Is Over Eating An Addiction

I don't have a 'brake' that stops me eating when I am full...I can just carry on eating. However, when I'm very upset I can hardly eat. If I'm a bit upset I slightly overeat. My weight has fluctuated from 7st to 11 1/2 stone throughout my adult life and I rarely go for more than a few weeks at a time at one weight. When I smoked I would chain smoke. I very rarely drink alcohol; it just doesn't interest me..most of the time. But, if I do have a bottle of something that tastes nice [cherry brandy; tia maria etc] I can just carry on drinking it. At the moment I'm @ 1/2 stone to a stone overweight and I'm thoroughly miserable about it. Every birthday I think to myself; another birthday and I'm still on some kind of a diet .

Jane10
Can you tell me just what is the 16:8 system?

I thought it had been explained.

Tegan what u have to tell urself is u r worth it u r worth the trouble of walking everyday u r worth the effort to move more

its ok to eat just not ok to eat junk food

Tegan I am sure Hattie (Hetty? ) will make sure you get out and about and as for feeling miserable about being overweight - just don’t!
There are infinitely worse things happen at sea, and if you are healthy, the rest can go hang.
I think women in particular invest food or lack of it with all sorts of emotional baggage, from the “control”of the eating disorder to a (harmless) bit of omfort eating.
Don’t try too hard, don’t let food become an obsession (one of my objections to WW was that all anybody ever talked about was FOOD) eat if you hungry, drink if you are thirsty and try to steer a middle course between the extremes.

There is an Alcoholics Anonymous type group called Overeaters Anonymous. They certainly believe eating is an addiction. I have been many times over the years and they have really helped.

I do agree with MawBroon. I'm doing 16:8 again and it's OK but find that even that is making me begin to think too much about food. I'm looking forward to my next thing rather than just leading my life and incorporating food as I go.
However, I know I'll begin to feel really positive once I've seen some results. Am just going slow and steady just now.

What's the 16.8 diet?

Already explained. However, you eat all your meals within 8 hours then fast for 16 hours. Time it right and you sleep through 8 of them. I eat between 12 - 8pm.