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Reply 1
Exercise? but maybe after 8pm that isn't the most attractive alternative :wink:

I guess you could drink a lot of water, it will make you feel that bit more full and may stop you eating so much. Although, I'm not sure if drinking too much is a problem.

Well I guess I've prove that I am of no help regarding this matter :frown:
Reply 2
If you can't stop eating then just keep a bowl of nuts and seeds next to you, at least they are healthly. Either that or chew gum or suck a sweet, that way you can't put anything else in your mouth!
Reply 3
Love the nuts and seeds idea! ye because theyre chewy and take longer to eat, and they fulfill a need to nibble

and the water is good, i try to drink loads of water each day so what i can try is drinking most of it in the evening
Reply 4
Love the nuts and seeds idea! ye because theyre chewy and take longer to eat, and they fulfill a need to nibble

and the water is good, i try to drink loads of water each day so what i can try is drinking most of it in the evening

:sorry double post:
chew gum, or get them sweets that take u ages to eat, they might help
Reply 6
Try a gobstopper - are they still called that? I have no idea.
Chew some gum, drink some water, have a bit of self control.
actually yeah the idea of chewing gum seems good! :smile: (might try it myself lol)
SuziN
Ip a bowl of nuts and seeds next to you


but VERY calorie dense - like 600cals/100g. You can eat a few 100g of nuts without even noticing
Drink fizzy water if you can afford it. That is superb at cutting hunger.
Excercise more during the day )2 x 15 minutes a day) so you can afford to eat a bit more.
Eat something disgusting and you will go off food - a couple of teaspoons of nutmeg say..
Reply 11
Brush your teeth in the evening before about 8 so you wont wanna eat/drink anything immediatley cause everything will taste horrible!
saoirse
...and haul me in. Jeez ive lost the plot re eating at night, i guzzle LOADS after 8 for some reason:rolleyes: Pure binging due to intense stress. Not put on weight yet but i will soon if this doesnt stop

Its mad. Sense goes out the window and i keep eating DESPITE feeling full. I dont really even feel guilty after, just kinda like, damn, i have no self-control

Sooo, what is the best way to distract yourself when you KNOW your eating for the wrong reasons???


Let me give you a tip. Get a good RPG game. As a member of the Final Fantasy society, I'm a bit biased, but I remember that when I first played Final Fantasy seven I forgot to eat for eight hours as I didn't feel hungry because I was absorbed in the virtual world of Midgar.
Reply 13
go to bed earlier and dont go bk downstairs to the kitchen:smile:
GeneralOfTheSuperSubSquad
Let me give you a tip. Get a good RPG game. As a member of the Final Fantasy society, I'm a bit biased, but I remember that when I first played Final Fantasy seven I forgot to eat for eight hours as I didn't feel hungry because I was absorbed in the virtual world of Midgar.

But that can also lead to problems with your study and social life
Reply 15
Paul McKenna, the hypnotist, has formulated a great eating plan for people who want to change their eating habits. He doesn't call it a diet because it is a plan for life to change your habits, not a temporary plan which you give up after a few months only to put weight on again. He's even helped my mum lose weight and she's battled with it all her life.
His main tenets are:
-Diets are evil and only make you fatter
-When you think you're hungry, drink 2 glasses of water. If you're still hungry afterwards, it means you really are hungry and not just thirsty.
-Eat what you want, when you want.
-Eat when you're hungry, and when you're full, stop. Many people have been brought up in the 'clean plate club' whereby you're told 'there are starving children in Africa, so eat all your food!' There is no shame in leaving some food on your plate.
-Eat 'consciously' - i.e. put your knife and fork down in between each mouthful and don't just wolf your food down, actually chew it and taste it.

He also has some CDs, books and a food diary which you can use if you want to while you adjust, but you don't have to. I find it's making a difference just with doing what I said above, although he has other techniques to suss out whether you're genuinely hungry or just eating with your eyes (such as tapping on acupuncture points, or aversion therapy - visualising your favourite food covered with your least favourite food to make you want it less).

It sounds a bit weird but it really does work if you want to stop overeating :smile:
Reply 16
Gamma
Chew some gum, drink some water, have a bit of self control.


Wouldn't chewing gum just make you feel more hungrier? as the chewing action is just sending a message to your brain that you are eating and therefore tells the stomach to start producing acid, ready to receive food? (something like that anyway!)

I'd say, if you do wanna eat, eat fruits. They're filling and sweet and so would fulfill your sugar cravings. Just buy fewer foods when you next go out shopping. Food shopping on a full stomach could help with that!Otherwise...just padlock the fridge.:wink:
^ Ting-Ting's a smart woman. And right, too.
Angelil
Paul McKenna, the hypnotist, has formulated a great eating plan for people who want to change their eating habits. He doesn't call it a diet because it is a plan for life to change your habits, not a temporary plan which you give up after a few months only to put weight on again. He's even helped my mum lose weight and she's battled with it all her life.
His main tenets are:
-Diets are evil and only make you fatter
-When you think you're hungry, drink 2 glasses of water. If you're still hungry afterwards, it means you really are hungry and not just thirsty.
-Eat what you want, when you want.
-Eat when you're hungry, and when you're full, stop. Many people have been brought up in the 'clean plate club' whereby you're told 'there are starving children in Africa, so eat all your food!' There is no shame in leaving some food on your plate.
-Eat 'consciously' - i.e. put your knife and fork down in between each mouthful and don't just wolf your food down, actually chew it and taste it.

He also has some CDs, books and a food diary which you can use if you want to while you adjust, but you don't have to. I find it's making a difference just with doing what I said above, although he has other techniques to suss out whether you're genuinely hungry or just eating with your eyes (such as tapping on acupuncture points, or aversion therapy - visualising your favourite food covered with your least favourite food to make you want it less).

It sounds a bit weird but it really does work if you want to stop overeating :smile:

I love hypnotists - they're clever personal development people using neuro-linguistic programming - so usually what they say is brilliant. This *is* "usually". Do it.

Angelil - PM me tomorrow when I've rep to give and remind me to give you a cute little emerald for this.
Reply 19
Ah thanks Ron Stoppable!
It's a great thing to do because NO FOOD IS BANNED. And it helped my poor mum, who has done every diet under the sun, lost weight, kept it off for a while, put it back on again, and started binge eating again because putting the wright back on depresses her. Now she's losing weight and keeping it off :smile: Gotta love it.