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y we over eat!

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i feel that if we are going to overcome our eating problems then we are going to have to get to the root of our problems. i would like to know if anyone would like to share with the group the reasons why they overeat??? come on lets get it of our chest!!

ill go first....

i believe that i overeat because i have no willpower to stop myself. i know that i am hurting myself and i feel guilty while doing it but i just cant stop!! i just ate a huge piece of peach pie and i wasnt even hungry :(. now i feel really horrible!! this is a sad cycle with me and i am trying to break it. hope that writing about it will help!!

ur turn...
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i don't know why i over eat. i have tried to analyze it: stress, emotions, hunger???
i truthfully don't know. i eat when i am sad...then i eat when i am happy.
i don't believe that it is willpower...for anyone! we can all do it.
i have even doneit before! that is what kills me! i lost weight before alot and now i can't.
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I am never hungry. I eat because I am happy, bored, stressed etc. It is my reward. I know it harms me but a little bit won't hurt. I call myself- Hoover because I can gulp down taht food faster than the vacuum cleaner picks up dirt. I sabotage myself because if I am so bored then I deserve to eat.
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I am never hungry. I eat because I am happy, bored, stressed etc. It is my reward. I know it harms me but a little bit won't hurt. I call myself- Hoover because I can gulp down taht food faster than the vacuum cleaner picks up dirt. I sabotage myself because if I am so bored then I deserve to eat.
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boredom...exactly!
that is my trigger too.
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I did not need any good reason to eat. I ate vs. feeling my feelings (good, bad or indifferent) and once I started to medicate there was a chemical reaction that took over and I could not stop til' I was sick or passed out.
DG1
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I overeat bcuz of stress, well at least that's how it started but now that it has become a learned behaviour, the smallest trigger will cause me to reach for food - any food will do, and I just can't seem to break the cycle. I walked home from work today and that usally burns about 900 calories but then for dinner I had a salad big enough to feed 5 people, Mr. noodles and don't forget the apple pie for dessert.
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I think it's because it is one of the simple affordable pleasures in life. Honestly-- I mean I didn't think I'd be a counter person in the meat dept. when I grew up, marriage is far from perfect, I have a lot of pain from working and I think I sort of eat to make up for everything. Also I see so many people diet to gain it all back-- just seems like a losing battle. It also doesn't take much for me to gain weight. I don't eat huge amounts of food.
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I overeat because...

...I get bored
...I am an emotional eater

Wow that felt good!
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I haven't overate or ate compulsively in over 5 weeks. But let me tell you before that I sure did, for years. My 2 biggest overeating factors were boredom and loneliness. It's like food took the place of friends. Now, that I'm on track with something I can manage it makes me sad how I ate and got to this point. As long as I don't dwell on how far I've got to go I'm okay. I try to look at far I've come in over 5 weeks. Thanks for an honest post.
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Simply I eat b/c I am bored. I over eat all the time! It is growse...I feel growse afterwards. At the back of my mined I am saying hey I will gain the weight, but I know I can loose it, so it is ok! But it is not! It is effecting my health and I never seem to have that in the back of my mined. Today is my first day in what I like to think recovery...
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wow, i thought i would be origianl in saying bored. but now that i am thinking about it... yeah, when i am watching tv at night i feel like i should eat something, even if i am not hungry. i eat cause i feel a compulsive need to. and then when i do it is loaded with calories. i eat when i am not hungry ant i think that is the biggest thing. its like i cant help it, my stomach says no but my brain is like oh yeah! i think my brain is a bully. now i think i can start watching this and start thinking about what and why i am eating. hmmmm....
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I think I overeat to try and make myself feel better. Stress is the main reason though.
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