why do i eat so much?

[razzie]

some advice ladies, please

i am 5ft and weigh 9stone.

i want to lose about a stone- 7-10 to 8-2 looks best for me, but i just can't stop eating..

i don't eat the correct things st the correct time- a sandwich for breakfast with a choc mousse, then a fruit salad and packet of crisps for lunch-then abr of chocolate and a couple of biccies from the tin- we have loads of stuff knocking around at work

but my problem is when i get home, i eat almost half a loaf of bread before i've even said hi to DC and DP!!then i eat crap as i'm doing dinner- have a man size portion of dinner, then snack all the way through till bed-crisps, cheese, chocs, nuts, whatever- it's like i'm a human hoover...gobbling up whatevers in the cupboard.i literally will eat until i can feel it at the bottom of my throat- oh my god how disgusting does that sound..

then of course i feel guilty- and that's when the old ex lax comes into play!!i have only ever taken 6 at atime as i'm too scared of what might happen if i take the whole box.

i've just begun exercising, and that makes me even more hungry, and so it carries on.

what should i do to give me a healthier attitude to food- apart from wiring my jaws together to stop me being so f*ing greedy?

Do you feel hungry when you eat so much food or are you aware that you are eating out of comfort or boredom?

Exercise will make you hungrier, but that does sound like a lot of food, and the fact that you feel the need to overdose on laxatives is a sign that something is definately wrong.

Let me tell you now that laxatives will not make you lose any weight or calories! So don't take them. All they will do is make you ill, create dependancy on them, and cost you money. They only speed up digestive transit in the colon, so anything that comes out as diarrhea has already had it's calories absorbed. The only thing it'll reduce absorption of is water and minerals!

Sorry that you are feeling this way, please let us help you - I think that the best thing to do would be to have a set amount of food you can eat each day that focuses in healthy and filling food. You can have something like chocolate or crisps every day if you really want it, but just stop when you are full and go for a walk, and chew minty gum to help break the pattern. x

are you eating through boredom? thirst can be confused as hunger try having a glass of water and waiting half an hour before deciding if you are hungry.

also eat slowly it takes a while for the message to get from your tum to your brain that you are full also eating slowly tricks your brain into thinking that you have eaten more than really have therefore you feel fuller.

decide on a set meal plan each week before you go shopping and only buy foods on that list. wont hurt your kids to go without junk food snacks and if they arent in the house you are less likely to eat them!

if its boredom get an exercise bike and do 10 - 15 mins when you feel like picking. that way you relieve the boredom, you are burning calories and wont want to undo all your hard work with a mars bar!! you will be feeling hhingry aafter exercise because you are dehydrated, keep sipping water while you work out and you still hungry after fill up on one of your favourite fruits.

i tried laxatives to loose weight as a teenager i was bloated all the time, dehydrated and had terrible cramps! plus i didnt actually lose any weight and just looked bigger as i was so bloated! i was really quite ill so i wouldnt recomend that!

I thought it was a good concise question riven.

Sounds like you have a lot on your plate.

Oh help, I didn't mean that to be a pun

I know this sound shit but gid rid of all the tempting stuff from yur house - having biscuit tins etc makes it really hard not to snack.