Emotional eating

[Bailey29]

I feel incredibly stressed at the moment with everything going on and have had a couple of binge episodes in the evening. Husband hasn't seen this side to me before and says it's not normal and why am I still eating when I'm not hungry. I've always been an emotional eater but usually do it in private. It's making me realise he's not the one for me if he doesn't understand. How can I get my eating under control? I'm turning to food for comfort due to stress from work and the current situation. Any advice anyone?

Hi Bailey.
I sympathise - this is me too
The current situation has totally thrown me off balance and I've been comfort eating.
People deal with stress in different ways and a bit of sympathy and kindness from your husband would be welcome!
I have been overweight all my adult life but had a health scare last year which resulted in me being shocked into losing weight. I have lost over two stone and was doing really well - until the last couple of weeks.
I am determined not to pile on the weight. I declared last week a holiday (I wish) and yesterday started up again.
We can do this

I am an emotional eater too. I find myself happiest in my bedroom scoffing my face until I can't move. I do it more when I feel stressed or sad. I do have depression and anxiety and take several medications which either increases my hunger or it's just how I cope with things.
I am aware it isn't good though but I don't really know how to squish it. I'm also the heaviest I've ever been I weigh in at almost 14 stone. I don't have the motivation to lose weight, nor the time, or energy. I feel trapped.
You're not alone ♥️

I get it OP. I'm an emotional eater too. My DH is like yours and doesn't really understand. I do see his point and I think I'd probably feel the same way if, for example, he was an alcoholic or a gambler.

Please don't make any rash decisions about him 'not the one for you' if things are generally good between you.

Thank you for your replies. It's good to know I'm not alone. It certainly is challenging at the moment. I seem to have good days and bad days. I lost a stone last year and don't want to put it back on. Maybe he was trying to help in his own way. I didn't like how he called what I was doing as not normal. It might not be normal for him but I know plenty of people struggle with emotional eating. I'm just trying to take each day at a time ❤

Another binge. It seems to be worse when I have a drink. Does anyone have any advice how to control this? I miss normality 😭

OP - the cause of overeating and bingeing is often over desire, and your belief that food will make you feel better. This belief is habit that has developed from your thoughts.

In your post you say "I've always been an emotional eater", so guess what? You are an emotional eater. The good news is that you are consciously aware of this and the second bit of great news is that it is in your power to reprogram your mind to stop thinking you are an emotional eater.

You say you're stressed out and this probably feels overwhelming at the moment, so here are two actions you can take right now to start to move forward:

1. When you next overeat, ask yourself (as soon after the eating session): what was I thinking before I started to put food in my mouth? Try to be as specific as possible.

2. Then ask yourself how that thought made you feel. One word will do.

This is all you need do for now. Just become aware of your thinking because this is what you're going to use to redirect your thinking away from "I am an emotional eater". It all starts with self-awareness. So do 1) and 2) and let me know how you get on.