Thank you KIM19. for your encouraging post. I won't give up.
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I am not big time over weight I weigh 10st 8 but must of put on a couple of pounds just today!
I feel so bad when I turn to food I wish I could find something that works just as good
Is this just me
Thank you KIM19. for your encouraging post. I won't give up.
Lilacfime75 don't ever hate yourself, you sound like a no e person Weight can be lost but a good person is harder to come by
Look its not easy, it's just not, it's, all about mind frame
I am going to throw away the weighing scales abd try my best
I can totally relate to binge eating then hati g what I ha e done but do try and put it behind me because if I keep beating myself up about it the binge lasts longer
Interesting that you read it coyms be classed as self harm, it certainly feels like self harm when you eating bad food in the full knowledge of of the harm its doing
I know just how you feel!
I do really well eating sensibly then something comes along and I’m back to eating too much rubbish. The other day I read something which suggested that this was a bit like self harming. Binge eating then feeling rubbish about yourself. Since then I try to look on it like that. I’m 5st heavier than I should be and just keep going up. This last two weeks, thinking of self harm, I lost 3 lb. Don’t know if I’ll keep it up but just gaining all the time makes me hate myself inside.
I’m 10 stone, and I binge sometimes on sweets.... but I always walk the calories off. I used to swim them off , but the local pool still being closed, it’s no longer the option. And swimming kept my arthritis at bay..... so now I’m suffering! So yes...we all binge sometimes , not a sin yet is it!?
I’ve fallen into bad food habits, mostly of an evening while watching TV. A couple of weeks ago I bought some wool and started knitting - it really has helped to take my mind off wine and biscuits. I’ve lost 3lbs!
I can easily turn to food if feeling low. What I do though is find something I like doing eg knitting to distract my thoughts of food. When family were at home I used to bake say a sponge cake and cut it into only enough slices for them.
Lupin go for it but go for it gently. 1lb a week is a good loss and that will only take you until next August to achieve. Also with such a gentle loss people will not notice and be less inclined to comment. Good luck. I wish you well.
I haven't even the excuse of lockdown, but I have eaten enough to be (just) in the "obese" bracket.
I always used to reign it in if I thought I was getting too big, but those days seem ens ago.
I don't/ can't eat if I'm stressed. Not a crumb passes my mouth.
Sympathies and empathy to all who struggle with their weight and eat for comfort and relieve stress. I do it too.
I had to go to the doctor for an annual check up recently and was weighed. Shock horror and almost wept. I have been dieting for 2 months and could hardly believe how much I weighed.
Physios have given me exercises for my arthritic hip and pain from my back. but they are not the kind to help with weight loss.
Feeling a bit defeated, but bought a low impact dance/walk CD. To do at home that is. Don't want to treat the neighbourhood to a ballroom dancing elephant I couldn't get past the warm up!
I think it will take me until Christmas 2021 until I weigh 3 stone less.
Don’t worry, I lost 4 stone prior to lockdown in February, I moved to be closer to the grandkids so now I feel I have to have nice things here for them when they call in, trouble is nanny ends up eating them and have put all the weight back on due to my sweet tooth.?
Rosemarigold A friend of mine once asked her GP "Is my weight alright?" her doctor replied "Your weight's alright, but you have a problem with your height".
Oh, I love that PECS "I'm too short for my weight"!!
My main occupation is with food and drink. Being alone and housebound and in severe pain all the time there is little else in my life. I enjoy cooking but that is limited because I cannot stand for long. My daily Guiness and glass of red wine keep me going.
'Tis hard and a food treat is indeed a quick fix. I totally understand. However I had success losing weight and that has given me the resolve to resort to other fixes. Never again! I try to hit one of the items on my to do list and when that fails I have even gone for a walk in the rain. That was decidedly enjoyable much to my surprise. I find I have fewer low days by not thinking too far ahead. My pal suggested this and it seems to be working for me at the moment. Hope you're feeling less down now. Good luck.
I have always had an issue with maintaining a healthy weight and have sometimes fallen into comfort eating.
I now, generally, eat what I want when I want and have no guilt. No foods are off limits but I do make myself be active for at least 10minutes of every 60 that I am awake. That does not mean I jump up each our for a 10 minute work out! But if I am gardening for an hour, take a walk to the park/shops, change the bedclothes etc that all adds up! On cold wet miserable days..like today..I have managed to be outside for a bit but I will walk and may also put on a favourite album and dance . I am still too short for my weight but I am not too unhealthy. Be kind to yourself
It’s harder to put on weight if you are vegan! Vegan chocolate is vile! I do love my white wine though ?
If it’s boredom why not find out what you can join online? Help a local charity or community group or learn to do something. I recently used Pinterest to learn how to make a macrame plant holder as I have too many houseplants!
I think I annoy my family by being far too busy to talk on the phone etc.
When I read about comfort eating I just feel impelled to have chocolate. Now off to the kitchen to get some. Its a miserable day and the chocolate being dark is good for you, isn't it?
When I was giving up smoking 20 years ago, I was encouraged to find something to keep my hands and mind busy. I started making Greetings cards. I found that designing and making them helped keep my mind and my hands busy. I could get lost for hours in that hobby. I also knitted while watching TV and that occupied my hands. As I lived alone at that time it was not a good idea to do too muck baking but it helped sometimes and neighbours were always grateful and still are for a little bit of home baking or cooking. My mother taught me to keep my mind and hands busy and I wouldn't have time to be bored or to worry. That advice has served me well over the years.
Is no-one admitting to the odd ciggie?
Crimpedhalo, I am so sorry you have had all this suffering. I have been a carer and understand. It is easy to beat ourselves up and blame ourselves. Then we feel more miserable. We should try to be kind to ourselves. You have done well in losing some weight and can do so again. Perhaps the dieting is a little too strict and then it is easy to swing too far the other way and despair. A middle way is often easier to maintain. Good luck.
If I feel low I always feel the need to bake. I used to teach cakecraft & I love to cook.
Having now spent many months with very little to do & DH at home all the time my cake tins & freezers are full to bursting & no likely hood of DGC coming round to empty them! DH does not have a sweet tooth & has only tried some of the Peanut Butter Cookies so far.
I suspect I will be on a diet when all this madness is over!
No, you are far from alone. When I am bored, in pain, frightened, despairing or depressed the physical pleasure of eating sugar, fat and salt can mask these feelings while I am eating. But the minute I stop, they return, so I want another biscuit etc until I feel a bit sick. And then one is burdened by the misery of having eaten too much unhealthy food. Eating doesn’t really help with these feelings and becomes addictive. Just sitting with these feelings, breathing, meditating, chanting, relaxing, doing yoga, pampering, looking at nature, listening to music, reading something uplifting, going a little walk, doing a hobby or a piece of housework, keeping a thankfulness diary, if you are healthy exercising, phoning someone, doing a little good deed, lots of different thing for different people, also help and feeling a bit better lasts without all the negative payback of comfort eating. Food should be a pleasure not a negative thing. A small food treat is a good part of life. I know it is not easy. Not for me, anyway. But I do believe it is the happiest and most self caring way to try to live.
I've been stress/comfort eating more since my husband was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer over 5 years ago. His steroid medication had my mild mannered laid back husband into an argumentative knit picking so and so.
The cancer returned early last year and I became really tired....I would just eat carbs as an easy way instead of cooking. This sleepy period continued until I eventually got full blood tests done.
I now have T2 Diabetes, NAFLD, borderline Polycythaemia,
and high cholesterol.
Diet and exercise was prescribed (I now need to lose a minimum of 4 stone).
I do very well until stress turns me towards food. Since Xmas I've lost and gained 15lbs.....so exasperating. But I keep on trying every day to do better otherwise one of these serious diseases will kill me. I'm 72, 5ft 3 and weigh 14st 2lbs
Sod the food! Give me wine.
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