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yyg2
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| Location: | Hawaii USA |
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Posted: 13 July 2008 09:32 am |
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| anybody know how to stop it or at less immprove it ? n what kind of food tend to put it down?
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 13 July 2008 06:36 pm |
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I've had a problem with this as well. Try to find other outlets to release your emotions. Go outside for a walk, listen to music, play with your pet, browse CPH, SOMETHING. 
More fiber can help your body feel full, but emotional eaters typically eat when they are not hungry also. I used to be a late night eater. I just had to reset my body over time to not do that. The same goes for emotional eating - even the best of us slip up, but you will be less likely to if you train yourself to do other things.
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cportwine
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Posted: 14 July 2008 02:02 pm |
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You need to find other things to do when your emotions get out of control. I think just recognizing that you are an emotional eater will help. But, try to see if there are certain emotions that trigger it.
When I am bored is my biggest one. I don't eat when I am angry. Sometimes I eat when I am sad- that one depends on how sad. I can control my eatting fairly well when I am happy. So, try to find out what emotions are making you go to the refrigerator and then try to figure out some other thing to do instead.
oh yea, I also eat allot when I am tired. I don't know why, but I find if I get more sleep its not a problem for me.
Hope this helps...
As far as foods go, I don't think a certain kind of food will fix any emotion.
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yyg2
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Posted: 15 July 2008 05:05 am |
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thx guys. though no matter how hard i 've tried to convince them the exist of this problem my parents won't understand this "medical term"which then make me feel worse. i do binge a lot with any kind of mood except i feel happy.in our daily life, unfortunately, we have to deal with tons of issues, and foods are always around us in these day and easily to be reached, so it is really hard for me to get rid of the problem, i did try to sleep until noon so i thought it might helped me to eat less, but the thing turned out i ate a lot at late afernoon and dinner, even worse. 
my parents always make dinners as the most luxury meal, gosh though i already full, but they are so tempting, and i have to sleep with the stuffed stomach then the whole cycle starts all over.
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Pootchi
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Posted: 15 July 2008 11:48 pm |
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| I am also an emotional eater. Here where I live there's a new group that will start in September to help with emotional issues while losing weight. It's not a weight loss program, it's just to learn how to deal with emotions and other issues like that. Maybe you should look if there's such a thing in your area. This group will be held by a nutritionist and a social worker. They take only 15 people and I hope I get the opportunity to go. I filled out the application, and if I fit within their requirements I'll get a call in August. I'm pretty sure I fit in, because it's the same nutritionist I see every month that'll helding those meetings and she's the one that gave me the papers to fill for my profile.
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a_positive_attitude
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Posted: 7 August 2008 09:29 pm |
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Pootchi wrote: I am also an emotional eater. Here where I live there's a new group that will start in September to help with emotional issues while losing weight. It's not a weight loss program, it's just to learn how to deal with emotions and other issues like that. Maybe you should look if there's such a thing in your area. This group will be held by a nutritionist and a social worker. They take only 15 people and I hope I get the opportunity to go. I filled out the application, and if I fit within their requirements I'll get a call in August. I'm pretty sure I fit in, because it's the same nutritionist I see every month that'll helding those meetings and she's the one that gave me the papers to fill for my profile.
I agree with Pootchi. Eating out of emotion can only contribute to the problem. You'll be eating yourself into a circle. Sort of like the dog chasing his tail. At least I did. I wish I had located a group like the one she mentions here. I'm sure I would have gotten to where I am now in my head, a whole lot faster then I did. Seems I took the long way around. For myself emotionally eating was because I didn't know how to handle my feelings, (especially about my weight). and finally worked it out in my head after a very long time. I had to learn that my eating should not be linked to my emotions no matter what my emotions were. (I really have had BAD habits). I ate for every emotion! I had to retrain myself that one should have nothing to do with the other. Good luck if you find a group to join! I think for myself when I began to see 'food" for what it really is and its purpose and how "I" was using food did it dawn on me that I was abusing food.
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