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    Default For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    so here is my tip but first i have to tell you my history:
    when i became a teenager i gained weight and so i started a lot of diets which made everything more worse i became fater and fater. in the last year i lost a lot of weight because i started jogging and against all expactations i really liked it. it helped me to become very fit and to define my body and of course i lost a lot of weight ( i run nearly every day) but this winter i had to pause because of the fucking snow who made it impossible for me to run. then there was a time where i was a little bit depressive not like real depressions but i was just sad and didn't know why. i started to eat and couldn't stop. it was very hard for me. i gained weight and i really wanted to eat healthier and more controlled but i couldn't and i was so desperate. i felt like i was addicted to eating.
    now the snow melted and yesterday i was running again and maybe you already know what happened: my eating behaviour became normal. i am not hungry anymore and i am very fast full up and all that just because i am jogging again.
    maybe this can't help everyone. but jogging really saved me and it isn't hard for me to stop after i ate something. i am sooo happy right now and if i could help someone with my experience that would be great because i know how bad it could be if you aren't able to control yourself.

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    I'm not so sure about this. I mean I am so happy this is working for you, but this could be dangerous for people with control and addiction issues. I've seen bulimia flare up this way.

    But well done, keep up the good work!
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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    You were self medicating with food.
    It's quite common for people who feel bad to try to make themselves feel better with eating and food, as it is quite calming, but it only works as long as you are in the act of eating. Being full doesn't actually factor in to this, so you get the feeling of not being able to stop eating.

    Exercise on the other hand boosts your endorphin levels which is the chemical that makes us feel good. It's a pain and stress reliever amongst other things. The effect is not as temporary as the eating and therefore you can now eat normally and stop when you're full.

    It doesn't necessarily have to be jogging, it could be any form of exercise as long as you are happy doing it and you push yourself enough to get sufficient amount of endorphins in your bloodstream.


    Lastly, I want to congratulate you on starting to live healthily and that it works so well. Hope you don't get more snow over there, haha!

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    Congrats to you! It's great that you've found something that has worked for you, and you are healthier and happier because of it. Jogging/running would never work for me - I have a very bad back and knees - but exercise in general usually means I'll eat a lot less (usually lo-impact stuff).



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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    maybe next time there is snow you could try calorie counting so you know exactly how much your putting into your body vs burning. it would be alot harder to eat more if you knew exactly what the consequences would be. for example, eating 1750 calories extra than you need everyday for a week = 3.5lb weight gain. even just 100 calories a day would add up over time if your not burning it off. Also when I dont exercise I get depressed for absolutely no reason too

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    i bet i will never be a colorie counter. it would make me crazy always to count and think of how much i can eat to loose weight. it's not the kind of life i would prefer. if i really want to eat chocolate and i can't because it would be too much calories this would be so frustrating and i don't want that anymore. i think i would do that for some days or weeks and then a day comes when i am so frustrated that i eat everything what i can find so not such a good idea for me. i don't have the discipline for that and i am more spontaneous. i have days when i want to eat something full of calories and days when i am not very hungry at all. i think thats okay as long as the meals aren't too big. sport is the only way for me to gain weight and to stay in shape for a long time. it makes me happy and it helps me to live healthy. the only problem was that i stopped jogging. i should have continued a lot earlier but it's hard to start again when you are really down...

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    Glad to hear you're jogging. I miss it and intend to start again! Keep at it. In the winter see if there is a planet fitness near you. Super cheap and you can use the treadmill. Or see if there is an indoor track you can use.
    I stopped over the winter too and it's been about 5 years now.

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    at the moment i have no money for a fitness studio as cheap as it might be but i prefer jogging outside so it's not too bad.
    if you miss jogging then start again! i hate myself so much for stopping for such a long time so that i am at the moment really slow and it's frustrating but i know that in some months i am going to be as fast as i was last year. i noticed how much i missed jogging and how much it helps me to be more content and to eat normal. i know its hard to start again but if you do it just once you will want to do it again

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    I find that it SO depends on what you eat. If you eat things that have addictive qualities like chocolate, sugar, fat like burgers and fries...you will be craving more.

    I'm really good and controlled most of the year, but at Christmas and certain other brief periods throughout the year, I go into what I call "gorge mode". I eat one piece of chocolate a few times a day and it starts out slow, but then I crave it, and find myself eating Big Mac meals and huge jumbo chocolate bars, and things I just NEVER eat otherwise.

    After eating I feel full and sick, but within an hour I'm "hungry" again. I put hungry in speech marks there cause I'm not really hungry. When I think of eating a normal, healthy meal and having a drink of water (which I normally eat), I feel full, but when I think of eating more junk and chocolate, I feel hungry.

    So. It's terribly addictive. Once you break that cycle, and start eating well and getting at least the majority of addictive substances (highly processed sugary foods and fatty oily foods like burgers) out of your system (and exercise is a really good way to do this too, as the original poster said), it becomes a LOT easier to eat normally. You just tend to feel more stable emotionally and physically. When I eat junk, I feel unstable...blood sugar levels going up and down, moods a bit erratic...I get starving frequently and then too full after eating. When I eat normally, I am stable and happy, and feel in control, which makes me feel more content in my life.

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    ^^^Sooooo true.

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    Wow, I got a thank you!! Thank YOU for thanking me!! LOL

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    I would have to totally agree that cutting out the things in my diet that caused me to craave even more unhealthy things is what finally helped me stay in control.
    I would have one small piece of chocolate and boom I had to have more.
    For me I am just that way, I have to stay completely away from these things until I gain enough control i guess...hahahah..sounds like an addiction in a away.

    Excersising hard daily has also helped because once I work out so hard I do not WANT to negate all that I have done to look and feel healthy.

    I found that it took me about a week to ten days of no sugar, greasy yucky burgers etc and then I wasnt craving them anymore...I look way better and feel an immense amount of energy now as opposed to before..

    But food is hard to control for some and not for others..I am one of the unfortunate ones who is an emotional eater..but I think there have been many positive things said in this thread.
    Thanks for starting it

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    Yep, it IS an addiction. For me, I'm lucky in a way as I've always been thin/slim. I was actually underweight most of my life despite eating probably over 100g of fat a day on snacks and junk from the age of 12 to 25 or so. If I ever didn't eat quite as much junk for a while, I'd lose weight instantly and look too thin. Classic fast metabolism.

    Until I was 27 and quit smoking. I started eating more than usual and then in 6 months suddenly realised I'd put on 10kg (over 20 pounds). I'm 5'7" so it didn't look BAD, but I wasn't confident in my body anymore, I had some back fat, my waist was thicker, my arms not as toned, my legs wobbly...I was like, NOOOO!

    For the first time EVER I had to actually restrict my diet. I started out only cutting out the actual total junk stuff, like McDonalds and such. That didn't really do much, so I then started cutting out most of the junk I'd eat at home regularly like chocolates, biscuits, etc. THEN I saw results. In the next 6 months I'd lost all the weight I put on, and was happy.

    I'm 31 now and my body's different to how it was...I actually weigh a bit less than I did before I quit smoking, but don't look as slim for some reason. But I've never eaten better (most of the time). If I so much as eat more than one tiny square of chocolate a day, I end up craving it SO strongly I'll actually go into a store at 10pm at night just to buy chocolate bars, and then I'll eat 'em all at once. Total pig! It's all or nothing for me nowadays.

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    Thanks guys, these posts have been really helpful for me even though I didn't post the thread. I've had on-and-off struggles with overeating since the age of 13, but have managed to mostly stay fit because I love all kinds of exercise.

    I've gained almost 10 lbs in the last couple weeks, after almost a year of having little or no problems with eating. It is because I am so overwhelmed with school and so sick of school by now - I hate studying whereas I used to enjoy it. I feel like snacking will help me endure sitting at the computer doing homework, when in fact it just makes it harder to focus. I can overeat once or twice and I'll naturally go back to healthy eating habits with no weight gain, but I've noticed that if I overeat three or more days in a row, it's like a switch gets flipped and I'm hungry all the time. It's like my body suddenly decides I need to be fat.

    So that's where I am now, and I think the only way out is to grit my teeth and not eat even though I feel starving. Eating a small meal is even harder than fasting. But if I eat small meals, no snacks and no refined carbs for a week I know that switch will flip the other way and I'll be back to normal. I have decided to allow myself to smoke one or two cigarettes a day to help with concentration (I quit several years ago) and am going to call in sick at the ol' strip joint for a week or so. I already work at a dive so it's not like I can leave my usual place and work there while I get back in shape!

    I just hope that by taking time off work, I'm not giving myself permission to really let myself go. Sometimes knowing I'm going to ask folks to pay to see me naked is an important motivator to not overeat.

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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    Good for you, I'm glad you have found a constructive way to control your eating. I love running and find that it is a good way to not only keep in shape, but distract your mind if you are at home and find yourself tempted to eat (when you aren't really hungry). When I was in the process of getting sober from alcohol running helped me very much. It's healty, therapeutic (for me), fun, and free.


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    Default Re: For everyone who can't actually control how much they eat

    Actually, if you can not truly control what you're eating due to bulimia or compulsive eating disorder talk with you doctor.

    I struggled with bulimia for five yrs and after choking up blood from purging 6-8 times a days, got myself "recovered". Just like being a drug addict,once you are, you will always be that, the mental processes never go away and it's a conscious effort to "leave it alone".

    Anyway, I had a few relapses over the yrs. mini one here and there, my most recent one I got SOOOO fucking fed up with dealing with this shit. Talked with my doc and he recommended Topomax generic topiramate.

    it originally was marketed as a weightloss aid. and it is, hardcore. I mean one of the side of effects and there are a ton, is anorexia. I put food in my mouth and just the taste on my tongue is like "nope, not happening." You literally don't want food. which for me is great bc when i binge I binge like i just got back from Ethiopia. But this goes on for days , and you're like, umm hmm, i should probably force something down. So, i take vitamins, meal replacement shakes

    I'm using it for off label use, currently it's used for seizures(primary), migraines, binge eating, bulimia.

    side effects: tingling/skin crawling, vision changes, the dopamax effect(it makes you stupid, forget simple words, for me I just have to reread directions a few times now, it is annoying, others are extreme with forgetting where they live/work. read review boards for comments) taste changes(can't drink soda, tastes flat and tangy, anything artificial tastes funky.)

    Is it worth it? For me,yes. For others, no.

    just my .02

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    How many mg of Topamax are you taking a day? I was recommended that I take this for seizure control so this is pretty interesting!

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    I know! If i had any idea I could control binge eating with pills I would have done something yrs ago. I hate docs though.

    Most docs would do antidepressants along side, I do anti anxiety. Works well since I'm high strung.

    I only do 400mg per day, 200 morning/200night. that's my tolerance. I can stand the skin tingling up to a point, and am deathly afraid of vision problems so I'm comfy at this level. I heard some ppl take up to 1200mg a day which for severe seizures or migraines, yes, that's appropriate, but not binge eating. Titrate up slowly, by increments of 25. From what I'm told and my research, bulimia and binge eating dosage max out at 100-200 per dose, depending on case. I plan on stepping down to lower mgs, and then off once normal eating patterns are established.

    If dealing with ANY ED it's best to combine any treatment with cognitive therapy. This is crucial.

    If it was recommended for you I'd say weight the pros and cons, for all the things it treats it either works fabulously, it doesn't, or makes it worse(migraines). and it's one of those things you need to be on for awhile before you may or may not see the results you want. I think a lot of it is bio chemistry.

    Research! Talk to several doctors
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    Thanks for the information! I have a follow up on monday as I actually just started on an anti-depressant as well so it is funny that you mentioned most doctors would pair the two together.

    They have been switching me from drug to drug recently to find a new effective seizure control pill after my body became to 'used to' the last one. In the past I have struggled with Bulimic tendencies but to be honest they really spurred seizures so that was an effective recovery method.

    Once again thanks for the help and I will try to speak to some other doctors about it! Goodluck I understand the difficulties of an eating disorder.

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    No prob hun.

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