I can't stop eating

[carriewintermeadow]

Nothing is satisfying my cravings. I want something sweet but one isn't enough. I've eaten so much today.

I'm partly eating out of boredom - probably mainly out of boredom actually. I'm depressed, unhappy with my life, written off sick with no view to returning due to anxiety. If I could work from home I'd be fine, but all I can do is type .. I've tried audio typing but the pay is awful and now I've started developing arthritis in my hands. I can't stay working and find I can't do it because I'd lose my ESA and I had to go to appeal to get it. If I started to apply again I'd be claiming uc and I couldn't go through the stress again - it nearly finished me off last time, ending in an accumulation of tablets and endless texts to the Samaritans.

I have no hobbies, no motivation, can't really leave the house much. I have no friends or family nearby, just dd and so.

I know I need to do something but don't know what or how!

Anyone been in or is in a similar situation?

Binge eating due to boredom / comfort eating is a huge problem for me at times.

But now I'm on a diet I need to fight it.

What helps me is making a hot drink when I want to binge, putting up motivational sayings and photos, bingeing on sweeter tasting fruit or veg rather than junk if I really need a binge, or just getting out of the house .

I rarely eat fruit except strawberries and raspberries in summer. What fruit do you enjoy?

I'm in a similar situation at the moment. I don't have any answers, but you're not alone. It's exhausting.

I buy frozen raspberries in the winter & let them defrost a bit then eat them.

Also I don't keep any chocolate, crisps, biscuits or cakes in the house, I've got a strict food budget so I've got to only buy foods that are healthy & nourishing.

Are you on ADs? Some of them create an insatiable longing for sugar. I find having a ginger and lemon herbal tea helps for some reason. I think ginger is an appetite suppressant.

I'm feeling like that at the moment, and often do at this time of year. Once the mornings get lighter, I find I'm much better able to regulate myself for some reason.

Roll on March.

I’m the same at the moment op gained 8 lbs so far since Dec.
I’ve falling into eating so much and also drinking a couple of beers every night so what my calorie intake must be!
I’m trying to get motivated I find I can control my eating when I’m more active and when I’m drinking more water too.

Thanks for the replies. Maybe it is something to do with the cold weather and the dark. Maybe it'll get easier when summer comes.

Sorry so many of us are in the same boat. I'm glad I don't drink really, that'd be just more calories!

I've had this too. Weirdly for me a good way to avoid binging is cooking from scratch. Food is an event and something to cure boredom, so cooking replaces that by being an activity. I find I'm less inclined to binge what I make as I've been staring at / smelling it for ages.

Hi OP,

I'm struggling with this too. I'm also feeling very purposeless and binge-eating most days- usually on high carb, sweet foods. I find it easier if someone in the house hides the binge-trigger foods (chocolate, bread rolls, biscuits) from me but then sometimes I will just eat anything I can find (e.g. cereal).

I don't have any real hobbies or social activities either. I'm also in receipt of ESA due to long-term disability so you're definitely not alone!