I'm a secret eater and can't control it!!

You need to find out what's causing you to over eat? Is it emotional? If so you need to identify the triggers and try to substitute it for something else.

At first glance it looks as though you have carb or sugar cravings. Look at sugar as a drug...if you eat simple sugar, you get an insulin high, but then you crash hard after, and you want more sugar...same as any other drug. Sugar in itself is not bad, i love sugar...just in moderation.

Log your food, and try to determine if you carb intake is from complex carbs, or simple carbs...the more simple carbs you have, the more your sugar levels will spike with big highs, and big lows....the more complex carbs you have, the more even the highs and lows.

Give it a shot and hopefully you will be able to see a trend and have something to work on.

Boy, I understand. It's the worst feeling ever. I wonder if that's what a hardcore drug addiction is like, when you will do anything you can for a fix. So yeah, I see this as a food addiction, and I have the same thing going on. Is it possible for you to talk to someone about this? See what's underlying the urge to eat? That might help. Do you only binge on baked goods? It might be a sugar thing. If you can manage to go cold turkey from the sugar, it gets better, seriously. You need to take it one day at a time. Yeah, it sounds a little hokey, but it works. Sometimes, for me, it's one minute at a time! Water helps. And ... track it. When you eat a big honking cake or something, track it. I ate an entire cheesecake last week, in one sitting. Nearly enough calories for one whole day. It became very clear how I gained so much weight in the first place. THIS definitely helped me. But not until I was able to defeat that sugar addiction. I hope this helps. It is a hard battle. *hugs*

I understand where you are coming from. It's like an unending battle with me too. I have been staying away from the store and sending my sister-who is a big help on my weight loss journey. I wish I had a easy solution for you but l don't. Try to stay away from the store as much as possible.

Also, if you have trouble with quick meals because of time then try to pick a day off and make up food for the week. You can wash, cut, portion and bag fruit & veggies. Cook up meat ahead of time too and put it in portioned out bags.. Some meals you can freeze to put in the microwave. Make brown rice in bigger batches ahead of time and season when you are going to eat it if you don't want it to be the same. It will just take some strategic planning and you can get to your goals.

If it's a sweet / sugar thing, have you tried gradually replacing chocolate-type snack foods with fruit? This would probably be easier than cutting out snacking altogether, and you'd still be getting the sweet taste? If I'm having a full-on sugar craving I usually chop up a Pink Lady apple into tiny pieces (which makes it last ages, and seems similar to eating a bag of sweets).

A great part of the problem is your mental "tapes." You keep saying, "I can't control it." Yes, yes, you can. These are inanimate objects that you are giving power over yourself. You are CHOOSING not to control the urges. Be an active participant in your life. When you feel the urges sweeping through you, tell yourself you can have [whatever] later. Challenge yourself to have a day without candy or baked goods or whatever you are having the hardest time resisting. You are never telling yourself that you can't have IT, you are just delaying the gratification. As you succeed in making healthier choices, you will feel better about yourself and feel more in control.

You are a powerful, amazing human being. Way more intelligent and talented than any donut could ever be. Get your GRRR-face on and quit accepting your excuses. You are way stronger than you give yourself credit for.

If it's a sweet / sugar thing, have you tried gradually replacing chocolate-type snack foods with fruit? This would probably be easier than cutting out snacking altogether, and you'd still be getting the sweet taste? If I'm having a full-on sugar craving I usually chop up a Pink Lady apple into tiny pieces (which makes it last ages, and seems similar to eating a bag of sweets).

I agree with this - fruit helps fight sweets cravings for me. I find replacing things with healthier options works better than cutting it out. Or maybe you can chose one day a week to look forward to that specific thing you love. Then you won't just binge out of frustration at the idea you'll never get it again?

It's all easier said than done - I wish you the best!