WTF is going on?!

[fatpimp]

Has this happened to anyone else?

I've always loved food and eating, but now its gone crazy...
after I started to plan out my meals and try to follow diets I began to obsess over food. All I can think about is what I'm gonna eat next, and I can't wait until my next meal. This leads me to binge almost every meal. Everyday for the past week I have eaten until my stomach HURTS. I've never even been a strict dieter... and I know that I am not starving myself.. cuz I eat 2000 + calories a day and I am only 135-140 pounds 5feet 7. I wanna drop some fat though and get leaner, but this food obsession seems like a major hinderance to my objective. What can I do to stop my cravings and to control my obsession... I know WILL power is probably what i need.. but could there be any biological reasons for these urges? or, is there anything I can do without taking any drugs or appetite suppressants? thanks!

 

[Determined Girl]

I know exactly what you are talking about. And there is a simple answer for that question. ITS ALL MENTAL!!! As with anything, you always want what you can't have. Hell, I was obsessing about shit that I normally would'nt even eat if I was'nt on any kind of diet. You really just have to know that it is all in your head. I know this for a fact, because when I am strictly dieting, all can think about are my free days, (even if they are weeks away). I start obsessing about hella portions as if I was never going to eat after that day. But when that free day finally came, and I started eating what I wanted to, all of a sudden I really did'nt want all the shit that I was obsessing about. You just have to psych yourself out. Just think about it: I you was'nt really a soda person but drank it every once in a blue moon, and you could'nt have it for the rest of you life starting today, then you would be obsessing about it so much, just for the simple fact that you could'nt have it. The same with food. My suggestion is to keep yourself busy if you dont want to take appetite suppressants.

 

[cdownie927]

ive had the same problem and has been on and off since my cycle it all started when i was bulking this winter. I totally agree with D Girl its all in your head ive been eating very clean for the last 3 days and I know wants i get past a week of eating strict its smooth sailing but only then is when i stay clean and no i can for a couple weeks when i have a cheat day once a week and all week i think about what to have that day because there is so much i want all at once i go crazy what i did was throw everything out that was junk food in the house or put all of it in one cabnet and lock it so u cant get or put picture up in the kitchen of fat people and look at that before you go in there and think to your self to you want to look like that? And most important keep yourself busy the only time i cheat is when im at home so if you feel the urge leave or fix something go out etc.

 

[LaviathanX]

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