How do you stop yo-yo dieting?

Damn I don't know how to post anonymously!

Do NOT cut down an entire food group, it's just not sustainable, our bodies are designed to have a balanced diet. Follow a Mediterranean diet and don't cut out anything or limit yourself to 1000 calorie diets

wouldn't worry m8

What's a Mediterranean diet? Lol is this a stupid question

idk how bad it was that i had to look that up but yeah m8, i'm like this. (stress eating)
I just try to snack less and do more exercise - even if its just pokemon go + grocery shopping and skipping afternoon tea (yep bye bye scones )
and I'm cooking for myself a lot more as well which helps
but yeah the food intake --> exercise balance
and a balanced diet
I try to eat at least 3 pieces of fruit a day

No no definitely not a stupid question, it's not some fancy FAD diet or anything, but it's following the diet of what people living in Mediterranean countries eat.

Plenty of starchy foods, such as bread and pasta (preferably brown not white as that's healthier for you)
Plenty of fruit and vegetables
Eating some fishEating less meat
Choosing made from vegetable and plant oils, such as olive oil. Have lots of avocados as well!
So quite common sense stuff really but the aim of it is, eating more of the basics food, less processed food and sugars and more starch, vegetables and oils. So you're not starving yourself and your metabolism is not suffering but your body is getting the nutrition it needs and isn't going into over drive and making you crave junk.

Yeah more exercise is needed (again). Last year I exercised SO much (it became addictive) then I suddenly stopped when A-levels overwhelmed me and that's when I started stress eating. A balanced diet is something I think I really need to focus on I'm gradually eating less snacks, I haven't had a cookie and I only had two chocolate bars since July (that's an achievement for me)

This is so useful thank you

I feel u man (not about the addictive exercise lol, that's just incomprehensible to me XD) but yeah I stopped doing tennis (i love tennis) for ages cos of AS revision, just got back into it now and yeah that's really the only exercise I do now apart from speed walking to the train every morning and the occasional pokemon hunt )
My balanced diet and less () snacking (altho I do still snack sometimes ) has helped me keep my weight down but its still not where i'm at
Its really impressive that you've not had a cookie and only 2 chocci bars you should be really proud of yourself!How do you think you can improve your diet? Could u take up cooking? What are your meals like atm? Lets see if I can help

Answers from people who have experienced this would be appreciated. I've gone from starving myself at 11 years old to stress eating at 16/17 years old (now)

I yo yo diet. I don't see it as a problem.

I put on weight really easily. If I have a month with a lot on socially and I eat and drink a lot, for example in the summer or Christmas, I can put on 10kg. Then I go on a strict diet and lose it. I would rather do that than try to be steady all of the time because that doesn't fit in with me socially. For me it is not emotional.

Yo yo dieting isn't bad from a health point of view. It hasn't been shown to be significantly worse than maintaining a healthy weight all the time and it is definitely much better than been constantly overweight.

It is only a problem if it is a symptom of an emotional issue and if it is, the only way is to tackle that emotional issue. If you want to stop you have to understand why you stress eat and find other ways of dealing with the stress.

Answers from people who have experienced this would be appreciated. I've gone from starving myself at 11 years old to stress eating at 16/17 years old (now)