never full
 

Hi Everyone:
I'm just wondering if there is anyone out there that never seems to be full. I can feel full but I still want to eat. Every morning when I get up I say to-day is a new day and I'm going to try again.:(
I need help

Georgie

I know exactly how you feel. I can eat a good supper here at home and then be "trolling" for food as I call it within a few minutes. I know this is head hunger and not real hunger but when you are a compulsive overeater as I am, it is hard to control the cravings. I have read all the literature and tried several weight loss plans. I would like to go to Overeaters Anon but there isn't a meeting close to me. I have read their books, and know that abstinence between meals is what I need to start accomplishing.

I guess this is a battle that is more difficult for some of us. I would be interested in reading posts from other "lurkers". I know you are out there because I have been doing the very same thing. Let's establish a going forum for us and get and give the support we deserve!!!

Elaine

Count me in..
 

I too seem to eat eat eat... I know it's psychological, and I need to pray on this... I've read other people say they read things about telling yourself, eat only when you're hungry... Um.... Duh... :p That's talking to the physical me, not the mental...

I am 6 poounds away from goal weight with WW, and lately it's been a HUGE struggle...

This has been a life long problem with me... I am 36 yrs old, and still have not got a grip on this eating pattern... I love food.. I learned how to cook hamburgers and fries at age 5, but the only thing that's keeping me struggling on is that I have lost 100 lbs, and don't want to see or feel it again..

For me the only thing I know to do is just pray to God, because lately I have been getting bad about eating while full ... :( :(

Hi. I have the same problem. If I would just eat when I was hungry I would probably lose all the weight that I need to in 6-9 months. Instead I eat just to eat. It is the worst for me during the day. I stay home with two of my three kids all day and I find myself eating just out of boredom or because I want to shove something in my mouth. I want to try OA meetings, but my problem is that the meetings close to me are during the day when I have my boys so I can't go. I have tried everything and I feel like I am at a loss. When I first joined this site I needed to lose 60 lbs. now I need to lose around 70 lbs. I am gaining instead of losing b/c I can't stop eating. I am only 26 years old and I don't want to go through the rest of my life fat so I know I need to get a grip and just do it, but that is easier said than done. Every morning I say today is the day I will not eat just to eat, but I do it anyway.

Well, good luck to all of you.

Daniell

I can completely relate to this!!! I seem to eat a large meal and then I am still thinking about what else I can have. I have found that a few things really help me with this. First, avoid eating sweets in the morning (ie donuts etc) cause once you lose that sugar high you will only want to feast on food that you don`t even like. Second, have 3 meals a day and 2-3 sanacks between meals. Try hard to make sure you have at least 1 fruit or veggie in each one of those snacks and meals. Third, come up with a plan. This is the hardest for me. Whenever I feel like overeating I try to come up with something else to do. I go for a quick walk, call a friend, paint, play on computer etc. Just have strategies for when you feel it coming on and its not meal time. Four, make sure you follow your meal times. Skipping a meal or a snack will only set you up for bingeing later on. Fifth...most important...EAT BREAKFAST!!!! So important!!!!!!!! When you wake up you have been fasting for 6-8 hours! When you are awake and you haven`t eaten for 6-8 hours you know you are hungry. When you wake up from your sleep hours you may not realize it but you are starving!!! If you just ignore it and not break the fast with breakfast you are only setting yourself up for a binge later on during the day.
I am full of ideas!! Anyone can feel free to email me and I can go on...lol

Hi:
Well for the last few days I have been eating only 3 meals a day with nothing in between and so far so good. Ten years ago I went to overeaters annoymous and it did help me but the new job I have now does not leave me any time to go.
I have struggled with this for over 40 years and I'm sure I have tried every weight loss gimmick out there. Sometimes it just gets me down and it is wonderful to have other people who can I can identify with.
I have gained 25 lbs. in the last two years and I panic with worry.
Thank you for all your answers.

Georgie

Hey all

I saw this thread in the forum and I am so like this. I eat constantly. I think the only time I do not eat is when I am shopping or on this site. Must be a connection. What do you all think..Something about instant gratification I think. Thanks Nana for strating this thread. I thin this one is an important one.:) Post back some ideas. I am going to subscribe to this thread!!! Tracy

Hey crash and Burn!!

I like your words of wisdom! Plus the small indulgences are so correct. Keep posting some more. It sure picked me up today!!! Tracy:)

So glad that i could help Tracy. Take everything one day at a time and learn to do things that make yourself happy, fow when you are truly happy, you make those around you happy as well
:)
Jennifer

Hey Jennifer,

Yes I really think happiness is the key. Only problem is finding out what is making you unhappy. I have been doing some reading but sure could use some pointers on identifying the hot points that make me eat..tracy

:devil: I my gosh I know how you all feel The food is there I can't stop eating it, sometimesI eat it so much I make myself sick.I eat for no reason. SometimesI eat just to eat because I'm bored or someone made me angry I always hate myself after.I try to control it but its hard I'm a stay at home mom I babysit that usually keeps me busy till I have a free minute.I think about food constantly even obsesively I'd say.There is no OEA around here I just wish I could find 1 person close to me who I could talk to or someone who could E-mail me and support me to loose the last 40 to 50 lb I have left.:wave: [email protected]

oh my goodness.... this is me too!
 

hey!
Gosh... I know how ya'll feel! GGGGGGGggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!! That's how I feel right now!!!

Overeating (mainly due to boredom) has been a major problem for as long as I can remember! Since Christmas I've been doing really well; staying active & eating mainly when I'm hungry. But the last few days have been SO trying for me! :^: I'm going bonkers!

It's so weird; in the last couple months I've lost weight because I've been eating mainly when I'm hungry... so you'd think that I wouldn't want to eat all the time 'cause I'd want to keep losing weight, right? But food has been constantly on my mind this whole week! (I mean EVERY minute!)
If I didn't have you guys at this site to write to I'd be super bummed! (as it is I'm pretty bummed... but I'm trying to stay positive) :smug:

Tomorow I'm gonna get back on track!!! I almost said 'tomorow I'm gonna TRY to get back on track'... but the heck with 'trying'... I've been 'trying' for 3 days now! Tomorow I'm JUST GONNA DO IT! It's about flippin' time! ya know?

when something tastey comes to mind i'll just think; water... water... water... water... water... water... water... yummy water... wonderful, refreshing water... tastey, good water... finger-lickin'-good water!... :D

~Kalypso

Dear Sunshine and Kalypsco!!

hey gals!! I am so glad we have a thread to post about emotional eating!!! Today was tater tot day becasue I quit my job!!! I decided that i wasnt going to work for a place where confidential conversations were broadcast down the hall!! But insteead of being happy..I pigged out at home. Why like eating was going to make me feel better??/What could I have done positively instead of eating????:cry: Tracy

Hi Tracy. I think sometimes it is almost impossible to determine what in fact is making us unhappy. I have searched for years to find out why i turned to annorexia to sooth my pain. I never came up with a reason. It only added to my stress pushing me further to my disorder so i tried to start fresh each day and learned one step at a time what made me happy, then tried to encorporate more positive things into my life. Sometimes the cause is straightforward and we have the power to control it while other times it is just too complex and out of our control so i think determining that is the first step.
Jennifer

Hi Everyone!!!
Hey Tracy~ Sorry to hear about your work problems! How are you doing? I know how being out of work can cause the munchies... I've been out of work for a little over 3 weeks now :( ! But... :D finally I've got good news about that!... I got a call back from an interview & I've been hired; full time, days, at $1.60/hr more than what I was looking for!! Yeah!
I was feeling pretty low because quiting my last job was somewhat impulsive... but it turns out that it was the best thing for me! I'm sure you'll be fine too! ;)

The frustrating this is; when I was out of work I wanted food because of boredom & emotional downs... now that I've been hired I want food because I think I should get a treat! (& I know there will be money in the bank soon... so I can finally afford a treat!) Grrrrrrr! It's never ending!

Well, what can ya do?... except smile & keep on trying! So that's what I'm doing!

I just decided to count calories... I'm thinking that It'll allow me to treat myself on occasion without feeling guilty & without messing up my eating plan! Hopefully that will do the trick. :cool:

~talk to you all later... Kaly

Dear Jennifer,

You are so wise. My sister suffered from Bulemia. I used the laxative but luckily I saw a doctor and he put the fear of God into me. The damage that those actions do to your body is irrerarable. I was 27 and thought if I was so skinny my boyfreind (now hubby) would love me more. It is not about weight. yes in the beginning men are attracted by image, but we women want men that will loves us regardles of size.

I am sorry you have had to go through it. Yes, defining the actual hot point is the first step..I am still trying to weave my way through that port. Thank you for sharing. I feel honored that you did. Tracy

Glad i can help Tracy. I was offered a position at the age of 16 to counsil youth with eatting disorders and disordered eatting (many ppl don't realize that there is a difference) but i was still fairly ill at the time. I do regret not doing it now because i would love to be able to help people through this tough illness that is very misunderstood. I agree with you in that we can't change or compromise ourselves for men. if we do want to change, we do it for US and no one else. Lately i have been taking myself to do "girly" things like get my hair done and such which is making me alot more confident about myself. Everyone has a different way of expression and we all just need to find it. Life is a long and bumpy road so we must choose our tools wisely and use them to carry us along :)
Jennifer
ps. If you ever need to talk, feel free to pm me. I find sometimes through helping others i can understand how to help myself too.

Crahs you are the best. NAd I am glad you are doing things for yourself. Everyone needs a little me time!!! ANd men...well..they come and go..but freinds are for life! luv ya!!Tracy:)

I with all of you
 

I am too a lurker...I troll around the kitchen looking for whatever is good to eat. I get like this especially right after lunch and dinner. The other day I was so fed up with this looking for junk to eat that I actually starting to throw everything out!!! I threw out all the chocolate that my mom had been keeping. I threw out all the jelly beans and the cookies. I threw it all out. No one even missed it. Again though my house has been restocked with junk and I can't help but binge. I have no self control when it comes to food. If I see it...I eat it. If it;s not there then I dont think about it. I really need help. I've been on WW for 2 weeks now. I lost 3 pounds but I can feel it slowly creeping up on me...I just ate half a box of cereal!:( (after I ate lunch of course) Does anyone else get like this or is it just me.

I'm with all of you
 

I am too a lurker...I troll around the kitchen looking for whatever is good to eat. I get like this especially right after lunch and dinner. The other day I was so fed up with this looking for junk to eat that I actually starting to throw everything out!!! I threw out all the chocolate that my mom had been keeping. I threw out all the jelly beans and the cookies. I threw it all out. No one even missed it. Again though my house has been restocked with junk and I can't help but binge. I have no self control when it comes to food. If I see it...I eat it. If it;s not there then I dont think about it. I really need help. I've been on WW for 2 weeks now. I lost 3 pounds but I can feel it slowly creeping up on me...I just ate half a box of cereal!:( (after I ate lunch of course) Does anyone else get like this or is it just me.

I am just like you!! But at least you threw out the chcolate!! Good for you!! Actually if ya going to eat..ceral is a good choice!! I know this week it was hot fires city..I must have had one stuck to my chin all week. I am depressed at being home..that is my set off. What is making you eat???Tracy

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Hi Guys!

I was just lurking around on this post and thought of something. A few years ago I did a program called the Weigh Down Workshop. It was a religiously based program (www.wdworkshop.com) that allowed you to eat whatever foods you wanted but only when "stomach hunger" struck. I was very successful on the plan and really outgrew binge eating. And I had been the *worst* -- ordering several meals at a restaurant plus several drinks so no one would know what I was eating, bringing home bags of doughnuts and eating them with a large pizza, the works.

I lost down to a size 8 and stayed there for several years (after being overweight since age 6), very happily, until I went on the pill. I don't know if it was the one I was on or what, but I just couldn't stop feeling stomach hunger, and so gained weight. I tried to go back to WDW, but I felt compulsive about it and left the program.

Now, I'm using LA Weight Loss, but I look forward to going back to my old weigh-down ways once I reach my goals weight. It was the happiest I've ever been, not thinking about food anymore, not binging, but still getting to eat whatever I liked. There is also a book, and there used to be a class at Barnes & Noble University using the same principles, but without the religious aspect.

I know how miserable it is to be on the binge/diet cycle. It's awful. And who wants to just substitute the binging for being obsessed with calories, percentages, lower-body workouts, whatever? It's as though over-controlling the situation will keep you from going astray.

Anyway, for those of you who are really depressed, really struggling, it's something to consider.

Good luck to everyone, and you are ALL beautiful!