Eating Disorders

You know the feeling- a little food here, a little (more) food there. Pretty soon you’re in over your head- eating, eating, and eating some more. I’m talking about food addiction relapse. It sucks, and it sucks BAD. Let’s discuss what you can do when you feel a relapse or slip approaching.

I have binge eating disorder. I cannot and do not do the whole dieting thing. Diets never have and never will work for me. This is something I have come to accept. When I finally accepted that I couldn’t beat food on my own, I was much happier and less anxious. My alternative to dieting is a food plan. I have one that I’m comfortable with and that I can live with for the rest of my life.

Everyone overeats once in a while. Some people overeat more than once in a while, and then there are the people (ahem, me) that overeat most, if not all of the time. I’m slowly changing my ways and becoming more of a “normal eater”, and by that, I mean normal portion sizes, and consciously eating slower. So my question for you is: Why do you overeat?

There’s nothing worse than having food on the brain constantly, especially when you’re not hungry. You want to eat because you’re bored, to forget your troubles, to just numb out…and on and on. But what are some alternatives to eating when you’re not hungry, but really want to eat?