How to stop boredom eating?

If you don't want to eat just because you are bored, here's an idea, don't. Don't go to the kitchen. Don't get the food that you don't want. Don't put it in your mouth. It's that easy.

Sorry if I'm sounding a little harsh here, but come on. You are always complaining that there is this reason or that which is preventing you from reaching your goals. People are trying to help here, but you want an easy answer that just doesn't exist. You are out of school for the time being, and don't want to help around the house, don't want to get a job and don't want to volunteer anywhere. You want to sit surrounded by food that you can't resist and then call it not your fault that you can't reach your goals.

You are not the only one here with obstacles. If all you want to do is sit and read and surf the internet, then don't complain about it. If you want to lose weight, the you will have to do something that is not first on your list of things that you like to do.

You like to read? Take a nice walk to the library to read. Library is ten miles away? Drive 7 of those miles and park. There, nothing spent. Don't come here getting all mad at people who are just trying to find something that can satisfy you.

Again, I'm sorry if I'm sounding harsh, and I really would like you to achieve your goals. It just will not happen unless you are the one to do it.
 
What's available? Here's what's available: 15 boring hours to fill and a house full of food to do it with.
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Ok so get out of the house and find yourself something to do...

Not all hobbies cost money...
 
I won't be as polite as Mal and Trops has been here.

You're an ass... if you could really listen to your superficial self you'd realize you'd hate you too.

So let's get this straight... you're fat. You want help. You come here for help. People try to help. You insult them. Does this make you feel good?

Whatever. I can't believe anyone bothers to post anything in this bullshit thread.

Get off your ass and workout. FREE exercises to be found on the internet WITHOUT weights and all body resistance. You're fat because you make excuses...

Go ahead... bitch me out. Tell me what a prick I am... good.
 
I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude. I just don't appreciate being told to get a hobby when I have several, and I don't appreciate people assuming things about me that aren't true. I do want to get a job. I've applied at over ten places and talked to so many people, and none of them are hiring. The high schools here are still in session and so are the colleges. There just aren't openings. Same with volunteering. You can't just go to the store and pick up a gallon of milk, a dozen eggs, and a job. Someone has to hire you first. You have no idea how much I want a job.

There really isn't much I can do around the house, either. My mother is never home, and when she gets home, she's so stressed and angry that I can't talk to her without getting yelled at. If I can't talk to her, I don't know what needs doing. I do keep my room clean and do my dishes, but I don't know what else there is.

And I do work out, three times a week. But even a full day at the gym (by "full" I mean a day where I do strength training, as opposed to a day where I don't, since I read here you need a day in between) is only one hour. Even if you count transportation, that's an hour and a half, tops. That leaves 13.5 hours in the day. I can't work out for all that time.

I'm not always like this; I'm just stressed and unhappy with myself. I haven't gained any weight; in fact, I've lost 7 pounds since I started. But I haven't lost any since I got home, either, and I know why.
 
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I really am sorry. I don't want people to be upset with me. I get enough of that already. For what it's worth, I haven't eaten anything other than what I planned today.
 
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kathar said:
I have hobbies. My hobbies are listening to music, reading, and browsing the Internet. They are all very receptive to eating food while doing them.
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So get a NEW hobby that actually burns calories. Its very convenient that all your hobbies burn 0 calories.

In fact don't call it a hobby. Call it an "activity" or call it "exercise" that way you don't have to actually like it, yet you do it. I hate the elliptical, yet I do it to lose weight. You may hate walking (probably the cheapest activity you could pursue) but do it anyway.

No pain no gain. Suck it up, get out there and burn some calories.
 
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I'll "stop sulking" when I don't have reasons to, and right now I have plenty of reasons to. You have no idea what goes on in my life. Telling someone to "stop sulking" is condescending.

There's nothing to do here that does not involve eating or spending money. Driving counts as spending money. I don't have a job and I have to pay for my own gas. That adds up.
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Everyone has their own problems, you need to stop being so down on yourself! You shouldnt be so closed minded as to think it's only YOU that is going through problems.

I have read your entire thread, and yes you are sulking. Every time you encounter a little problem you get so down on yourself and worked up, you just need to chill a bit! You seem so tense and in such a rush to lose the weight!

There are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many things that you can do to fill in the time.

1. Do you have a local library? If so, go get some books out? You could get some cook books or nutritional books even? You could get a yoga or pilates DVD or book and learn that? You could just go to chill out?

2. Going on walks - just going and exploring stuff like when you were a kid?? Can you do that?

3. Do some volunteer work? See if your local library or second hand store or hospital need someone to help out? It looks great on a resume and is a great thing to do to pass the time, and it feels good when you help people.

4. You could do some chores around the house? Cleaning is great for passing time, your grandmother or mother could also help you out with some money if you do enough? It seems childish but again its something to pass the time.

5. Get addicted to online games - this is a desperate measure but I know I can sit on the computer for HOURS playing games.

Get creative! Think outside the box! You need to stop being so negative and look on the bright side of things!
 
I'm tense because all I get is people yelling at me, here and at home. I'm in a rush to lose the weight because I hate how I look, how I feel, and because I have no clothes that fit me.

Our library is on the other side of town. I could go when I go to the gym, but when I go to the gym I look like crap (worse than usual) and I don't want people to run into me. The only time I don't look worse than usual is when I'm out applying for jobs, but the places that are hiring aren't there. A map would help:

O-----O--------------------------O----O

jobs...my house........................gym.....library

I don't know what there is to explore around here. It's a suburban neighborhood full of tract houses.

I've applied to the library for a job and they haven't called back. We don't have any second-hand stores, and I can't work at the hospital because my father is a doctor and I haven't spoken to him in years. I don't want to be somewhere where there's a good chance of running into him. My mother doesn't want me wasting my time on unpaid work, anyway.

I don't know what chores there are to do around the house. My grandmother is angry at me right now and won't talk to me, and when my mother gets home at night, I try to avoid her so I won't get yelled at.

I do play online games but they have a really short lifespan.
 
This thread can't be real... I feel dumber have read it. I think you are seriously fucking with people on this forum. No one is this lame.

You have EVERY excuse in the book and I am fairly certain it's all bullshit anyways.

Why people are responding to this thread to help you is beyond me; in reality this is the internet and if you aren't willing to help yourself, why should strangers even bother?
 
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This thread can't be real... I feel dumber have read it. I think you are seriously fucking with people on this forum. No one is this lame.

You have EVERY excuse in the book and I am fairly certain it's all bullshit anyways.

Why people are responding to this thread to help you is beyond me; in reality this is the internet and if you aren't willing to help yourself, why should strangers even bother?
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Pooh,

Aren't you a High School teacher? I thought you would be used to this whining by now. "Teacher, I couldn't do my homework and it's not my fault. You can't fail me." It's an immaturity that is not universal, but you see it everywhere.
 
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No one is this lame.
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Nah, I remember being 16-18. I was at least that lame, and had just as many excuses for everything. It's just an atrocious age to be.

On the upside, pretty much everyone outgrows it by the time they're 30 or so. (I was slow. So very slow.)
 
It's real. I'm sorry you feel that my reasons are excuses, but they're legitimate reasons. What I don't understand is why you have to be this mean to me when I haven't done a thing to you.
 
OK, let's say that your reasons are legitimate. I do think that you believe that they are. What are you going to do about it. Putting it out here for everyone to see hasn't gotten you anywhere. You have to do something. So, what will it be? No more excuses. Time for action.
 
I am trying. I haven't given up yet. Every day I try again. Every day I fail again, of course, but I do keep trying. Until I come here and someone else insults me to the point of tears.
 
Remember that what you see here is nothing more then little tiny dots on a computer screen. Nothing more. They can't hurt you. It's only when you are looking at yourself that the little dots have the power to hurt. Find that part of yourself and you will gain power over it. Don't cry. Learn.

Trying the same thing each day will get you nowhere. Make a new plan and do that. Learn from your mistakes. Don't repeat them.
 
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It's real. I'm sorry you feel that my reasons are excuses, but they're legitimate reasons. What I don't understand is why you have to be this mean to me when I haven't done a thing to you.
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No they are not legitimate reasons?

The library is too far away, you dont want to go because you look like crap from the gym???? Thats not an legitimate excuse!
You could go to the library before hand and then go to the gym???

What about going out and meeting people? Socialising?????
 
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My mother doesn't want me wasting my time on unpaid work, anyway.
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First of all, I'm not trying to put you down or anything, I just hope you can see how ridiculous this claim is. Sorry, I just couldn't stop myself from commenting on this. I've read the whole thread and can't believe this is a legitimate reason...you say you have 15 hours of a day that you have nothing to do with, yet you're not willing to volunteer because it would be deemed 'wasting your time'? Sorry...I just can't fathom the logic behind that. Can you really not see how silly that sounds?


Anyway, if you can't find anyone who is hiring, why don't you take things into your own hands? Why don't you put an advert in your local shop windows offering to babysit, dogwalk or clear people's gardens? Or offer old people in your neighbourhood to do their chores if you don't know what needs doing in your own home. That way you're not relying on jobs to open up, you're earning some money and most of all they're things that will get you exercise and take your mind off of food.


I used to be like you, I would find excuses that I honestly thought were real problems to deter myself from the actual real problems I was facing. I would get upset about my weight and my boyfriend would suggest ways in which I could change things, but I would come up with stupid excuses - I can't go to the gym because there might be people there I know, and they'll judge me, or - I can't cut down what I eat during my time of the month as I'm low on energy etc. etc. because I didn't want to admit that I COULD change something about myself I just didn't want to put in the effort in case I failed. But I realised that if I didn't do something I would end up wallowing in self pity with no one to support me, at least if I tried people would respect me for doing something about it instead of just whining. Maybe your situation isn't completely the same, but it sounds similar.
 
Don't get me wrong. I think it's silly too. I volunteered during my entire first year of college. But the difference is my mother couldn't tell me no then, because I wasn't living with her. Now that I'm living in her house, she can, because if I don't listen to her, she can kick me out (which she has done before.) She wants me to get a job and earn money so I won't be an expense for her.

I could do what you suggested but I have no idea where to start. I'll look into it, though.

I could go to the library before the gym. I'm not going to, though. Any reason I give will be twisted as an excuse, so I'm not even going to bother. Just as a statement of fact, though, I look like crap both before and after I go to the gym, because I'm wearing a ratty T-shirt and poorly fitting sweatpants, and I don't do my hair because it'll just get sweaty anyway.
 
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