Working together - Obesity Message Board

Sara67 · 08-30-2004, 02:07 AM

Hello everyone

My name is Sara and I have had wieght issues all of my life. I have tried practically every diet known to man and I have come to the conclusion that the answer to my problem is not the type of food I eat, it is the quantity.

Every emotion seems to lead me to food. If I am Bored, I eat to occupy myself. If I am sad, I eat for comfort. If I am happy, I eat to celebrate.

I am going to do my best to break this cycle. Not just for the duration of the next diet, but for good. I thought it might be nice to strike up a friendship with some of you so that when we are bored, we can chat. When we are sad, we can vent and when we are happy, we can share.

You can be my chocolate bar!!!

Anyway. Thats my theory. So if you would like a slimming partner who will boost you up when you need motivating and who will always be on your side. Please answer this thread so that we can do our best together!

Take care

Sara

Christin · 08-31-2004, 10:31 AM

Hey Sara, nice to meet ya! Well, my problem is both quantity AND quality, as I am WAY addicted to the junk carbs, sugar, and chocolate. You are right about the emotional aspect of eating! Not to pass my problems off on my parents, but by way of explanation, I was never taught how to eat healthy as a kid. We were never forced to eat anything. They would make our meals seperate from theirs. So, when I grew up and developed a whole host of physical and emotional issues of my own, my diet just got worse and worse to the point that a box of pop tarts and a package of ramen noodles would pass for a day's worth of food. And now they just feed on each other...bad diet causes emotional/physical ailments, and then those ailments contribute to my bad diet, and on and on and on. Someone PLEASE tell me I am not alone!

Anyway, Sara, keep posting...that's what we are all here for...encouragement, advice, and if nothing else, just an "ear".

nikki2kids · 08-31-2004, 01:02 PM

Hi Sara and Christin, I completely understand you both. Sara, I also tend to want to eat for every mood. There is no mood that ruins my appetite. I even have a good appetite when I have the flu (what's up with that?). I will be here to post and to reply anytime you need "a chocolate bar" and whenever I need one.

Christin, I find your post interresting about the food you grew up on and I do understand about the bad diet causing emotional/physical ailments which just lead to a bad diet. It's a bad cycle that we have to work to break. I have a four year old and one year old and the four year old does not like to eat and he's pretty skinny, although, thank God, healthy. I tend to want to feed him healthy but fattening food and I sometimes wonder if that's such a good thing. He does eat some fruits and veggies, but not many. I think I will make more of an effort to feed the kids healthy foods for them to learn what healthy eating is while they are young.

As for me, I'm still an emotional eater. I did so well with food yesterday and then went to visit my grandma (back from the hospital). I was not hungry but just because there was food there, I ate it. I keep asking myself why I did that and I can honestly say that I don't know. I would love to be able to program myself to only eat when I need to. I try to follow the 5-6 small meals a day, keeping my calories above 1400 per day, and getting some exercise in at least five days a week. It still has not helped break the emotional connection to food. Oh well, enough ranting. Good luck to us all. Nikki

Sade · 09-01-2004, 10:34 PM

Hi Sara, I too am struggling with my weight and emotional eating, I have never been the same since I lost my Father, We were so close, I am just now realizing that I can't keep hiding under that excuse..But just today I went outside and heard teenage kids saying awful things..like "eew that's gross...I was just getting ready to eat dinner...Lost my appetite."

I wanted to die.

Why do people have to be so cruel to others? I just need help getting motivated, I want to work out but always find excuses not to..like I am too tired or I just took a shower and don't want to get all sweaty, stuff like that, even though I know that exercising will increase my energy, it's the getting started part that hurts. Best of luck to you Sara, Keep posting, "

NinjaCowboy · 09-02-2004, 02:47 AM

Christin:
I don't have any emotional aspect to it, but I'm at a point right now where a package of ramen noodles is an entire day's worth of food. It sucks. I know that it is not true, but I still feel that since I don't eat a lot I should be skinny. Instead, I am just tired all the time. It also sucks that as much as I hate the current situation, I apparently have not been motivated enough to actually change anything, because I know I should eat more frequently, but ramen noodles are still all my food for the day.