eating.....

[ciaobella]

Ok i don't really know what to call this addiction, or if it is even an addiction but i thought i would post and for any advice you all might have.

My problem is this: I eat, whenever i don't know what to do! I eat when i am emotional, I eat when i am stressed (when i have a huge report due i go out and buy chips or candy b/c i feel like i should eat while working), I will always eat if food is put infront of me..even if i am stuffed and my biggest issue is i eat WHENEVER I AM BORED, if i have nothing to do i will go to the kitchen and fix myself food regardless of what my body needs, and even as i realize what i am doing and how wrong it is i still do it.....

I used to be obbsessed with food, my whole day and night would be planned around it but that has changed...mentally i am not focused on it, but it's almost like out of habit that i just go on auto pilot and eat eat eat!!!! before my computer broke and i was really on track with exercise and diet and such i felt sooo much better when i ate less (aka normally) but i still wrestled with these old habbits, and now they are harder than ever to fight! please help!!

[Peterlock]

Hi Ciaobella, :wave

Habits and addictions are very different things calling for very different approaches on how to handle them - or in your case break what I believe to be an addiction.

For any addict, life revolves around their drug of choice and the triggers they need to "set them off". When I was drinking it was any excuse to have a drink stress, sadness, a happy day, a sad day - it didn't matter these were all spring boards to pouring myself a drink.

It's not much different from a heroin, nicotine or food addict the pattern of addiction is always they same.

If you're bored which means you're simply allowing yourself to obsess about your drug of choice (food) you go and binge, if you're stressed same thing. The problem is it's the food that's controlling your life and the choices you make and it's supposed to be the other way around.

The good news is you have plenty of options there are plenty of therapists who specialize in eating disorders and addictions. There's also OA (over eaters anonymous)

Based on the 12 step program of Alcoholics Anonymous OA is private, safe and very effective you might want to look into a meeting in your area or even one online - here's a link to their website

https://www.oa.org

Hope this helps!

Peter ha

[2big4mysize]

that hand to mouth addiction is hard to overcome.

lots of it is triggered by the fact that foods can mimic neurtransmitters and out fantastic brains know it and have filed and cross filed the foods reactions with other event like the ones that calm you when you are stressed or angry and when you feel that way Dr Brain prescribes thwm as cures for what is ailing you as our bodies do not like to not feel right!

You need to change the neural pathways to the cures by setting up some things other them foods that will calm you when you are nervous, stressed, anger, or upset. The more you use these nonfood ways like exercise, meditaiton or whatever the weaker the nearal pathways to those foods as meds will become. (this is where the exericing your willpower makes it stonger theory comes from) after you have practiced your new means of dealing with the bad chems those emotions cause the easier it will become as you will just automatically do that instead liek i use treadmilling when I'm angry as that will burn off the hormones anger and stress create and it also generates some cool brain chems that put me in a happy place too.

Happy low carbing.