Anyone dealing with emotional eating

[Georgia Pritchett 53]

I was looking for an app to help me track my thoughts and feelings about eating. If anyone else is interested, here's the app I found:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recoveryrecord

[Puppypaws57 137]

Hi. I don't have a phone that uses aps, Just an hold computer. I ha e a serious emotional eating problem, is there a website?

[Georgia Pritchett 53]

I haven't found a website. There is a great book I am reading now, 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without food. The author does recommend that you journal about your eating in some way--specifically how you were feeling before and after you ate. She also provides some nice coping skills for dealing with emotional eating. I did find a printable journal sheet on line at someone else's website http://www.healthyeatinghub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/THEH-Emotional-Eating-Journal-Printable.pdf. I thought about writing stuff down because I find that actually makes me put more thought into the exercise but besides getting ready for surgery, I'm also going through a fairly busy time at work. You could also blog about your eating (and make those blogs private). Good luck to you! I really believe dealing with this will be key for me.

[Puppypaws57 137]

TY. I think I'm the only one who is so out of touch with my feelings that I don't know what I am feeling when I eat. I notice when I write down my food it is a huge help.

[chevygirrrl 16]

I was looking for an app to help me track my thoughts and feelings about eating. If anyone else is interested, here's the app I found:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.recoveryrecord

Thank you I downloaded it tonight. Looks pretty good so far

[B-52 7,113]

Emotions, stress, illness, you name it and there was always a reason for me to over eat....that was the problem with all the diets I've been on in an attempt to loose weight.....so as a last resort I had Weight Loss Surgery to do what I could not control myself....

[Prudence Ticknor 75]

Hi Georgia,

Thank you for the link

You might want to check out Mind over Eating at www.moe-vt.com. This is an on-line behavior change program specifically designed for bariatric patients and emotional eating. Becoming aware of your thought/feeling states is a great start and very crucial since feelings drive our unconscious behaviors. It will be an on-going journey but the more aware you become of the old tape recorder in your head and learn the tools to create new recordings it gets easier. I did not have WLS but I was an emotional/binge eater for years and through the mind over eating tools have lost 80+ lbs.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

You might want to explore Overeater's Anonymous (OA). You can find meetings at www.oa.org.