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I cannot stop eating. Twice last year my weight got way down, not ideal, but close---I 've gained back 30+ pounds both times. The first time was a low carb costly plan where I had accountability. the other a diet plan that closed its doors here--LA weight loss--I am in therapy--and I am a therapist. I am fairly bright I think, Happily married, have friends , have a good job--just am miserable in the world of food. I isolate and compulsively overeat--in the mornings, sometimes at night.-- more of a secret eater, but sometimes while husband is in the house. I just got books on sugar addiction---I do know that's part of the problem, and have been sugar free before. I also do not think dieting is the answer. Help. 205---and probably gaining--despite actively working in the yard several times a week for several hours.
Posted on 05/27/09, 04:05 pm |
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I have also had a problem with sugar addiction...don't know if complete abstinence is the answer (I'm also diabetic) or if I can periodically allow myself little tastes...
I've been most successful in the past with plans that have accountability. I can so easily let myself off the hook otherwise. However, I am tired of being on a stringent diet and losing weight, just to regain it in a matter of months. I want to find a way of eating that will promote weight loss without my feeling hungry or too too deprived. Still don't know what that will be! If I do get too deep into that hungry, deprivation mindset I just rebound into eating all I want (more than I want) of foods that are terribly unhealthy for me and regaining weight lost. Exercise alone is definitely not enough to lose weight. It can help speed metabolism, but unless it is accompanied by the right food plan, will not take off the pounds! I suppose if we were out running marathons every day we could eat large amounts and still lose... I am hoping coming here might serve as a type of accountability...and to help keep myself conscious. It is too easy for me to just go into the food and then look up a couple of months later to see that I've gained...ACK What are your ideas on how you want to change your eating? 
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more protein helps, less sugar and white stuff(potatoes, rice, bread, etc). Journaling has helped in the past. drinking a lot of water seems to help. I wish I knew. I have considered going to a nutritionist. But I just seem to be out of answers. I have never been able to stick with anything for a long time. The years of my life when I was thinner, I didn't obsess so about food, I ate less, and ate healthier, but how do you stop obsessing. I don't know.
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Both of your diets gave you temporary weight loss. It seems that the problem is neither one taught you to maintain a healthy lifestyle in the long term. I agree with you - forget diets. They obviously are only short term fixes. I'm a compulsive overeater too and I used to struggle with it much more than I do. I was recently put on mood stabilizers which have helped me to gain more control of my emotional eating.
You sound like you are doing all the right things - therapy, exercise - so give yourself a break and be proud of that part. I've started to find that my anxiety levels drop after I take my dog for a walk. Before you go for that box of donuts, take yourself for a walk and drink some water. Make the walk somewhat brisk. It distracts you from the obsession with the food, and somehow lessens the craving. This is what I've started doing and it seems to be helping me a lot.
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