Comfort eater Needs help!

I love "Made to Crave"


One tool that has helped me a lot is keeping a stash of nice teas in the house, plus vanilla soy milk and stevia. Oh, and dark chocolate almond milk.

Super-dark good quality chocolate helps, too - if you're having a sweet craving, give your body the best quality you can afford, but in a small portion, like the little individually wrapped singles. Don't waste the calories on cheap junk like halloween treats, second-rate chocolate, cheap ice cream, store-bought cake... it's not worth it. Get the good stuff, eat it, enjoy it, and just make it a part of your plan for success.


And then the other thing that has helped is making a complete mind and heart change. I stopped letting myself find release in crunching or comfort in sweetness. All it was doing was hurting me, even though it helped in the moment. Recognizing that, releasing it, and purposing to find comfort and release in other ways made a dramatic difference.

Finally, accountability. Maybe logging it in and open diary that your friends can check on will be useful for you, or joining a real-life meeting for accountability, or if you think you need more support even looking into something like Overeaters Anonymous.


Good luck to you - you can overcome it.

Oh my goodness me too!!! It seems that I have taught myself that after eating a meal I need something sweet, and I'm trying to break that. Carmel Rice cakes have been my go to the past few days because of how few calories there are and they are sweet enough to take care of the urge.

I think it's ok to have a bad day now and then, honestly, it's impossible to stay on track 100%.
You need to look at why you feel the way you do,and deal with the emotions behind it first and foremost, then it will get easier.
If you are stressed, stop for a minute and ask why are you stressed? What happened to make you feel this way? Can you fix it at the time? Take a deep breath, count to 10, close your eyes, and do some deep breathing, go for a walk if you can, talk to someone!!
If you are sad, angry ask yourself why, figure it out, then deal with it by talking to someone, or the person that may make you sad etc.
If you ahve support you will get through this, chat on here, ring a friend, partner etc.
I don't know if this helps, but exercise is the best stress relief in the world!!
Take Care!

I make sure to not buy the good food I want but keep pseudo-substitutes around to help satisfy the cravings when they come. I keep a bag of dark chocolate kisses handy for sweet, pickles for salty and high-fiber cereal for crunchy. My worst time for snacking is late at night. I find if I don't have anything good in my kitchen I can't overdo it. I will stand there and stare at the healthy junk in my pantry for ten minutes, kicking myself the entire time for not having anything decent, but in the morning I'm thankful.

Work is way harder. I have high-stress job where I sit at this huge desk with an elevated bar that everyone in the office uses as a cookie, chip and donut buffet. It's horrible. I bring a huge lunchbox full of healthy snacks and I eat them all day to keep my hunger down so I don't slip up and indulge too often. It does happen, though, especially when I let the stress of the job get to me and I just cave. Yesterday during the Super Bowl I was all mad about having to work and ended up diving into the assortment of wings that sat a foot from my face all night.

Trident watermelon twist. Its great!