Welcome :) . Do not diet!! Diets do not work and making it worst. I am telling you from my experience, dieting does not solve an eating disorder. I had tried for many years of counting carbs,points,etc and did not help me.

Hang in there and find a way to eat less,and become your own fitness guru. I gave up diets,and just avoid sweets,no snacking,no seconds. It's called No S Diet. I am down 4 Lbs since Monday.

You can do.be strong and having plenty of willpower...best of luck!! :)

Thank you! I' am going to look that up! Thank you again and congrats on the weight loss!

Emotional eating is typically caused by trying to numb your feelings. But what happens is, eating only temporarily numbs those feelings. They're still there after you eat, along with some newly accumulated guilt for haven eaten. The key is to feel your feelings. Allow them to be there. We're human, we have positive and negative emotions. What's so bad about feeling sad? Or bored? Or happy? Maybe it's uncomfortable, but what else? It's just a sensation in your body and once you're able to allow feelings be there, any feeling, then there's nothing to be afraid of.

Hello! I understand about wanting to eat for all types of emotions. Just the other day I had a financial situation that turned out better than expected after WEEKS of worrying-first thing I thought of was to celebrate by EATING! I discussed this strange urge to eat with my husband and just being able to discuss it without judgement felt so freeing! I think we have to put aside the inhibitions of thinking our thoughts DON'T matter and discussing them anyway. Journaling helps me sometimes, too.

Hi there, I too haven had a love hate relationship with food. I used food to cover every emotion as well. I have started a new fitness routine that is easy, not over bearing and best of all its done while sitting. Her name is Pahla Bowers on youtube, if you care to try them out. I have weak ankles and with my size I'm just not ready for the fast paced workouts, so these are life savers. What you can do about eating while bored, clean your kitchen of all temptation and only buy healthy food. Fresh fruits and veggies, you can meal prep and store them in your fridge and cabinets. They are just as easy to grab and eat as a bag of chips or candy. Good luck to you!

What I do is always have some cucumber, jicama and baby carrots in the fridge they are very healthy and crunchy so they take my anxiety away ;) or if I´m not home I chew gum and I have post its all over my house to remind me not to eat things just because I have nothing else to do

Hello Why don't you go for a walk when you are bored instead of snacking ? Walking with a pedometer enables you to walk more, so I suggest you get one.

Hi there!
I'm sorry to hear that you're having such a hard time! This happens a lot, so don't worry about it! It's important to find a goal that you'd like to accomplish and stick with it. An example would be to get yourself into a fitness challenge, or nutrition challenge group! I have some great recommendations if you'd like. Let me know! Best wishes!!