How can I control my eating when I have impulse control issues?

When you're binge eating, you might tell yourself "One won't hurt" and then one turns into two and two turns into twenty. It's hard to control until you realize how much harm it's doing to your body, and even then, it's hard to control. Maybe even harder. What I might suggest is maybe having a healthy snack or not as unhealthy and work from there. Whenever you want to start eating something, reach for that healthy snack you like. Such as almonds or peanuts. They will keep you full and help you from eating a lot. As you start eating healthier, your taste buds may want less amounts of food (they will say "eww, raw broccolli) and then, you might be able to control what you're eating.

I understand avoiding impulsive eating isn’t always possible, although planning daily times meals help if you cannot wait until then get yourself a bag of peanuts/strawberries or something healthy with a glass of water instead of giving into junk food impulse. This helps me on a regular basis because I stress eat. Avoid the candy aisle too, try to forget it exists all together. Try to remember that sugar and impulsive junk consumption will most likely worsen your mood. The most important thing is staying healthy and remembering your diet plan and eating schedule, if you have any medications remember to take those to. If you end up giving into your impulse don’t feel guilty or sad about it, you can try again, it’s okay. Rutiene and plans take time

Eating is a comfort. When nothing goes right, or you feel that you are in the wrong, eating can be there for you. Although it feels good, it’s not healthy. The way you can control them is by eating what you want, but cutting down the portions little by little, until you have a healthy amount. Then, little by little take away any unhealthy things and replace them with healthier things. Healthy foods consist of; fruits, veggies, light meat. It’s also good to get rid of over consuming bad drinks. Do the same thing as what you would do with the food. Cut down the portions little by little, and then start to slowly switch to the better drinks. Healthier drink choices consist of; water, milk (or almond, soy, and lactose free milk), and once in a while smoothies.

Keep in touch with your emotions. Are you eating because you’re hungry or need nutrients, or or you eating to fill an emotional void. For snacking, grab a portion of what you want to eat, move away from the pantry, and eat without distractions. Still hungry? Go get some more, but only if you feel the physical sensation of hunger, not the mental want for food. Stop, breathe, and think. What are other things that can keep you satisfied emotionally. Talking to a loved one? Spending some self care time with just you? Planning a movie night with friends. You deserve fulfillment, and mindless eating isn’t going to provide that. Have a wonderful day.

I have personally experienced this and know how hard this is to control. It will be slightly different for each person but my best advice for you is to take a deep breathe and think about what you are about to do. If you are around people when you feel and impulse coming on, tell someone you can trust so they can help and just be there for you. The main thing to remember thou is, don’t beat yourself up afterwards. You will make some mistakes along the way but just keep trying and take the good with the bad.

When you figure out the secret, let me know. For me, I have to make sure there is no junk food in the house, that it's a monumental effort to go out, buy the stuff, come home, *then* pig out. The best ways to control impulses like that are to stay on track with goals, to keep order in your life in the ways you want, to achieve the goals you have set for yourself. Too often we slip in one area or exhaust ourselves and then find other areas slipping as well, to the point where we wonder how to get out of this hole. One step at a time, and build good habits on top of good habits. Progress, not perfection.

First of all you have to remove the temptations from anywhere near you. Don't keep any unhealthy snacks in the house and when you have a craving for something unhealthy, just grab the first fruit that you see in front of you and eat that. I know it sounds hard but I've tried it and it's worked great for me so far. Whenever I get the urge to eat something sweet for example or fast food, I just try to eat something healthy instead as fast as possible. If I am not really hungry, the cravings are not as hard to resist to.

I can understand this issues very well, I am sweet tooth and double boned guy, I would like to say we don't have to cut our eating just trick the mind. 1. Drink more water, it will fill the space before eating. 2.Dont full stomach at once, eat in short intervals like 1-2 hours, make sure the things are digested what we eat before. 3. Control unsaturated fats, eat more fiber, like apples. 4. If you can do some exercise or yoga or pranayam too helps a lot. 5. Have a check on calories, try to reduce some. 6. Fasting is best option. Don't overdo it.

I, too, have struggled with impulse control and disordered eating. While everybody is different, I personally gained the most benefit from mindfulness and meditation practices. I imagine you've heard that before, and it can lose its appeal when suggested so many times -- especially when you may have tried it before, and it didn't help as much as you thought it would. However, that's the thing about mindfulness meditation -- it takes time to reprogram your brain to sit with the discomfort and allow it to be there, without impulsively acting upon it. Even postponing your binge (if that's what is happening for you) for a short period of time is still progress! Unfortunately, mindfulness is not the "cure" that many wish it was. Instead of curing us of our discomfort, mindfulness simply creates space for it. It's a practice that helps you build resilience, not everlasting peace. Still, it remains highly effective when practiced continuously over time. The trick is to make small goals -- practice sitting quietly and not giving into your impulse for even one or two minutes daily. When you feel ready, increase to 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, and so on. I would suggest trying each length of time for at least one week before increasing it -- that's how you stay true to new habits. May you be well!

I often have similar issues with self-control around food. For me it helps if I simply do not purchase food which I know I should not be eating. This could be called "friction", by increasing friction between yourself and an action you know you should not be performing you reduce how much self-control is required to abstain. If you can not control what food is around you because you live with someone else or for any other reason you could try to instead reduce friction for doing the right thing. This could include making a meal plan, or writing implementation intentions where you describe what you will do when you encounter a specific craving (e.g. "When I am tempted to eat chocolate I will brush my teeth, if I still want it an hour later I'll have a bit").