Emotional/Stress Eater Needs Advice!

*raises hand* this girl is the stress eating queen...

the best thing you can do for yourself is when you find yourself reaching for something due to stress is realize that you are only doing it out of stress and 8/10 times youll put it down.

if you arent htere yet, meaning you dont realize youre eating casue of stress till youre done eating, then you need to get to the realization place and it's different for everyone...it won't work every time, but the more times you put things down when you acknowledge you dont need it, the easier (haha, ugh, i wish) it will become.

what *I* do is say it out loud - "im only eating this cause im a stress case" and i literally say that out loud...and it makes me put it down. i used to say it in my head (no lie) and i wouldnt put it down.

does any of my morning rambling make any sense at all?

I never overcame my binge eating/emotional eating issues until I started going to therapy, eating disorder treatment, and taking topamax. As well meaning as friends are, sometimes professional help is needed and that is what I recommend to anyone who has struggled with these issues for long periods of time.

dear lord all mighty...now im wondering if i have an issue...

Hi there!

Well, I know exactly how you feel. I am an emotional/stress eater too. Emotions for sure whether it's happy, sad, worried.....you name it. I am turning to the Lord for help in that area through prayer and reading the bible and honestly that is the only way that works for me.
I think you just have to retrain yourself, your mind to try and make smarter choices. I tend to eat just out of habit. Like it's programmed in me to GO to the fridge when I have that urge. Bad, bad habit. Now I have to refocus and be aware of those times.
I hope this helps. I do know it's frustrating cause it just leads to unhappiness with myself for giving in to the "food".
Didn't mean to babble.
Your not alone!

God bless,
Katie

I chew gum... alot! And I go drink a huge glass of nice ice water since normally when Im stressed I need a little cool down. I also get the heck away form the kitchen! I know Im weak so I can NOT go in there when Im upset about something. Im stilll learning though, its hard to break habits that Ive had for so long, baby steps

I still eat badly at times, especially when I'm stressed, but the difference is iv learned not to feel guilty for it, and I don't tend to continue eating as I used to..... I think to myself, oops, that was naughty, oh well, tomorrow is a new day...... And I don't dwell on it anymore.....
Try it hun, next time you eat badly try not to beat yrself up over it....
if you Dwell on it you'll eat more cause yr even more unhappy..... Vicious circle begins.... X
Worked for me

Always say to myself, am I hungry, thirsty or just bored...... Sometimes I get so preoccupied with thinking about why I wanted it that the craving passes and I don't bother eating whatever it was I almost ate.... Haha...