Food-as a substitute for sex?

Titanic Explore

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I have read that some unattached people substitute food for sex, even if they are not aware of it...The more I think about it, the more I think there may be truth to that- I tend to pack on the pounds when I'm unattached and not getting any action-

Ever since i broke up with my X, and thus have had minimal whoopie-Ive been overeating...
Is there truth to this notion that people might overeat if they aren't getting any whoopie, or is that just a wives tale?

Who knows, mabey the cure-all for being overweight is a good sex life...;)
 
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Sex stimulates the production of hormones and neurotransmitters, when we have lack of it, we tend to eat because food has a similar effect... That's why girls have a stupid passion about chocolat during the menstruation...
So... "more cock, less cook!" Sorry, I had to say this one :D
 
some may argue....

But,

is it sex, or love, companionship, romance, etc?

It's not a unfamiliar notion, there are many a book and lecture on this particular subject. Best description I have ever heard, (name of a book I think my mom read) is "Feeding The Hungry Heart" Something is missing and we are filling that void with comfort food. Happens far too much and I am far too guilty of it myself. Every person is different and of course missing or wanting different things. Thats the big issue, not specifically sex, though that may be how it is expressed for some. I think the key is to finding what is missing and making the changes required to fix the problem.

I really do hear where you are coming from, I have been there FAR too many years myself. No easy answers though. Every person has to find those demons and slay them. Not an easy thing by any means, but I guess that is what defines us, at least to ourselves.

sirant
 
sirant said:
But,

is it sex, or love, companionship, romance, etc?

It's not a unfamiliar notion, there are many a book and lecture on this particular subject. Best description I have ever heard, (name of a book I think my mom read) is "Feeding The Hungry Heart" Something is missing and we are filling that void with comfort food. Happens far too much and I am far too guilty of it myself. Every person is different and of course missing or wanting different things. Thats the big issue, not specifically sex, though that may be how it is expressed for some. I think the key is to finding what is missing and making the changes required to fix the problem.

I really do hear where you are coming from, I have been there FAR too many years myself. No easy answers though. Every person has to find those demons and slay them. Not an easy thing by any means, but I guess that is what defines us, at least to ourselves.

sirant
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being in love stimulates hormone scretions too, that's why some cientific people say love's nothing but a biological cocktail of hormones... But I understand what you say, we can have a good sex life but if we have emocional problems, we'll have food desire too... I guess food is the major short confort for everything, that's why there's so many people getting fat... humanity is sad.
 
well, its a common thing to find many lonley and horny singles, sitting at home devouring an entire drum of Ben and Jerry's icecream...

Been there, done that.....
 
I have been married for years ........good sexlife and still got fat.......if ya eat wrong ya eat wrong......I don't buy the "no nookie eat a cookie" .....I just like food............:D
 
(i know a week later, but whatever)

I think the issue is, is that, if you aren't getting sex, obviously, you are not in a relationship. I don't think its necessary the "sex" issue, but the lonely issue. And when one is lonely, with low self esteem, they may tend to fall into a depression like state and use food as comfort.
 
Well, I guess I'm completely the opposite to this. I found it easy to stay slim when I was single. It's since I've been in a relationship that I've put on weight. I put on nearly 60lb in the first year and a half my partner and I were together. My partner's sister did pretty much the same thing. We both started out slim, but as soon as we got into stable relationships, the weight piled on. She lost the excess weight before she became pregnant last October, and I'm losing it now, but I find it really hard when I have to work my eating habits around someone else's, and I can't just eat when it suits me.
 
This is two different issues that are correlated, but not causal.

For example, George Costanza showed us that you can mix sex, food (and television) for total bliss....though your partner may not appreciate it.

Emotional eating occurs when a person tries to compensate for something, be it loneliness, self-esteem, stress or other issues.

Not getting any could lead someone to feel bad about themself, but it does not necessarily mean that you will eat more. On the flip side, there are many people having sex simply because they are trying to compensate for other emotional issues. And there are people who are having frequent sex, are overeating and are completely unhappy.
 
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