Overeating triggers
scorpius93
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Does anyone know what their overeating triggers are? The only one I can really think of for me is watching tv. I mindlessly eat when I do that, I’m trying to think of other common ones.
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Afternoon boredom at work.
Excessive stress.
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Feeling emotionally empty and trying to get past that by being physically full.6
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Stress, loneliness, fatigue, stress, stress is a big one, also peer pressure. I don’t give into to the peer pressure anymore but now I’m the snobby person the picky one the one that’s to good to eat what others prepare at a gathering. I hate being bad guy just because I care about my long term health. I hate being made to feel bad about my food choices especially when I try to share with other what I’m able to eat. That reminds me, the time for gatherings and feasts is coming 😉8
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Your subconscious mind responds to various hormones released when there is additional caloric capacity in your body, particularly when you are under-eating in order to lose weight. This was a survival tool for our ancestors and it runs strong today. Note that when your mind is otherwise engaged (e.g., you're being chased by a bear) your sensation of hunger goes away.
In other words, if you have any "room to spare" and nothing else to do, your body figures you might as well EAT. 🤤
Thus, my main triggers are being idle, distracted, or both.
Boredom and stress, the two diet killers! ☠6 -
Over restricting calorie intake can provoke pushback from our body where we subsequently overeat (restrict-binge cycle)
Personally, I also get cravings around my period.3 -
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Food being in front of me. Knowing food is there in general.
Being tired is a trigger.
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Emotional distress. Also eating too little, but I know how to not do that now so that happens less often.1
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anxiety and mental state. I was doing really well for a couple of years where I was able not to reach for food as a stress reliever, but then COVID came along and messed that one up real bad. So I am back on to try undo all that damage.1
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Alcohol. Both while I'm drinking it, and when I'm suffering the after effects of it.6
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Being tired. Always chasing energy.3
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It tastes good and gives pleasure and it’s something you have to do to live. It takes discipline, determination and awareness for me to not over consume.1
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I can think of 2 big ones for me. Boredom, and lack of variety. Due to work, I'll plan and cook meals for 3 days at a time, sometimes by day 3 I just want something else. So I'll snack a lot.3
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I don’t know that I had triggers but more of bad habits. I did a lot of mindless eating. I would snack on food when cooking or cleaning up dinner or packing lunch for my kids. If I was in the kitchen I was sampling. Hungry or not. Also, when I was heavier I “treated” myself with things that were bad for me. I justified fast food runs and sweet treats in all sorts of ways. I didn’t have the energy or confidence to treat myself in other ways. Now that I have had some success with losing weight I feel better and have treated myself by taking a class I have wanted to take for years. My daughter and I are going to go get our nails done. I haven’t done that in forever. It always felt like putting lipstick on a pig.
I guess my triggers were just being around food and feeling the need to uplift myself - and food was how I accomplished it. Glad I have found healthier ways to address that.3 -
Hedonism deep in my psychological wiring, pretty much. Food tastes good, and I like eating it.
A key to success for me was learning that being at a healthy weight is also something that feels good (very good!); and internalizing the sense that future Ann is a real person I care about, and that I need to behave now in ways that will let her feel really good, too.
If I eat all the delicious calories I can now while staying at a healthy weight, I balance my current happiness and my future happiness. It's still about the hedonism.7 -
Hedonism deep in my psychological wiring, pretty much. Food tastes good, and I like eating it.
A key to success for me was learning that being at a healthy weight is also something that feels good (very good!); and internalizing the sense that future Ann is a real person I care about, and that I need to behave now in ways that will let her feel really good, too.
If I eat all the delicious calories I can now while staying at a healthy weight, I balance my current happiness and my future happiness. It's still about the hedonism.
Well stated! I completely agree.
I am also a social eater, so I am more careful nowadays to not overdo it at parties/gatherings so I don’t feel terrible later. I am very into sweets, and eating sugary things triggers me to want more and more. The problem is that sugary foods are not deeply satisfying, so I end up eating more “real” food to compensate, and it becomes too many calories. Sweets are how I gained most of the weight in the first place.1 -
Tiredness. If I haven't slept well, I gravitate towards carb-dense and sugary foods. It's rough right now with a newborn!3
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I don’t usually overeat when left to my own devices - sometimes I forget to eat altogether, which is not good either - I like to cook for people and entertain people so that could be a “trigger”
Oddly, while some people get cravings from cooking shows, magazines and cook books, I am the opposite - I almost feel like I have enjoyed the meal especially from a cooking show. And if I am cooking all day for a family event I am often not really hungry by the time I sit down. This is a combination of being around the scents of cooking all day, but probably also tastes of this and that along the way to adjust for seasonings etc.
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Bedtime.0
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My overeating triggers are :
- Anger
- Anxiety / overwhelmed type
- depression/ really upset having a hard time coming back from it
- Eating in my car
- Standing up and eating
FOODS I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EAT:
- Chocolate of any kind
- Cake & cupcakes
- Ice cream
- Water Ice
- Any types of nuts
- Peanut butter or any type of supplement of peanut
- Pretzel, chips, cheese puffs . ect.
- Peas
- Corn
- Cauliflower
- Squash
- Avacodo
- Coffee creamer
- Candy of any kind
- Meat { only once a week & 3/4 to 1/2 a serving of it .}
- Bread
- Pasta
- Fruit
I have food addiction. I finally am 1 year recovered .
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