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Esme nha Maire · 09-16-2017, 01:30 AM

Good luck folks that are trying to beat food addictions. I struggled with chocolate for years, and even when it got to a point where if I ate too much it'd start causing migraines didn't stop me entirely. I still find it difficult to stop at just 3-4 biscuits, if I buy a pack - so instead I just don't buy biscuits very often.

What curbed the worst excesses of my binge-eating and my chocolate addiction was my noting, repeatedly, how horrid it felt to be overfull, slightly nauseous, and getting a touch of reflux if I tried to have a nap or sleep thereafter. Plus I also noted that I seemed to get a bit hyper but with a low mood after too much sugar. Too much energy, but also too tired to burn it off, because too much weight was tiresome to haul around, with too little muscle.

When I eventually did sufficient exercise to get the effect, I noted that I'd get an adrenalin high - and it didn't have the unpleasant side-effects that overeating did, so that helped. Then there was the cost of the excess food I was buying - if I didn't spend so much on food, i could afford more shinies. And having a bit of a geek streak definitely helped in my case - there have been occasions where I've been so fascinated by something new I've come across that I've studied it/played with it almost non-stop for days and pretty much couldn't be bothered to eat for as much as a couple of days at a time (this when I was younger).

We're all so different though, that's the bugger, that there is no one size fits all method to beat overeating, eath healthily and get fitter. It's a case of find that method that works for you.

By the by, if any of you imagine that I now eat a completely healthy diet and don't binge at all, please disabuse yourself of this notion. I've only just got to a point where I'm nearly eating the reccomended number of portions of fruit and veg per day, as advised by HM Govt. I do still have the occasional binge, too, but it makes a huge difference if it's a once a fortnight thing to if it's nearly every perishing day. The body can cope with occasional binges - just not so well with constant bingeing.

May deity smile upon you and help you in your efforts to get healthier, people!

Esme xxx

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Esme nha Maire Member How Do You Identify?: Tomboyish eccentric antique femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 642 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,196 Thanked 2,078 Times in 541 Posts Rep Power: 19310770	Good luck folks that are trying to beat food addictions. I struggled with chocolate for years, and even when it got to a point where if I ate too much it'd start causing migraines didn't stop me entirely. I still find it difficult to stop at just 3-4 biscuits, if I buy a pack - so instead I just don't buy biscuits very often. What curbed the worst excesses of my binge-eating and my chocolate addiction was my noting, repeatedly, how horrid it felt to be overfull, slightly nauseous, and getting a touch of reflux if I tried to have a nap or sleep thereafter. Plus I also noted that I seemed to get a bit hyper but with a low mood after too much sugar. Too much energy, but also too tired to burn it off, because too much weight was tiresome to haul around, with too little muscle. When I eventually did sufficient exercise to get the effect, I noted that I'd get an adrenalin high - and it didn't have the unpleasant side-effects that overeating did, so that helped. Then there was the cost of the excess food I was buying - if I didn't spend so much on food, i could afford more shinies. And having a bit of a geek streak definitely helped in my case - there have been occasions where I've been so fascinated by something new I've come across that I've studied it/played with it almost non-stop for days and pretty much couldn't be bothered to eat for as much as a couple of days at a time (this when I was younger). We're all so different though, that's the bugger, that there is no one size fits all method to beat overeating, eath healthily and get fitter. It's a case of find that method that works for you. By the by, if any of you imagine that I now eat a completely healthy diet and don't binge at all, please disabuse yourself of this notion. I've only just got to a point where I'm nearly eating the reccomended number of portions of fruit and veg per day, as advised by HM Govt. I do still have the occasional binge, too, but it makes a huge difference if it's a once a fortnight thing to if it's nearly every perishing day. The body can cope with occasional binges - just not so well with constant bingeing. May deity smile upon you and help you in your efforts to get healthier, people! Esme xxx Last edited by Esme nha Maire; 09-16-2017 at 01:33 AM.