Binge eating and emotional eating

[KittyCathy22 73]

Battling wanting to binge eat because of my emotions.. It is so hard for me and I know I cant. Has anyone dealt with this and overcame it? Im praying that i will be able to. Im a month out

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[Christinamo7 4,042]

maybe replace with a different behavior?

I tend to binge clean. when I am super stressed or upset I could stay up all night cleaning a room.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Are you seeing a counselor or therapist? Have you considered attending a 12-step recovery group like OA (OA.org)?

When you get the urge to binge, look for something to do with your hands that will keep away from the food.

Clean the toilet.

Take a bath or shower.

Take a walk.

Call a friend.

Write in a journal.

Do needlework, knit, or crochet.

Paint.

Garden.

Mop the floor.

Have a good cry.

Get a massage.

Paint your nails.

Prayer.

Meditation.

Go to a support group meeting.

Go to Church.

Take a class.

Go to the gym.

You can find help. You did the right thing by asking for help.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

maybe replace with a different behavior?

I tend to binge clean. when I am super stressed or upset I could stay up all night cleaning a room.

You can always tell how pissed or stressed I am by how clean my bathrooms are. Instant gratification.

[WorkinOnMe 596]

I agree with the others ... find a replacement outlet for the emotions. Just following my surgery I went through a pretty rough patch with family illness and a (separate) death in the family. My normal go-to would have been food. However, someone here recommended that I find some other way to ease the emotion and I started to walk more and more. It was a GREAT outlet for me! I would put in my earphones and just go until I either physically couldn't (shorter distances closer to my surgery) or else I felt the weight start to lift off of me.

Ultimately, the fear of weight gain or even making myself sick from eating too much after my new sleeve was enough to help me to re-focus on something other than food.< /p>

Best of luck to you!

[Valentina 2,642]

I found keeping my hands busy helps. I took up crocheting.

One night I finished a whole baby afghan for one of my daughter's friends.

__kept my hands busy, my mouth shut and made a lovely gift .

I also tried romance novels-----too stressful!

Do you have a therapist? If not, I think getting one would be a huge benefit for you.

Keep posting. That, too will help.

Prayers going up...​

[JamieLogical 8,727]

I was a binge eater pre-op. I really struggled with ot being able to binge for a while, but I think my brain finally caught on to the limitations of my stomach around 4 months post-op. I never really replaced my binge eating with anything else. But I did find that exercising regularly really helped mitigate stress and control my emotions.