Stop Binge Eating - Stop Overeating

Sick of being overweight?  Maybe you’ve been fat all your life, I have and I hated it.  Until recently I was a slave to junk food.  I always asked how to stop overeating and I got all kind of answers that never reall worked.  After years of trial and error, I finally started getting my eating under control and started losing weight.  I put my best tips in a free report than you can get by clicking here.

In this article I will share with you 3 tips to quickly stop overeating and start losing weight…

Tip 1 - Stop focusing so much on what you eat or how much you overeat, rather focus on why you eat.  Do you eat because you’re hungry?  Really hungry?  Pause before answering this question.  Really think about it.  Do you ever find yourself eating due to stress?  Do you ever dig into that tub of ice-cream because you’re depressed?  Do you ever reach out for those chips to escape reality in front of your tv set?

Tip 2 - Get and stay out of your comfort zone.  Wait, huh, what does comfort zone has anything to do with how to stop overeating? EVERYTHING.  You see growth and improvement in any aspect of your life requires getting out of your comfy same day in same day out lifestyle.

If you keep living your life the same way you are now you’ll keep getting the same results.  In order to make changes in your life, you have to take different actions.  Often those actions seem scary or a bit uncomfortable at first.  here is a quick example…

To get in shape I decided to join a group exercise class at my last gym.  It was very scary showing up for the class because I knew how hard it will be, I was totally out of shape but I knew I needed others to motivate me.  So I forced myself to just show up.  And believe me it was uncomfortable, and I was sore for a week afterword.  But I can’t describe to you how amazing I felt at the end of that class because I stepped out of my comfort zone.

Tip 3 - Avoid Isolation.  During times in my life I was a slave to food I often was isolated.  I hated seeing people.  I felt fat and disgusted and stayed home.  And this was a destructive cycle.  Why?  Because being isolated and lonely left me feeling sad and depressed.  And my only friend was the tub of ice cream or that box of chocolate chip cookies.  Eating was my only source of pleasure.  So I stayed isolated and kept binge eating.

You have to get out of isolation.  Go out, make new friends if you have to even if it feels uncomfortable.  Go see your grandma.  Visit some of your distant cousins.  Catch up with your junior high friends.  Do whatever you gotta do to get out of isolation.  Isolation will always lead to overeating.

I hope that reading this article has helped you answer the question of how to stop overeating.  Click here for more tip to stop overeating.

Are you sick of your out of control eating? Do you eat in private? Do you hide food and eat it until your stomach is about to burst? Have you tried every diet out there without any lasting success? Have you lose weight only to gain it back? Are you finally wondering How to Stop Binge Eating once and for all?

Well I’m going to share with you 3 tips to quickly stop binge eating and start losing weight beginning today.

Tip 1 - Learn all you can about emotional eating.  Emotional eating is the most common cause of weight gain.  It’s characterized by eating to cope with emotions including boredom, stress, fear or sadness.  You see it in the movies all the time.  A girl’s boyfriend breaks up with her, and she’s so sad, she goes home and binges on that ice cream tub.

While it’s obvious in the movies it might not be so obvious in your life.  To stop emotional eating you must first become aware of your emotional eating triggers.

Tip 2 - Start Journaling Constantly.  I don’t mean writing “dear diary, today Mike said I was a hottie and he was checking out my butt…”, I mean journaling about your feelings, your emotions, what’s behind them, what you worry about, the real stuff.

Here is how you can start.  At the end of a stressful day sit down and think about the 3 top things on your mind, the things you worry about the most and are stressed about the most.  After listing them down start making more notes under each topic.  Decide whether it’s something you can control or not.  If you can control it come up with actions steps you can take to correct the situation.  If you can’t then decide to let it go.

Tip 3 - Exercise.  I gotta admit exercise is a pain in the butt.  Come on, I would rather sleep on my hammock all day like Fred Flinstone than go the the gym.  Or lay down on my couch in front of a TV.  However exercise has many benefits like the following…

• Stress Relief - Exercising is a great way to relief stress, if you don’t exercise you might resort to emotional eating to cope with stress
• More Productivity - Exercising will boost your productivity.  You’ll find you can do so much more during the day when you exercise
• Weight Loss - Exercise will help you lose weight and keep it off.

I hope reading this article helped you answer the question of how to stop binge eating.  Here are some more tips to stop binge eating.

Notice how on stressful days the temptation to eat a lot of
food is very strong?  Maybe you find yourself reaching
for comfort foods and junk foods…

Becoming aware of stress eating or eating due to stress is
important.  One way to deal with stress eating is to deal
with the stressful events or circumstances in your life…

Here is a question from a reader about how to deal with a
stressful job.  The advice in the answer I will share with
you can be applied to most stressful circumstances
in your own life…

—————- Question ——————

Andrew,

Your site and the content is really great, thanks a lot.
do you have any content/experience on eating when fatigued?

after work I just eat and eat, even though I workout in the
morning.

the food I eat isn’t good for me, either - pbj’s, ‘energy
bars’, etc.

any help surely appreciated.  thank you.

- Dave

—————- My Response —————–

Dave,

I’ve had the same experience for years.

As a matter of fact my job was a big source of stress
eating.  I discuss this more in my book which you can learn
more about here:

http://howtostopeating.com/stop-binge-eating-book/

To give you the short version I hated what I was doing at
my job but deep down suppressed it because I feared how
tough it would be to transition careers.

So if you don’t like your job my advice would be for you to
start looking for another one.

If you just feel stressed during that part of the day in
general then schedule another activity after work,
preferably one that reliefs your stress.

Maybe exercise after work instead of the morning.

Go for a walk after work.

Call a friend or a family member and tell them about your
day and what’s on your mind once you get home from work.

- Andrew

—————— Reply from Reader ——————–

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your comments - they’re very practical.

In fact I went for a 90-minute walk last night after
watching a movie with my wife, just feeling cabin fever and
I sure needed it.

To quickly stop binge eating and start losing weight click here to get you free report. In this article I will share many binge eating help resources.  The resources will help you stay on track with your binge eating recovery.

The first resource is your family and friends.  Sharing about your binge eating, what your learning about it, and your struggles with it is a great first step.  This way your family can help you stay on track and you can always go to them whenever you feel tempted to binge.

Another resource for binge eating help is learning all you can about the topic.  Reading books on the topic of binge eating, and how others have recovered is also a great way to stay on track.

Another binge eating help resource that you can access right now is the binge eating support forum.  The forum is open 24/7 and usually you’ll get a reply for your questions or comments within a few hours from posting.  The forum is also a great place to meet others who are trying to stop binge eating.

The last binge eating support resource is eating disorder group meetings.  You should be able to find group meetings in your local area or city/town, just search for eating disorder group meetings online.  Overeater’s anonymous and ANAD are two popular groups.  You’ll find those group meetings very encouraging and you’ll also meet others who have.

I wish you the best of luck in your binge eating recovery.  I did it and so can you.

While the cause of binge eating is unknown there are many common guesses.  A part of binge eating recovery is understanding what causes the disorder in the first place.  Some believe that binge eating is caused through genes and is hereditary.  Others believe that depression is a cause of binge eating.  Some argue that excessive dieting and deprivation can also be a factor.  Here are some free tips to stop binge eating.

Binge eating recovery is very simple.  It first involves understanding your overeating triggers or the causes of your binge eating.  Often this can be a stressful day, an annoying boss, or negative thoughts.  After figuring out such triggers the next step is to deal with them.  If it’s an annoying boss you need to ask yourself why they annoy you?  Whether it’s worth it working with someone annoying or if it would be better to find a new job and so on.

The next step in binge eating recovery is replacing overeating habits with healthier coping habits.  Overeating is generally a coping mechanism.  Food can be a great source of comfort and can be abused for such a purpose.  Instead of using food for comfort a binge eater is taught other stress relief techniques such as exercise, meditation and sharing stressful events with friends and family.

If you’ve been dealing with eating issues for a while then binge eating recovery might sound very tough and threatening.  You might even be wondering if you can ever really stop binge eating.  Well I got great news of you: you can do it.  I did it and so can you.