Emotional Eating-No More!

I've resorted to not even keeping snack food around my home.  I still drink too much beer.

As far as losing weight:
-Cut out simple carbs (white bread, pasta, sugar)
-Cut down on liquid calories (no pop, no sugar/cream in your coffee or tea, no disgusting Starbucks monstrosities, little to no juice).  Drink lots of water instead.
-There's no real need to shy away from fats and protein
-If you're eating out at restaurants, save leftovers because the portion sizes are generally absurd

-For actually getting fit I'd recommend high-intensity workouts over jogging or biking or anything like that.  Lifting weights (there are tons of easy to follow routines available online, something like 5x5 stronglifts or Ice Cream Fitness) or even bodyweight fitness if you don't want to go to the gym.  Avoid stupid machines, the movements are unnatural & isolation of muscle groups like that doesn't benefit you nearly as much as compound movements.   But that's another discussion entirely, don't know what you're doing right now.

presdoug wrote: I have developed over the last few decades, slowly, but deliberately all the same, eating highly caloric foods when I feel the emotional need, when I am stressed, bored, angry, etc. I am 100 pounds heavier than I was before I developed that tendency.                Food like that seems to be my thing; I don't smoke, drink alcohol, or do drugs.          Do any of you out there eat for emotional reasons? If so, how do you combat such a thing? I am learning by reading up on the net about it, and am on a diet/exercise program, and want to lose some weight and develop healthier eating habits.                      Thoughts, anyone?

Oh hell yeah.  Tend to hit the wine bottle after a bad day too, which is even worse.
My thing right now is to try during the work week to eat sparingly and healthily, and not have any alcohol.
Weekends I'll permit myself to indulge in both areas.
I'm gradually losing some weight, hopefully it sticks.  I need to lose a lot of weight.

Triceratopsoil wrote: I've resorted to not even keeping snack food around my home.  I still drink too much beer. As far as losing weight: -Cut out simple carbs (white bread, pasta, sugar) -Cut down on liquid calories (no pop, no sugar/cream in your coffee or tea, no disgusting Starbucks monstrosities, little to no juice).  Drink lots of water instead. -There's no real need to shy away from fats and protein -If you're eating out at restaurants, save leftovers because the portion sizes are generally absurd -For actually getting fit I'd recommend high-intensity workouts over jogging or biking or anything like that.  Lifting weights (there are tons of easy to follow routines available online, something like 5x5 stronglifts or Ice Cream Fitness) or even bodyweight fitness if you don't want to go to the gym.  Avoid stupid machines, the movements are unnatural & isolation of muscle groups like that doesn't benefit you nearly as much as compound movements.   But that's another discussion entirely, don't know what you're doing right now.

When I am at the gym, I do a stationary bike for a warm up, and then weight machines, then back to the stationary bike for a while. On days not at the gym, I walk briskly for up to a hour and 15 minutes sometimes.

Another option that a lot of people have success with is intermittent fasting.  Essentially, keep all your meals within a ~8 hour window.  Not really recommended if you're waking up early for work and whatnot, better when you are on vacation (sleep in, skip breakfast, big lunch, big late supper)

edit: in response to above, walking is great.  I've started walking everywhere within a half hour of my place.  And "cheat" days are a given, otherwise you'd go nuts on a diet


Edited by Triceratopsoil - August 12 2015 at 16:23

This is the related website.  http://bodyforlife.com/  It is connected to various protein drinks and shakes, which I have used from time to time, but they aren't really necessary.  The guy who founded this wrote a book of the same name which talks about how and what to eat and provides a weight training and cardio program.  I usually go by the book, but I am sure there are helpful things on the website as well.

^hang in, there, man! There are some insightful thoughts on emotional eating here-

Edited by presdoug - August 12 2015 at 16:52

A tall, frosty protein shake is delicious, filling, and nutritious.   Great meal replacements; like having a milkshake that's good for you.   My brand of choice, it has a rich, malty cocoa flavor and if mixed with skim milk, has the exact same taste and texture of a chocolate shake - -

micky wrote: pfff.. if I like it I eat it... impulsive and without regard to long term consequences... that is my emotional eating state. chirst man.. only live once.. enjoy it. Smoke it.. drink it... eat it... have sex with it.  live young.. enjoy life before you get old and are pissing and drooling on yourself in a some version of a B-horror movie rest home

^bless ya, mick, yeah, I kind of see what you are getting at there. And that is a legit way of life, it's just that i am so heavy, it's hard to get around.

Edited by presdoug - August 23 2015 at 20:10

The Dark Elf wrote: Emotional eating? I had a heart attack in May which required a stent in an artery and enough beta-blockers, anti-cholesterol, blood thinners and fricking other pills to gag a rhino. Now the only emotion I get from food is watching someone else eat a goddamn pizza.   I wasn't really overweight (currently 6'2'', 230 lbs.), cigarettes did me in. And I miss them as well too.

Hey, man, so sorry to hear you went thru that, and wish you all the best in the future.

presdoug wrote: The Dark Elf wrote: Emotional eating? I had a heart attack in May which required a stent in an artery and enough beta-blockers, anti-cholesterol, blood thinners and fricking other pills to gag a rhino. Now the only emotion I get from food is watching someone else eat a goddamn pizza.   I wasn't really overweight (currently 6'2'', 230 lbs.), cigarettes did me in. And I miss them as well too. Hey, man, so sorry to hear you went thru that, and wish you all the best in the future.