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

You can try to ask friends for encouragement, everything takes time to get good at. You could even ask your parents to help keep you committed. It may be difficult to get used to but after a while it will be normal and you will get better. You could also reach out to a therapist within this website to make a plan with you for what comes next. I see that you must be strong because understanding you want to change something is the first step to overcoming any obstacle you face. There are many different group rooms that can help you as well achieve your goal. Best of luck.

It can be difficult to control eating habits when struggling with impulse control. However, we do not have to feel powerless against our food-related impulsivity. There are certain tips we can use in order to strategically circumvent our impulsivity, if we are motivated to change. One such tip is to plan ahead. Try to notice the times when you struggle with impulse control. Often, we struggle when we're tired, hungry, emotional, or have access to food that is tasty, but isn't necessarily the healthiest for us. Noticing patterns in our lack of impulse control helps us plan to avoid those patterns from repeating themselves. For instance, if I know that I'm more likely to binge when I'm exhausted after work and don't have the energy to cook, instead of stopping for fast food on my way home, I can plan ahead by meal prepping on my day off, and then leaving a small bag of dried fruit (or some other snack) in my bag to curb my appetite while heading home, and then, once I get home, I can simply reheat a prepared meal. Another tip is to shop for food online. Some people find it helps to have lots of time to revise their "cart" without the constraints of actually being in the store in person. Shopping online may also help because it may be easier to not have the food physically in front of you while you shop, as that can sway your will and cause you to purchase unhealthy food based on emotion rather than on purpose. A third tip, whether you shop online or in person, is to not bring food into the house that will tempt you or that you are likely to binge on. You can't eat what you don't have, and even if you end up going out for it, you're inconveniencing yourself to the point that it would have to be a deliberate, not impulsive, decision to get that food. Impulse control is much more manageable when you make it easier for yourself to make healthy choices and harder for yourself to make unhealthy ones. In other words, no one makes unhealthy choices because they think it's the best thing for them; people make unhealthy choices because they default to doing what is faster, easier, less work-intensive, more accessible. When you control what is faster, easier, less work-intensive, and more accessible, by planning and preparing, you reclaim that power over impulse control for yourself. Best of luck, you can do it!

Coming from someone who used to struggle with this, a good idea is to prepare things is serving sizes and keep them in your fridge/pantry like that. For example, if you have a chocolate bar, consider cutting it into one or two squares per piece and wrapping it in something like plastic wrap, that way you can just take a set amount at a time and not have to resist eating more. Another thing is, try keeping the foods you struggle with in a place that’s kind of a hassle to get to, so when you want more of something you can choose whether it’s worth going to get or not. Drinking infused water is also something I find helpful. I hope this helps, take care 💛

Personally, for me, I like to exercise or take a walk, or even read a good book. Are used to have eating problems, and it has gotten better now that I realize that food is not the only source of happiness, but there are so many other things that will make us just as happy, if not even more. There are so many things out there that are waiting for us to experience. Focusing on something else rather than food will help immensely. Also, even meal prepping will help or planning out what you will eat for the following day.

Oftentimes, we can over or under nourish ourselves in response to another event or series of events in our lives. We can sometimes sort this out with small steps to address our whole body and mind. Then we can find the eating behaviors are easy to manage and change. For example, other things we may look at is our sleep, our work, entertainment, and people in our lives. How do you feel when you are doing these things or being with these people? Is there anything you do to much of or not enough of? The things you want to increase practice doing 2 minutes more per day. The things you want do decrease practice doing 2 minutes less per day. Most importantly, we are not racing anyone. If you find it to be difficult or you don't make it one day or a few times, it is okay. In time you will learn self-discipline. Small steps, small steps, small steps. You got this!

I struggled with bulimia in my past. I would have a really hard time saying no to food and once I would keep eating and eating until I purged. What has helped me recover from this vicious disorder was accepting I had a problem and was ready to make change. It wasn’t a perfect recover. I slipped many times, and realized it was worse when I was hard on myself for purging. I continued to try my best with a healthy diet and exercise and I am now fully recovered. It is possible if you truly want that change. Reaching out for help is useful to