How to stop over eating

[Anonymous]

The only way I tamed my emotional eating was tracking and following the weight watchers plan. But then they changed the plan and the new one didn’t work for me (too carb restrictive). I am trying to recreate the plan that worked for me with a calorie tracking app but haven’t been able to stick with it the same way. I think tackling the underlying emotions would be the right move but that sounds way too daunting. Good luck, OP.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I have a twin! I also don't know how to stop the constant snacking on healthy foods when WFH. So easy to not eat at the office.

I do this, too, but I am legitimately hungry between lunch and dinner no matter what I eat for breakfast and lunch. I can eat fruit, nuts, yogurt, etc between meals without gaining weight. I only had an issue when my snacks were stacks of cookies and gigantic servings of other processed junk.

I don't need to be in a constant state of weight loss so I eat something healthy when I'm hungry. I have trouble concentrating on work with my stomach rumbling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am the opposite, doing much better at work, where I don't want anyone to see me eating anything not healthy. But when I am in the house alone? I chow down! And there's not even anything that bad in the house, but those dried mangos (no sugar added) are fantastic, and the cereal my tweens eat is really good with added almonds for crunch, and there's always an apple with peanut butter for that sweet and salty flavor. All snacks which wouldn't be so bad, but when I eat all of that inbetween lunch and dinner, just because I can, it's not pretty

Oh, I have a twin! I also don't know how to stop the constant snacking on healthy foods when WFH. So easy to not eat at the office.

I agree. Nobody cares if you are eating or not when you are at the office.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m having a difficult time lowering my calorie count and making healthy food choices. I know what to what to eat, how much of it to eat, and when to eat it. I plan out daily meals. I just never follow them. The day gets busy or I feel stressed, and I’m eating whatever looks good. Today was cookies. Yesterday was donuts. I’m trying to figure out a way to just stick with my daily plan.

Don't have forbidden fruit in your house! Drink some water or have herbal tea. Think of you are really hungry. Go for a walk. Talk to a friend. If still hungry grab some veggies

[Anonymous]

Wellbutrin helps me immensely. I just don't have the cravings that I did beforehand.

At night I brush my teeth if I get really hungry after dinner. The taste of that nasty mint toothpaste really makes me not hungry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the opposite, doing much better at work, where I don't want anyone to see me eating anything not healthy. But when I am in the house alone? I chow down! And there's not even anything that bad in the house, but those dried mangos (no sugar added) are fantastic, and the cereal my tweens eat is really good with added almonds for crunch, and there's always an apple with peanut butter for that sweet and salty flavor. All snacks which wouldn't be so bad, but when I eat all of that inbetween lunch and dinner, just because I can, it's not pretty

Those Kirkland dried mangos are amazing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the opposite, doing much better at work, where I don't want anyone to see me eating anything not healthy. But when I am in the house alone? I chow down! And there's not even anything that bad in the house, but those dried mangos (no sugar added) are fantastic, and the cereal my tweens eat is really good with added almonds for crunch, and there's always an apple with peanut butter for that sweet and salty flavor. All snacks which wouldn't be so bad, but when I eat all of that inbetween lunch and dinner, just because I can, it's not pretty

Oh, I have a twin! I also don't know how to stop the constant snacking on healthy foods when WFH. So easy to not eat at the office.

Right there with both of you.

I can eat an entire bag of dried mango. Even with no sugar? It's something like 500 calories and even says right on the bag "Not a low calorie food"! I drive myself crazy, but the urge to binge is real and it is STRONG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only way I tamed my emotional eating was tracking and following the weight watchers plan. But then they changed the plan and the new one didn’t work for me (too carb restrictive). I am trying to recreate the plan that worked for me with a calorie tracking app but haven’t been able to stick with it the same way. I think tackling the underlying emotions would be the right move but that sounds way too daunting. Good luck, OP.

I used to buy that emotional eating stuff too and the only way I could fix it was by thinking of nothing but my diet and basically torturing myself. Since I started semaglutide I don’t have any trouble just listening to my body and eating a reasonable amount of a healthy variety of foods. I definitely didn’t do sh$t about my emotions so idk if that was it after all.

[Anonymous]

They say don't snack and only eat until you feel 80% full and stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They say don't snack and only eat until you feel 80% full and stop.

They are naturally skinny people because I don’t know any fat people who “feel 80% full” ever and definitely not after the right amount of food.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They say don't snack and only eat until you feel 80% full and stop.

They are naturally skinny people because I don’t know any fat people who “feel 80% full” ever and definitely not after the right amount of food.

I have a good friend who is quite fit and slimmed down over the past few years. She recently told me that she eats to 80% fullness and stops. Also: that she is always, ALWAYS hungry. But she keeps it up... Never satisfied and always slightly uncomfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They say don't snack and only eat until you feel 80% full and stop.

They are naturally skinny people because I don’t know any fat people who “feel 80% full” ever and definitely not after the right amount of food.

I have a good friend who is quite fit and slimmed down over the past few years. She recently told me that she eats to 80% fullness and stops. Also: that she is always, ALWAYS hungry. But she keeps it up... Never satisfied and always slightly uncomfortable.

I can’t speak for other fat people, but I never felt 80% full. I’m honestly not sure I ever felt “fullness” in the way you’re supposed to until I started semaglutide. It’s really incredible. Now, on the medicine? Yes, I could eat to 80% fullness and always be hungry and always slightly uncomfortable. Before? Not a thing. I thought “fullness” was being physically bloated with food. Now as an eat, I want to eat more less. It’s so radically different it’s hard to explain. That doesn’t mean it will work for everyone, but feeling the difference has really made me so skeptical of people advising other people on how to diet. I just don’t think we know the answers yet to what might be different about people’s baselines, outside of willpower.

[Anonymous]

Always eat protein and green vegetables at every meal, including breakfast. Don’t shy away from a little fat - it’ll keep you full longer. Do not eat sugar or processed food.