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Comfort Eating

Chimes

Hi everyone.

I noticed a pattern I've been in for a while now. I've been a big person for as long as I can remember and a couple of years ago I made some good progress and lost nearly 3 stone.

Unfortunately I've put 2 stone back on since then and most of it is due to comfort eating. I've gone back and forth with losing a few pounds and putting it back on, thought I was in a good routine a month ago with healthy eating and counting calories but thats gone again.

Problem is I have depression along with OCD and Aspergers and food has always been a comfort for me, even if I don't feel any better after eating I still do it. I have my own money so find it so easy to go out and buy food and drink to binge on.

Just don't know how to get out of this rut I keep going in.

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  • I have the opposite where I don't eat enough food daily. It's often not a good idea to deprive yourself of your enjoyment of food, but to really take notice of what kind of memories and feelings you get out of comfort eating, and then try another outlet and find an alternative that gives you similar feelings of comfort. 

    If you find yourself getting into a habit that you feel guilty doing afterwards, try to find what brings you there in the first place. Maybe you buy fast food when you're hungry after work, and if that's happened enough times that it's become a pattern, then try to pack something so you'll eat it afterwork, and not be tempted to just buy food. It might save money too. 

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  • I have the opposite where I don't eat enough food daily. It's often not a good idea to deprive yourself of your enjoyment of food, but to really take notice of what kind of memories and feelings you get out of comfort eating, and then try another outlet and find an alternative that gives you similar feelings of comfort. 

    If you find yourself getting into a habit that you feel guilty doing afterwards, try to find what brings you there in the first place. Maybe you buy fast food when you're hungry after work, and if that's happened enough times that it's become a pattern, then try to pack something so you'll eat it afterwork, and not be tempted to just buy food. It might save money too. 

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