My (over) eating has now got out of hand

[Dogsrus99]

I'm eating everything and anything. I'm putting on weight. I'm losing my figure. I'm never full. I eat even when I don't want to or need to. I eat for every emotion. I need to get a hold on this and stop. Friends around me are losing weight but I'm putting it all on. Everyday I promise will be my last and I'll start healthy & cleaning the next day. But I never do.
Someone please help me to stop. I want to lose a stone but nothing, nothing motivates me

This is pretty similar to how I felt a while back and I know it sounds fairly basic but have a big bottle of water when eating and try make it a goal to chew each bit of food 10 times etc i always drink a glass of water before each meal and it helps me feel more full also not having great deals of snacks and meals helped a lot. Try and only have it the necessity’s and it makes it harder to snack

Do you have a lot of milky drinks? You might be getting a lot of sugar high/lows from the milk.

Has something triggered this? Life change? Stress? Menopause? Could it be health related, thyroid etc?

Are you getting enough sleep?

I was like this and at my worst point was three stone overweight. I've been trying for the past two years to lose it and the most I lost was a stone before putting it all back on.

I started again in February of this year and have managed to lose almost two stone. I am determined to keep it off this time and also to try and lose that final stone.

Honestly the only thing that worked for me is sheer willpower. If you want to do it, you need to force yourself and not give in to the cravings.

The first couple of months are the worst but after that, I found that new eating habits have bedded in and I'm just not interested in gorging myself on junk food.

I had a 'fuck it' mentality for a long time and now I realise that I cannot do that anymore, for the sake of my health (this has been a big motivating factor).

I also do a hardcore gym class three times a week which spurs me on as I don't want to put myself through all this physical pain, only to ruin it by eating crap.

There is really no easy way around this, you've just got to dig really deep, accept that the first couple of months are going to be shit and push on through.

I'm getting lots of sleep, I just have zero willpower. WAH all day doesn't help. I have free access to food all day every day. I have snacks at home for DC which I can and do - dip into.
I don't drink any milk.
I'm possibly coming into peri-meno
No stress that I am aware of
No life changes
Just a hell of a lot to do each day (work & home life)
I just bloody love food. TBH, it's sometimes the only thing I enjoy/look forward to, despite having other (longer term) things to look forward to.

I had a binge eating disorder my whole life and spent so much money on therapy and attended Overeaters Anonymous (OA) 12 step group for years too.
In my early 40s I was diagnosed with ADHD and it all stopped.
The medication and therapy for ADHD got the root of everything.
Do you think you might have ADHD?
Its the dopamine seeking behaviours that people with ADHD have that lead to overeating and other addictive behaviours.

I hear you. WAH has been really bad for me - I’ve never been a secret eater before but I was dropping DD at school then had free rein to buy whatever I wanted, eat it and get rid of the wrappers before anyone came home. Not good and was one of the main reasons I have got a new job which is working in an office more.

The only thing that has given me some willpower recently is thinking about my health. I’m really not fussed what I look like, what clothes I wear etc but I need to get my health in better shape. I’m 44 so time is running out to get, and stay, healthy.