EEE ***Emotional Eaters Eliminating Club***

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:D I for one have a huge problem with this so I decided maybe we could support each other and come up with ways to change this way of eating! Anyone can join and try to help come up with ways to get control of this! So the more the marryer lets get on the right path and whoop this thing!:D
 
*raises hand* I'm a huge emotional eater. Any time I'm stressed, I turn to food. Since I'm stressed a lot, well....that's why I'm here.
 
Ok I am the #1 emotional eater here! I am trying to overcome
this because that's why I am slowly gaining my weight back.
Hmmm hard to believe there are only 3 of us that fall in this
catagory.Give it a few day's.Well thank you Tina for starting this
thread I'll check back in here later,Tammy:)
 
oh me me me!! i'm a huge emotional eater. lets say the other day i was stressed and upset, so i ate a brownie, 2 pria bars, rice cakes, yogert, and a bag of popcorn and this was all after a nice dinner i had cooked myself. so i would definately love support on this topic (and I would love to support others :D )
 
Me too please... I often snack on lots of the good snacks.... but I mean LOTS OF THE GOOD SNACKS...need to think about alternatives to this.
 
sign me up. i turn to food a lot during hard times, in fact the reason i gained so much was after my great grandmothers death :( I used to be in the lower 200's and over a few years I got to over 300's but now I'm climbing back down, its been a rough road.
 
Alternatives to emotional eating

So what kind of things do you guys try to do to combate emotional eating. Instead of picking up that piece of chocholate (or 2 or 3 pieces) what do you do? I know many people say go for a walk or something, but a lot of the time I do my emotional eating when I'm stressed at work (and walking isn't really an option) or at night when its dark and hard to walk as well. Some people say call a friend and talk, but I don't have a lot of close friends, which is most of the reason why I emotional eat, because I don't get my emotions out in words to people. What sugguestions do you guys have?
 
I am also a huge emotional eater. It's terrible. I try to overcome it, but... haven't done it... yet.
What to do instead of eating? Umm. I have no idea. At least I haven't got an idea, which would actually keep me away from food. So I have to think for a while...
 
eating cuz i'm fat

i'm an emotional eater as well and i'm kinda stuck in a rut. i eat because i dont' like the way i look. it's really brought me down and i can't stop. i feel like i'm just digging myself into a hole sometimes. i eat cuz i'm fat, i'm fat because i eat :(

my friends are great but i dont know how to explain to them how i feel. its' kinda like i feel like i just have to deal with it until i'm skinny but i dont think i'll ever be skinny :( i hate being fat. i really hate being fat :(
 
Well this is me to a T. I have had this problem for as long as I can remember, but my down fall is bad carbs, if I am feeling down and out I tend to eat breads, pasta, cookies, etc. The only thing that I have found is not to bring in the foods that I tend to eat, but that does not always work when you have kids. I hear that a long bath at night might curve the eating since uyou tend to de-stress yourself by making your self tired and relaxed. Well any help here would be great.
 
At work instead of eating I drink water. I keep a bottle at my desk. Plus, it gives me two excuses to get up from my desk and take a break...filling up the bottle and emptying my bladder. At home, I try to keep the really good stress snacks (chips, chocolate, etc.) to a minimum, and I keep them on the very top shelf of my pantry so I really have to reach for them. Finally, I've really tried to reduce the stress. Exercising, taking care of myself and making a point to relax have helped. After all, no stress, no eating. *grin*
 
I've got a HUGE emotional eating problem. Every day when I come home stressed from work I totally blow my diet.
 
Ok it's been 5 non cheat day's for me and I am going through
alot right now.I have put those slimfast peanutbutter crunch
bars in my purse gor on the go example I always feel the urge
after visiting my stepdad in the hospital to eat munch cuz I am
depressed and it's always a sweet thing so I take healthy sweets.
For those who like butterfingers I highly reccomend the SLIMFAST
PEANUTBUTTER CRUNCH BARS you can't tell the difference.Tammy:)
 
Ok I have done good and awsome tammy you are doing great! Ok I have came up with this I know when I have man troubles I can drop the pounds like they werent even there but if I am doing other emotional stuff i binge so what is with that? I dont want to over eat when i am happy I want to lose!
 
Hmmm I do that to don't make since does it.I weigh in on Friday's
and it says I lost so I go pig out.Then I go have fun plying cards
and I wanna snack and eat pizza with the rest of the gang!Well
I gotta run your doing good Tina find something to motivate ya like
a cuite pair of jeans to, that helped me the 1st couple months to drop
a bunch.Tammy:)
 
Oh me too!! I think that's why all of us are here! I am an emotional and boredom eater. Someone above said they ate b/c they don't like the way they look, I do it too! I had my son 3 years ago and at my lowest weight since (121), I still felt like I was fat (extra skin from excess weight gain from pregnancy and stretch marks). I don't care what anyone says about oh but you have a beautiful son so it was worth it! It does not make me feel better it makes me think I should have adopted!! LOL Hope all is well!
 
That is so true This si so hard and I think we may be able to think it through and come up with some plans to help each other! I will be back to check!
 
Ok we need a saying to come up with for the group so that when we are down we can say this to ourself and it can help us stay on track all suggestions welcome! I am thinking up some also!
 
I am an emotional (or lack there of) eater. I eat whenever I'm "bored" which is often unfortunately. I'll even drive to get fast food or chips.

So far, I've been cutting out one thing at a time. I also try to replacethe things I'd snack on with healthier alternatives, so if I absolutely must snack, then atleast the snack isn't going to kill me in cals.
 
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