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Alright.

So does anyone else have this issue? I've decided to finally try to get serious about losing weight and emotional eating is what keeps tripping me up. Things have been really stressful lately with both work and family stuff and when I have a day as bad as today was I pretty much want to eat everything in sight.

I had a few friends who were also trying to lose weight and we would call/text each other for support when we were having a hard time but one of them moved out of state for a job and is too busy to stay in touch and the others have given up on trying to lose weight for various reasons so I can't really rely on them anymore.

Do you guys ever have this problem? How do you handle it?

I've eaten 3 kilos of chocolate and 24 hot cross buns in the last three weeks, anon.

I do share your problem. I wouldn't say I'm precisely handling it though.

I'm addicted to chocolate and sugary things. I have depression, so I think I tend to eat it more when I'm feeling down, as a way of moderating my mood.

When you get cravings for very sugary or salty stuff, it can sometimes be a good idea to drink water instead. Or eat sultanas/raisins (still sugary, but at least it was fruit at one point?) Or if it's a mood thing, going for a long walk can work really well.

And honestly? There are some days when you're craving chocolate because you want chocolate. Sometimes it can be a good idea to let yourself have a chocolate bar, instead of beating yourself up over it every single time.

Good luck, OP!

I used to do that when I had a stressful day. My suggestion would be to supersede the eating habit with a more healthy alternative like destressing by taking a nice bath or taking a walk to unwind.

For me it's being more conscious of when I'm hungry and when I'm full( taking a moment before and toward the end of meals to assess how full I am helped get a sense for that), and not eating when I'm not hungry. Asking myself "why am I eating this" or "why do I want to eat that" helped too - if the answer isn't "I'm hungry" I didn't pick it up or put it back even if half is left. Then I go do something else - play a game, watch a show, read something, go outside, ect as long as it's something that takes up your attention.

Yeah...when I get stressed I eat more. If I have to focus hard on school I basically give up on losing weight. One reason to look forward to being done with all this!

I have found that it helps to simply avoid buying nasty food. Don't shop hungry, and when you do shop, pick a reasonable (actually reasonable, not "this is a ton but I say it's reasonable!") amount of junk food to last until your next shopping trip. This is what I've been doing. Today I was like "ugh, I just want some empty carbs" but I looked around my kitchen and couldn't find anything (I'm going back home for a week and a half starting tomorrow, so I've used up most of my non-long-term-storage foods). So I just sat down and did something else. And then I got over it. If it's not available, you won't eat it. That works for me anyway, so maybe it will help. Good luck :)

Oh man, I've been feeling like eating indiscriminately this week but have resisted the urge. My idea of 'indulging' these days is eating a couple of extra saltine crackers or having a couple small pieces of chocolate I didn't calculate, lol.

Mostly I just tell myself that losing weight is more important than eating the food right this second, and that if I want it I can eat it but it needs to be in moderation and I need to plan ahead, so if its fattening or extra sugary I can watch what I eat the rest of the day.

But...even if you do eat a bit more now and then, it isn't really worth freaking out about. You can always make better choices later and get back on track.

I'd suggest drinking lots of water. I try to drink a bottle of water about an hour before every meal, then a bottle with every meal, and most the time it works.

Maybe find something else to do when you get hungry (and have already eaten)? Anything, really. If you have tv you want to catch up on grab yourself some water and go distract yourself.

Or...just eat healthier? Fruits, veggies, yogurt for snacks, that kind of thing.

I sometimes do stress eating, and I have a terrible tendency towards eating out of boredom.

What helps for me:
Don't keep (unhealthy) snack-type food in the house. If I have to physically go shop for something, I'm much, much less likely to eat it. On the flip side, keeping carrots or celery or something low-calorie but snack-like can help with cravings.
Keep stocked with chewing gum. When my sweet tooth strikes, having gum on hand can stop me from going and getting food.

And you can try compromising with yourself. Sometimes I just need some sort of chips or candy, or whatever. So instead of gorging on it, I'll go buy a single chocolate bar or one of those single-serving ice cream things. That lets me get the food I'm craving, without getting into the self-hating, "I've ruined my diet, may as well give up!" frame of mind.

I will impulsively buy cake and candy. And cookies. And ice cream. And other horrible shitty shit I ought not be eating. It's a leftover habit that progressively got worse when my job situation got shittier (the pay was decent, but the commute was a nightmare, and I got so many back problems from sitting so damn much). Job situation has gotten better, but I will still make stupid little purchases even though I shouldn't... it's weird because I will still buy a bunch of good healthy food... and maybe in theory I am balancing it all out, but a new problem has presented itself in that I'm not as active as I used to be. I really have to remind myself to GET OFF MY FAT FUCKING PORKER THUNDERTHIGHED HAMBEAST JIGGLY COTTAGE CHEESED ASS and do my daily walks and not sit down so much.

I wish I knew how to handle this, because this is totally me. If I'm upset about something, I can empty a bag of tortilla chips or eat half a loaf of bread with cream cheese and hummus in a night.

I'm also an emotional eater. There are three things that help me.

1. If you can handle it, track your food. This is especially helpful to lose weight, as well. Use a notebook or something like MyFitnessPal or SparkPeople (what I use). Just make sure you don't get obsessive about tracking. You don't want to go too far the "other way".

2. Don't buy your comfort foods if you know you're going to be stressed. I've finally gotten good about this, although I still need my husband's help at times. If I'm stressed or going to be, I tell him "Make sure I don't buy pizza rolls" or whatever I'm after. This takes a lot of practice, but I'm so happy I can finally do this.

3. If you're going to buy comfort foods, buy only one or two and keep yourself to a limit. "I can have one serving of whatever each day" or "I'm crying, so two pieces of this." You can go further by making it inconvenient to get to, like freezing it or putting it in that horrible cupboard above the fridge you can't reach.

Go easy on yourself. It's so much harder if you're hard on yourself. I learned the hard way that being too down on myself would just make me more emotional, which made me want to eat more, which made me... Yeah. That's not fun. It's really not a big deal if you end up eating a bag of chips; just try to do better tomorrow! Eventually, you'll get better at trying, and get better at succeeding.

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This isn't exactly the healthiest way to deal with things, but... I also tend to emotionally eat, and what I try to do is replace it with something else that is also kinda addicting. So like a computer game that I can immerse myself in. Sims works well for me. So does this one site I go to a lot. Anything I can lose myself in and forget my life for awhile.

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