I can't control my eating.

If you don't want this, you won't do this. End of the story. We all love food. That is why we are here. But if you want it bad enough you will take responsbility of what you consume.

Research your food, understand what you are putting in your mouth and what you need to be healthy.

I assume you get comfort/satisfaction from eating junk. You have to make the choice what you want more that comfort/satisfaction or the comfort/satisfaction of knowing that you are improving your health and will be able to do so much more.

It takes effort and dedication but it will be worth it.

Ok, in what scenarios were you able to overcome the urge?

Do what you can, if you can't control your eating start to exercise first, that might give you the umpf to make better food choices, slow but sure wins the race. You got this, if you truely want it!

Just start logging into MFP. All of it. Once I went through the effort of logging and seeing the numbers it was a little easier to slow down. I think in my case binge eating had a conponent of denial to it. But if I had to log and look at the number of calories that were adding up, it helped alot.

yeah I know how you feel, when I am 'on the wagon' it doesnt seem to last for long until the cravings start, willpower goes out of the window and the eating crap starts, I can me as full as anything but I carry on and on....

The part of me that gets upset about my weight wants to loose the weight but then there is obviously another part of me that doesnt want to loose the weight or I wouldnt do it.

I dont know what has changed this time but I am hoping something has and I am hoping the people on here are going to help keep me on track.

Good luck and you are welcome to add me

For the most part I'm the same. I've gotten a LOT better since deciding to make this change though. I do have my moments though where it's not that I just want something, I >need< it, and even if I have to go to the store to get it at 10pm I'm going. Usually a few bites into whatever it is though I start feeling guilty. Sometimes I finish it, sometimes I don't.

It's a battle, and a fairly difficult one, but if you want it to stop, I know you can do it. Just work on small steps. Log everything, and see where you can maybe start making small changes. Instead of devouring that bag of chips, try sliced strawberries drizzled with a bit of chocolate, or instead of washing lunch down with diet coke, try a glass of flavored water. Don't try to change too much too fast. You'll just set yourself up for failure.

But again. If you want the change, you can make it happen.

I've pretty much always had tendencies towards occasional bouts of manic overeating - fairly sure it originates from the "rules" when I was a kid, which essentially dictated that Sunday to Friday was for exceptionally clean eating, with Saturday as a free for all. I'm not sure whether it really falls under the same remit, as I luckily don't have much trouble snapping straight back to healthy eating come Sunday - but I'll still happily eat beyond the point of full and then some.

I think it helps a lot to log exactly what you're eating, as you're eating it (not afterwards!) - this makes it far easier to curb your intake, for me anyway. I'm trying to cut this mentality completely now, so I've started planning my Saturdays in advance and leaving a few hundred calories leeway, rather than defaulting to giant-takeaway-and-entire-cake defacto (my fiancé is also quite bad for this, which doesn't help!).

I know there are a quite a few support groups for binge eating here - so it may be worth having a look around for some more useful advice. And other than that, just take one day at a time, avoid thinking "well I've started now so screw it" (i.e. never too late to curb yourself), and always try to get straight back to healthy eating the next day. From what you've said though (not noticing what you're eating or when you're eating it), you may see a difference just from vigilantly tracking throughout the day if poss?

enter it into your food diary before you eat maybe being calorie shocked might snap you out of your binge eating. I find it helps me when it comes to cravings. Also they say to wait 15 minutes once a craving begins. Usually after the 15 in you would have forgotten about the food you were thinking of. Also you might want to try brushing your teeth ratehr than snacking. You never like to snack after brushing your teeth. For one it tastes gross and second you will have to brush your teeth again after you eat so if you are lazy like me its too much work and not worth the extra snack. Try chewing on a piece of gum or sucking on a lifesaver, it may help your mind get off of food. I find I binge eat the worst when I am stressed so I know exactly what you are going thru. Good Luck.

Take a friend shopping with you for impulse control... Tell her not to let you touch the snacks! Don't go food shopping when you're hungry. Plan out your meals for the next couple of days so you aren't always thinking about what to eat next. Almost all of us are trying to overcome the control of food. It gets easier when you stop giving in to the impulse to binge.

If you don't want this, you won't do this. End of the story. We all love food. That is why we are here. But if you want it bad enough you will take responsbility of what you consume.

^^^^ couldn't agree more!:laugh:

The first step starts with you. Are you ready to stop, or not? Once you've made up your mind, the rest becomes easier.