Food Addicts Anonymous??

I have been eating all day..anything and everything....I just quit logging it. My best friend found out she was pregnant a couple of weeks ago and this morning I found out she miscarried. This doesn't even directly involve me and I'm upset!! I'm such an emotional person and eating just makes me feel better when I'm stressed! It's like I'm not longer kim, so demon possesses me and makes me eat everything! I need an excorcism!!!

I finally realize that i have a bad addiction to food. in need of help...any suggestions on how to break the habit? good example... went to gym after work today, trying to get back on track(after being off for about 5mths) workout 40 min came home and those damn girl scout cookies were calling my name...omg that's not a good thing at all:blushing:

Guess all about balance, moderation is what I'm learning. nt all.

Logging your emotions is a really good idea. Today my mom told me that if I keep doing the same thing I've always done then I'll never lose weight. Which is true but it really hurt my feeling because she needs to lose weight and her answer is to surf the web for the next fad diet. Which she might do for about 2 weeks then stop. Which drives me crazy because then she'll make a comment about my eating habits. I love my mom and she's always been very supportive of me and my sister and always in our corner but I would really like it if she didn't critize my eating in the same breath that she praises me for working out so hard. But even with feeling like this, today I wrote this post instead of eating!!! So that feels really good. Also, I can sit back and think about some of the things my mom said and take some of it with a grain of salt and some as the loving suggestion that she meant for it to be. She's right about me needing to get in more fruit and veggies and she agreed that we both need to get our portions under control. So since i now have my food scale, which I don't really use much because most of the stuff I eat is prepackaged. I want a portion plate example so that I can put it on my fridge when I serve my plate. I'm going to google that. I'll let you know what I find.

Leshawn--it seems like it must be something that is programmed into moms at the hospital when they give birth to little girls, that someday they will hurtfully comment about eating habits/dieting/the size of your butt, stomach, whatever. I and many of my friends' moms do the exact same stuff! I really hope that I don't end up doing it one day to my daughter! That is good that you were able to take a step back from the situation and analyze it objectively, without succumbing to the emotions, and that you were able to see your mom's good intentions behind her words. It can be so hard to do that, especially with family members who know how to push our buttons! That portion plate picture on the fridge is a GREAT idea! Let us know what you find out :-)

Sunsh1ne-when you find out the answer-let me know! I do the same thing. The only answer for me is to not start munching at all, even if it is just a bite, because it seems like that first bite can be the key that unlocks the overeating. Easier said than done, though!

Good luck everyone!
Kate

Been busy lately. Not much time for eating. Kinda weird. From one extreme to the other. Also, not good either if I'm not conscious of good eating habits. Moderation is key. best to all.

Wow, we are all a bit stressed going into Thanksgiving. Let's all remember to take a deep breath before we start eating and choose foods that will make us healthy. I know I am going to have to do some deep breathing to face the buffet. :grumble:

Kate, you agreed with Sunsh1ne, and so do I. You said, "Sunsh1ne-when you find out the answer-let me know! I do the same thing. The only answer for me is to not start munching at all, even if it is just a bite, because it seems like that first bite can be the key that unlocks the overeating. Easier said than done, though! " I really think that right now I just cannot eat the bad foods or I will eat the entire plate. We all have trigger foods (or better said, trigger ingredients) that cause us to overeat. For me it is the usual, sugar, but I also find that when I eat wheat products I tend to want more and more and can't stop until I am sick. I am slowly finding my trigger foods and staying away from them for now until I am under better control.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone! Welcome, all ye newcomers! :flowerforyou:

I'm kind of frustrated - I had a great Thanksgiving because I got to see my boyfriend (long-distance relationship) but not-so-great because he's having a really hard time dealing with the new habits I'm trying to form. He eats crap and he knows it but he got fed up with me counting calories and doesn't believe I can live on 1400 a day. I can. But that's a challenge when we go out to eat and I go to check how much I've got left, and he whips the computer off my lap and says that he doesn't want me thinking abou that stuff, he just wants me to enjoy our time together. Yeah, babe, I want to, too, but I don't want it to set me back six weeks. =/

So, I was really good last week planning for Thanksgiving-I exercised every day and made sure to end up with at least a hundred or 2 calories remaining. I let myself pig out on Thanksgiving, then my mother in law fed us a huge meal on Saturday (didn't plan for that one!) But I weighed in today and I am happy that I didn't gain anything and I even lost about a half pound! SO I am pretty much back on track now-I stocked up on groceries for the week and am all set to go!

Emotional day today. Could have kept eating nonstop. Looked at something in the fridge just now and thought, no, not going to do that. I eat one more thing won't change how I'm feeling. It'll make it worse. Reminded me of this important thread. So came down to type this instead. This is big. A change of awareness. Going to do something more productive than endless eating. So, proper nurturing of myself. best to all. It's a daily challenge I know we are equipped to meet it. Trust and believe.