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hey there!

i just registered today in hopes of getting some support for emotional eating. I am not overweight- i enjoy exercise and healthful foods to nurture my body, but i am also fixated on my weight. my feelings get the best of me more often than i'd like to admit, and i eat in response to stress, boredom, happiness, loneliness etc. what compounds this is the fact that i have crohn's disease - an inflammatory condition of the small and large intestine, making my dietary habits extremely important. one slip and i feel horrible the next day - both emotionally AND physically! and just having this disease can trigger binges (usually with ice cream!) - it's a horrible cycle :(

well, i just wanted to introduce myself and say "hello." it just feels good to get this out there- its not an easy thing to talk about! thanks for reading!

Hi Green Runner! Welcome to our board!

Did your fixations on food start before or after you were diagnosed with Crohn's?

Hi Jenelle-
Thanks for your reply! The fixations actually began after I was diagnosed- I was 14 when I was finally given the Crohn's sentence, and my food "issues" didnt begin until sometime into my college years. I do believe that sometimes I "test" myself- see how much my body can handle -and of course I always seem to overestimate :mad: Are you in a similar situation?

No, but I do have an acquaintance who was diagnosed in her mid 30's. It took the doctors forever to figure out what it was!

I was wondering if maybe you were doing the "testing" that you mentioned in your last post. What do you do when you find yourself on the teetering edge of a binge? (Besides eat, I mean. ;) )

usually these eating binges are preceded by boredom or feeling sad about one thing or another. I do recognize these unhealthy triggers and try my best to avoid them (like read or something to divert my attention) - I tell myself that I can have just a little of something but somehow that ends up turning into A LOT of something :nono: which just leaves to negative feelings when i start getting physical pain followed by a lot of guilt.

Do you or DID you have problems with overeating at all and how do you deal? I could always use some new techniques! :D

My problems are with volume and sweets so I use a cup, scale, and spoons to measure my food, and try to avoid sweets. My downfall is icecream too :D

Chris

Oh, yeah...I'm definitely a compulsive overeater!

I think one of the biggest things that's worked for me is to realize that I can't actually "have just a little." For me, it's chocolate. There's some sort of brain chemistry thing going on that just sends me overboard.