Literally can't stop eating

[bonkers22]

I'm a size 12/14, so about a stone maybe two heavier than I would like to be. But can I lose it? No! I start each day with a good mentality, pack healthy lunches fruit etc and usually I'm always really good and manage this well. But for some reason over the last few weeks I've gone to the shop on my lunch and bought packs of crisps and chocolate and scoffed the lot. At first I thought a good cheat day will do me good but now it's turned in to weeks! Any advice?

It's whole packs of crackers with a full tub of hummus, or 5 slices of toast, or 2 grab bags of chocolate and those big mccoys salt and vinegar. It's like my brain can't do a little, it has to be the lot.

I know the simple thing is to just stop but I don't why I just can't and now I'm putting weight on which is the opposite goal.

Try mindful eating.
Don’t ban any food as ‘bad’ but eat mindfully.

Hormones? I eat like a hog the week before my period.
Or could it be an unconscious response to limiting your food intake? Some people react badly to this and start to overeat in a panic response.

Could you take no money to work with you?

I think on paper I'm a binge eater and most days I manage to overcome this but for whatever reason I'm really struggling this last 2 weeks. I've even started hiding food from DH and eating it!

The no money thing is a possibility. I think I will leave my purse in the boot of my car which will hopefully stop going for it and stop me going to the shop.

I have binge tendencies too, and mainly conquer them, but sometimes things go awry. Is there anything going on in your life which may be triggering your disordered eating?

@haverhill I literally just think it's self sabotage! I have triggers of stress, general emotional eating, hormones but I think I use them as an excuse too much and essentially I'm just a fat b*stard! I've been a lot heavier and lost the weight through exercise and healthy eating, feel like I just can't get back in to that mindset and it's a slippery slope.

Perhaps you should give a low-carb plan a try like the Blood Sugar Diet. They curb cravings by stabilising blood sugars. Whenever I eat low carb I feel far less prone to binges.

As soon as I decide to start eating healthily, I just want all the rubbish food. I don’t ban anything any more - perhaps you can allow yourself a small chocolate bar each day or something so you don’t feel you’re depriving yourself.

@bonkers22 you need to work out whether you can limit yourself to a certain type/quantity/frequency of bad snacking; or whether you just need to go cold turkey (pardon the pun) to break the habit.

There's no point trying the former if you know it won't stick.

(I'm the latter. I lost a lot of weight some time ago but I cut out bread products entirely. I would actively avoid the entire aisle even if it meant going out of my way to get to a different aisle. Once I found myself in there in a strange shop and actually pushed the trolley out of it at a near-sprint!)

@ShotsFired I think you're right and I may just have to go cold turkey I'm back on it again tomorrow morning. It's just hard so hard to get in to a healthy eating mindset. I feel like I should break it down in to pound by pound sections rather than a few stones and take each meal as it comes. I know the right things to do and what to fuel my body with when I'm hungry, i guess it's just having the willpower and putting it in to practise which is the hardest part!

You need motivation. Try Slimming World.

If you’re on Facebook I’ve joined the Team RH Fitness plan

It’s life changing. Nothing is off limits it’s a different way of doing it. I paid the yearly fee of £50 or I think it’s £5 a month.

I’m so full 😂

See if this helps?

I found this book helpful - I can't seem to link it so it's Why Can't I Stop Eating? by Debbie Danowski/Pedro Lazaro.

I went cold turkey for 3 weeks bar 85% choc - worked really well. Back at it once my holiday is done (Tuesday) if you'd like a support buddy. Felt so much better and shifted nearly half a stone.

I think you’ll find this book very helpful. It helped me change a few behaviours

www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Habit-Why-What-Change/dp/1847946240/ref=sr_1_1/258-5196681-1994855?keywords=the+power+of+habit&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1534486565&sr=8-1

It does discuss and give solutions for the case you describe of going to the shop for food / snack.

I'm looking at that Team RH website. Those who've used it, how does it work for you? Any good?