Candy...cookies....cakes....yummyumm!!! but.... - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

Aima · 12-19-2005, 04:41 AM

Hey yall...

I am a healthy person...i work out everyday...and try to watch what i eat...however..lately been craving these junk foods...more than ever..i mean..i love them..but have been able to control it..but suddently...have lost control.....Waht should i do? I have posted in the eating disorder board about being a binge eater....cuz i feel since i started these cravings..i have been eating alot more toooo....AAAAhhh..i am depressed about it...me being happy with myself..and my health is almost number 1 to me...and so...

If anyone can help..please let me know..if u have any of ur own experiences..share them..and let me konw how u dealt with it...
If u have any interesting ways to control cravings like this..or BINGE eating....LET ME KNOW>>PLEASE..

Many thanks

6foot3 · 12-19-2005, 05:29 AM

This time of the yr is hard . Everybody at work bringing cookies,cake,fudge etc..I just give in a little and don't worry about it. I still excersise intensly so my cravings are very nil .(45 min exc bike and/or 45 min pumping iron !!)

samizzle79 · 12-19-2005, 06:28 PM

I know exactly what your going through. I went through this same thing around the beginning of October. I let it go on for about a month and a half before i realized that i REALLY needed to do something about it. I felt like i was gaining weight although i never weighed myself.
Right now, i use the website: www.******.com to count my calories. It helps out alot! I actually saw how much i was eating and that was my reality check. I should NOT have been eating that much. So that was what helped me to realize that i need to eat better.
You'll get over your cravings, don't worry. Try eating a small snack that will fill you up, like oatmeal, around midday. That should help

Aima · 12-20-2005, 12:24 AM

hey there...
thanks alto for your responses...and yes..i ahave recently started using ******.com...and it does help....and its a good reality check....so..i am happy with it.....and i have cut back on junk foods since....but just yestuday i ate M&M's..u know..its like...well...i will jsut have this one bag this one time..but it really shot my calories and fat intake up....YIKES>>>HEHEH

But hey.since i am getting feed back on this thread..i wanna say that i think i am either bulemic or binge eater....I feel i eat alot....although nobody else seems to beleive that....it bother me..cuz i eat alot at one time...and then feel uncomfortably full...and then get depressed..and stress working out to get rid of the calories i had consumed..its like i am obsessed with it all.....it get old...and it exhausts me mentally..and alos physically..i ware myself out...to a degree where after that one time..i can't work out for a day or two cuz i am soooooooo tired....so....i think if i have better control of the AMOUNT i eat...then i will be less stressed about the working out part..and get some peace and not tire my self as i am doing now...

Please..if you have ANY way at all to help control the amount of food..or way to get my mind of of eating when not hungry..or any kewl tips to help me...i would LOVE it..i am getting to a point where i am desperate..

Thanks alot...

samizzle79 · 12-20-2005, 02:03 PM

I think to get your mind off food, just go and watch tv. or read a book. you could even do some crunches while watching tv-thats what i like to do. get out of the kitchen. Another tip - wait 5 minutes after yotu think about food and the craving should be gone. Maybe your thirsty too. Try drinking something instead of eating all the time. But don't deprive your stomach of food either.