So how many of us on Veeky Forums lack self-control when eating or can not restrain themselves from eating massive quantities of food sometimes?
My goal is to get lean for the summer, and has been for maybe the past five years of my life. I can not overcome my love of eating, though. I was raised in a "foodie" (hate that word but fits well here) household, where eating and enjoying food was always put on a high pedestal. I have a lot of emotional connections, related to eating. Also, right now food is the only thing I can truly enjoy and rely on. I'm a busy college student, studying a very time-consuming discipline, and I also work outside of school. I haven't had a girlfriend in a few years and don't remember the last time I had sex. Food is my replacement for those things, and I can not seem to get out of this cycle sometimes. I can control myself for maybe most of the week, but once or twice a week I will go on a crazy binge, where I will devour food till it hurts. Sometimes, the binges last 2-3 days. I really want to stop but food is the only thing that brings me comfort these days. Even though I am not fat right now (5'8 and 143 lbs), I really want to attain a more lean physique for myself. I go for runs 2-3 times a week, but any calorie loss that exercise brings is probably nullified by my food cravings. I try to stick to strict diets, but always end up falling off.
My beloved co/ck/s, how do you learn to control yourself better with food and eating? How many of you are too far gone? Do you ever feel like you can not control your relationship with food? Or have you developed a routine or a mindset that keeps you in check? Can we make it?
just don't eat so much brah go on a walkie instead
John Smith
got any porn of this cow bitch getting railed?
Parker Lopez
just b urself
Thomas Adams
Start off slow. I got over binge eating by doing intermittent fasting, doing a 6/18 hour schedule a day. Seems harsh at first, but it got a lot easier over time. Believe in yourself user, and don't forget that people slip, but don't give up.
Camden Gonzalez
That's not the only sausage she gobbles.
Ryan Perez
I think your attempt at strict diets is what's causing the binges. Could you explain what exactly you do during your dieting phase?
Lucas Lopez
My solution to this was to know which foods were my kryptonite and not keep those foods around. Instead they're things I go out for once in a while. And I make it a point to eat non-kryptonite foods I prepare myself on a day to day basis. My kryptonite foods are: cheese sausages smoked fish any cured meat potato chips As long as none of that is in the house I have no problem eating reasonably.
Caleb Garcia
I'm gonna start by telling you not to do this, and that it's not healthy, but sometimes the nuclear option is your only choice.
I'm like you; my dad instilled a lot of bad eating habits in me to the point where I was downing way more food than I needed to be full multiple times a day. I got to the point where I never felt full and never felt hungry; eating was purely psychological. I ate when I was bored, I ate when I was lonely, I ate as an excuse to leave the house, all really calorie heavy, full meals.
I lost a lot of weight over the last summer just by not eating, on a restricted calorie diet of maybe 600 calories a day and swearing to myself that I would only eat if I'd been hungry for at least half an hour straight. For me it was between that and killing myself, so given that alternative I didn't have a huge choice in my mind.
The hardest part is the first two to three weeks, but if you don't break down, your stomach shrinks, as well as your appetite. You don't need as much to feel full, and you stop wanting food period after a while, at least until you start having the real physical hunger that you didn't know you could actually feel. It's literally all down to those first 2-3 weeks. If you make it through that, it gets easier.
The way I did it is by not keeping any food around the house. Not junk, not veg, not ingredients; literally nothing. If I got hungry, I went to the store and bought enough to make exactly one or two servings of whatever I was making, or I went out and ordered exactly one item under my calorie limit.
Again, I'm going to tell you not to do this unless you absolutely feel like you don't have another choice. It was stupid and could've caused legitimate health issues, but I can't deny that I'm down like 100 lbs in the last year, though I've shifted to a healthier 1800 calorie diet with exercise after those first few months. Only do it as long as you need to to break yourself psychologically out of this food habit.
Caleb Nguyen
I can't stop eating the food that's already in the house.
So, I buy only stuff that I need to eat within the next day and ingredients that must be cooked before eating.
