Food addiction
I struggle with overeating. It's definitely tied to my stress level. It's been worse lately than it's ever been.
I'll go to the store and buy a massive pile of junk food. Soda, chips, ramen, cookies, crackers, popcorn, candy, ice cream, etc. I describe it like what a 12 year old would buy if he found a hundred dollars. But when I actually get it home, I'll eat and eat it until I feel sick, then eat some more. And at that point it doesn't even feel good to eat it, but I keep going nonetheless. I'll also overorder fast food and eat it over multiple days. Like buying multiple pizzas or a ton of wings at once. Even if I can manage to not keep snacks, I'll still get really hungry and eat multiple dinners or snack on fiber bars or whatever else is around.
There's this mindset that I have to eat it all to get rid of it as fast as I can so I can "start over and be healthy again", but then I just end up going out and buying more. I have bad teeth already, and this doesn't help. Often I don't get good sleep because I've eaten so much that my whole body hurts. I want to lose weight and live a long life, but I keep falling in the same trap over and over.
Not sure what to do.
Hi,how are you doing. You can try staying hydrated because sometime thirst feels like hunger so try to drin water everyday,also try to keep healthy snacks or fruits to avoid reaching for junk food when you are hungry also try to identify and and notice what situation or emotions leads to you overeat and find ways to cope like discussing it with people close to you and if you are mot confortable with it am always here to listen to you alway,i know that you can do it
I have food addiction myself, and I’m pretty lost on how to deal with it. But what I do know, is that you should NEVER try to loose weight when you have a bad relationship with food. Sometimes you have to help your mental health forward before you can help your physical health.
in the past, it has helped me to focus on something else, like a hobby that I’ll be distracted with. I don’t have a solution, maybe you shouldn’t take my advice at all, but finding out why you’re stressed, and then finding a way through that, could help lessen the habits.
