge unless I'm in a good place emotionally or it could start a downward spiral for me.

    I still HAVE to eat and I feel that I now have a better relationship with food and respect it more. I had to work from the inside out because for me being skinny and losing weight was all I ever wanted. I thought - THAT will make me happy. I'm not the size or weight that I "thought" would make me happy but I'm so beyond happy because I'm dealing with those emotional demons. I know the rest will come off and as long as I'm working out and eating right and having a balanced relationship with both. I have an extreme nature/personality - workout balls to the wall burn myself out and then hate it - eat perfectly "only this" "only that" then binge and I don't want to do that to myself anymore.

    Yoga has been helping me so much with the mind, body, spirit balance that I was missing and I feel so much better...
  • rmsrws
    rmsrws Posts: 639 Member
    I WAS an emotional eater.......maybe even on the binge side.

    I'd love buying a tub of premade coconut pecan frosting and a spoon, and Voila, it was gone soon after opening.

    I think you have a food issue when you can relate to some food items as orgasmic!!!!
  • hastalawaista
    hastalawaista Posts: 5 Member
    Sheer laziness. Eating healthy takes planning and discipline. It's so much easier to grab something fattening and fast. I have a problem with overly processed foods. I'm also very inconsistent with exercise.
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    I gained weight from accepting a life that I wasn't happy with. I lost weight when I made several changes to improve my life (left my ex, graduated university, spent time cultivating myself.) And every time since I've lost the bulk of my weight if I gain a little it's usually because I'm not dealing with something.

    Things I'm prone to think the calories are "worth it": booze. I'd skip eating to make room for the calories. :tongue:
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    Sweets!
  • aegira
    aegira Posts: 201 Member
    Stress and I was in a major car accident 2.5 years ago, which put me out of commission.
    Got my clearance in November and started hitting the gym, have lost some of it, am working on the rest.
    Now all I have to deal with is the stress, caused by my job...I think it's time to take up my doctor's advice and find another job :wink:
  • PSUgrl921
    PSUgrl921 Posts: 368 Member
    College... aka... booze, drunk eating at all the horrible restaurants open till 2 am or later and not good choices in the cafeteria.
  • helenbeee
    helenbeee Posts: 130 Member
    emotional comfort (glad Ive nearly got this one under control)
    zombie eating
    boredom
    empty platter syndrome (I had a lot of ravenous brothers growing up you had to fast and you had to eat it all)
    self loathing
    lack of exercise

    but Ive always had the desire to be fit and healthy that has never not been there....and this inspires me to keep trying. I will never ever give in and truly believe that one day I can conquer my battle with food.
  • sarahlouisah
    sarahlouisah Posts: 116
    where to start
    1 emotional eater
    2 huge portions
    3 boredom eater
    4 snacking
    5 bad choices e.g biscuits for breakfast
    6 eating late at night
    7 eating childrens leftovers
    8 eating husbands leftovers
    9 full fat milk
    10 not beleiving in myself and hiding behind the fat

    still binge eat occasionally for extended periods but recognise my triggers now
  • carteremma
    carteremma Posts: 52 Member
    I am an emotional eater, but I also eat when I am bored. These binges have made me completely incapable of being able to guage a suitable portion.

    Whenever I felt bad I would eat untill the only thing that stopped me was feeling like I would throw up! now I can easily eat 400g of cooked pasta with sauce, cheese and a couple of cans of real coke and that would feel normal!
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    I was a long time drug user (17 years) so during that time I would only eat every couple of days when I would come down.When I quit and started eating everyday I put on 100 pounds in about a year and a half then i just stopped gaining.The whole time I was gaining I was not eating more that 1500 to 1600 calories a day
  • TromaRon
    TromaRon Posts: 228 Member
    Food! I like it, a lot. And if it's good, I want more. If it's great, I want a lot more.
  • peripah
    peripah Posts: 120 Member
    Eating lunch out every weekday for a year and a half. Hello, 40 pounds! Stick around for awhile, why don't you?
  • jwls29
    jwls29 Posts: 9
    I'm an emotional eater. Now, for most, that means when they've had a bad day. For me it means happy, sad, disappointed, excited-you name it, I eat. I eat out of boredom and eat gigantic portions. This is the one thing I'm really working on. Oh, and I didn't exercise, unless you call flipping channels on the remote, exercise.
  • VelmaD76
    VelmaD76 Posts: 9 Member
    Pregnancy and emotional eating.
    I had 4 kids in 8 years and never quite lost all the baby weight before the next pregnancy. Ten pounds here and there tends to add up and then my thyroid quit on me. Then one by one, all my kids developed health issues. There was a lot of anxiety, stress, fear, and other emotions that I didn't really have time to deal with properly so I ate instead. I'd eat a large portion, become ashamed of how much I ate, then I'd eat some more because "the day was already ruined". That lead to the rest of the weight gain.
  • av8rblond
    av8rblond Posts: 140
    Portion sizes...I thought they were just a suggestion and if you really liked what you were eating then it was game on.
    Also, eating mindlessly late at night when the house is asleep and I am alone...finally...then going to sleep with that 500 calories just sitting in my stomach for 8 hours.
  • cybillzimmer
    cybillzimmer Posts: 5 Member
    I have a sweet tooth... and so long as I don't eat any I'm good, but once I start, it's like heroin. I can eat a whole large pan of brownies when no one is looking, or scarf down a half gallon of ice cream in 20 minutes.

    I'm sure a lot of you can relate... I have a lot of stress at work. When I need a break from it, I find myself at the candy jar... once I jump in, I soon find myself drowning in chocolate.
  • Mom2rh
    Mom2rh Posts: 612 Member
    Probably mostly just age. I'm also a boredom eater. And a grazer. And was in a very unhappy marriage. But the most significant change has been my slowing metabolism as I've gotten older.
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