Bordom eating

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Recently i have started to bordom eat and it's really gettin me down bcoz i don't wanna get fat again <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; that was like the worst time in my life. But i'm scared i will, i have been eating so much these past few weeks and i feel really guilty. <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;

So have any of u lovely people got any advice 4 me? I really wanna stop but i just can't <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;

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Girl-From-Mars

i do that too, sometimes i just have nothing better to do so i eat for the sake of eating. and being on the pill doesnt help coz ive put weight on in the last year! <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; although im not too concerned about my weight, just about bits of me that would probably be sorted if i exercised.. shame im lazy!!

drifter, maybe you can find something else to occupy you instead of eating? or try and develop a fruit addiction <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

sorry im not much help.

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i do it too.

I have a serious eating prob, i eat choc all day and have diarea attacks in the morning and shit about 3 times a day. only had 3 choco bars today and none yesterday so im hoping so sort my bowels.

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Originally posted by Drifter:
Recently i have started to bordom eat and it's really gettin me down bcoz i don't wanna get fat again <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; that was like the worst time in my life. But i'm scared i will, i have been eating so much these past few weeks and i feel really guilty. <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;

So have any of u lovely people got any advice 4 me? I really wanna stop but i just can't <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;

{{{{{{Drifter}}}}}} could your eating be linked more to comfort eating as opposed to boredom eating if so, is this a problem you could identify and rectify yourself (obviously we'll be here to help) if not maybe this is something you can work with your counsellor.

Like GFM said maybe subsitute the food you are eating with fruit (though I am I right in thinking u r vegtarian? if so u prolly are eating fruit) try sugar free gum like orbit or extra. Also try to keep your hands busy when you feel like a peckish stint, with say a juggling ball or stress ball. I to be honest don't know what to suggest I know these are techniques I used successfully for a year when I gave up smoking <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt; good luck drifter, we're here if there's any more we can do

Luk

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I boredom eat too. I'm trying not to coz i end up feeling guilty and get worried about getting fat. So (and this will sound strange) i drink loads of water! I read somewhere that it fills your stomach so u want 2 eat less and also going 2 get a drink gives u something 2 do. Only problem is you can end up needing the toilet a lot! But its better than getting fat and also water is good for your skin and most people don't drink enough.

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you guys are lucky u have food to eat. my mum doesnt buy any good food, so i starve, thats why all my friends say that ive lost shit loads of weight! i have just got used to being hungry and not eating. i used to always eat whenwver i got abit hungry, even when i wasnt. just get used to being hungry and it aint bad!

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Originally posted by LUKA:
could your eating be linked more to comfort eating as opposed to boredom eating if so, is this a problem you could identify and rectify yourself (obviously we'll be here to help) if not maybe this is something you can work with your counsellor.

it could be something to do with comfort eating <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; i miss my friend and want to be with him <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt; and i am not seeing my councellor anymore. I missed two appointments coz i got the dates wrong (duh im so thick <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif"&gt; ) and she deleted me from her files.

Originally posted by LUKA:
Like GFM said maybe subsitute the food you are eating with fruit (though I am I right in thinking u r vegtarian? if so u prolly are eating fruit)

yes i am a veggie and i do eat tons of fruit, but i tend to eat tons of shit too! lol <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"&gt; [/b] [/quote]

Originally posted by LUKA:
try sugar free gum like orbit or extra.

did ne1 know that this was sposed to make u more hungry because u produce more saliva and ur stomach is expecting to get food and it isn't. Did any1 else hear that or is that just another cock n bull story?

Originally posted by LUKA:
Also try to keep your hands busy when you feel like a peckish stint, with say a juggling ball or stress ball.

i have always thought those stress balls were way cool! mayb its time to get 1! <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"&gt;

Originally posted by sunflower:
i drink loads of water! I read somewhere that it fills your stomach so u want 2 eat less and also going 2 get a drink gives u something 2 do.

i drink like sooooo much water is all i drink (except wen i wanna get pissed lol) my skin it still shit tho, but oh well u can't have everything!!! i can see what u mean about it filling u up, but its not really about being hungry or not. I wish it was.

Thanks for all the advice guys!

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today i have eaten so much including 3 pkts of chocolate buttons and 2 toblarones <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;

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i wasn't even hungry i am just a greedy pig

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I won't cry, I won't cry,
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Just as long as you stand
Stand by me

Girl-From-Mars

lol im exactly the same drifter, today when i woke up i had a mars bar and a galaxy caramel cake bar with my tea! <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/eek.gif"&gt; and then a big bowl of dry coco pops. my mums worse than me, sometimes she just eats and eats and eats and would get through the whole cupboard if someone didnt stop her!! and shes really thin most of the time. she said shes always sub consciously weighing up the calories in stuff from when her and her sister used to go on strict diets when they were younger, and shes advised me never to get into that, and just exercise and eat healthily if i want to lose weight. and shes right, diets fuck you up by the sounds of it!

anwyay going ever-so-slightly off topic..

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You are not alone. When i was in my previous relationship i reached out for food to make me feel better. That combined with a condition i have which makes you put weight on anyway, did me no favours. In 2 years i put on 3 stone, it wasn't until i left him, it dropped off. I have now lost 1 1/2 stone and feel much better, although i still have a thing for chocolate. I found that doing something helped to get my mind off food, even if its just going round a mates house, may be boring but you aint gonna raid your mates fridge are u?

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Originally posted by mandi7810:
That combined with a condition i have which makes you put weight on anyway, did me no favours.

If you don't mind me asking, what is ur condition?

Originally posted by mandi7810:
even if its just going round a mates house, may be boring but you aint gonna raid your mates fridge are u?

thats a good idea! <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"&gt;

And i'm sorry for being so nosy (don't feel you have to answer if you don't want to) but why did u put on weight when you were with your bf and lose it wen u broke up with him?

Sorry if i'm being too nosy by asking you!

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If the sky that we look upon
should tumble and fall
or the mountains should crumble in the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry,
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me

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Boredom eating is bad, I used 2 do it all the time (along with comfort eating) and I got really overweight.

It's crap being overweight cos ppl take the piss outta u and then u eat more cos you're depressed.

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I usually eat loads when im bored or depressed, but then i have days when i dont eat anything at all.
I know it aint healthy but i think it balances it out.

Also, when ur not hungry, but still wana eat, try makin urself a salad or sumat cuz lettuce and cucumber is mostly water, so it cant be fattening??!

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*piling on the pounds*

i lmost couldn't fit into my trousers today <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif"&gt;

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