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    I'd have to say that Body Business is probably my favorite forum. When I start school next spring, I'm taking up Health & Wellness, Dietetics, etc... So I've been studying fitness and nutrition on my own for several years now. I'd like to think I'm fairly well educated in all that. Problem is, I have an addictive personality! Whether it was drinking, smoking pot, snorting a line (or 20), ugh, I've dealt with it all. I've combated all the former and won (yipee!) BUT, I forever struggle with my food addiction. I think about food constantly! I'm an avid overeater when something tastes good. It's really quite difficult for me. Especially on those days off where I'm lounging at home. I don't own a TV, so I'm not mindlessly snacking in front of the tube. I try to keep busy, but I'm constantly thinking of my next meal. Argh! Would hypnosis work? Man, I just turned 26, and that metabolism of mine is going to war with me! I'll also get up in the middle of the night and mindlessly eat, barely remembering it the next day except for the aching gut. I've tried just keeping certain foods in my cupboards, but I live with two dudes who eat junk! I can't make them keep the "garbage" out! (oh yes, and I will eat their food, they don't mind so much, I end up replacing it) Ok, so there's my dilemma of the moment.
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    Oh how i know the feeling. Now, i have a new plan and my friends laugh at me..i jump on the lifecycle and peddle my ass off for 20 minutes, then i say "Ok i have just burned alot of calories, gotta put them back in!" Boy i tell ya, how our minds think.

    But it works!!!! So far so good. Because i know me, apple or chocolate? No brainer.

    Glad you are learning (and have learned so much already) about nutrition! This will give you an upper hand in the future i bet!!!

    I eat, and still eat. Right before bed i too will eat. But i get up and jump around dance at home or just plain move the body around...It helps me.

    Good luck,
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    Like Pamela says eat and then try to exercise . I love to eat since I have been off work or rather not working for almost two months I think about food a lot but in all honesty I have lost weight since I stopped working and the reason is much more manual labor now .I was more of a desk jockey at work plus I was all stressed out and I noticed at work you eat like your with a pack of wolves real fast and thats so bad for you . Now I kind of eat a little bit of food throughout the day I know this is actually better for you . So today I painted half the ceiling in th front room and living room I hate 14' ceilings arrgggh . I have a belly and yes I want it gone but crap it is what it is and it seems to have grown fond of me because it wont go away !

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    Is there an underlying issue? You may have obessive/compulsive tendencies. A therapist could help you if that is the case.

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    I never thought of that, guess I was getting "seduced" at the thought of trying a hypnotist. Thanks Liz, an option I hadn't thought of which is worth a shot, I think.
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    I have the same problem too! I'm going to see a psych about it, but the appointment isn't until June!

    I've tried diet pills to suppress appetite, but they don't work! I'm 28, and metab hasn't slowed down much yet. I think when you start to get fat, then you will do something about it, LOL!

    That's what it will prob take for me!

    Not having junk around the house REALLY helps! Can you ask your rommies to keep the junk locked up somewhere if possible?

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    I used to be a binge eater of chocolate more than a year ago. I could not go through a day without it, I swear. It got to the stage that whenever I ate it, it was like a sort of high, if I didn't take it I would get narky. I was totally addicted.

    Now, I'm not sure to what extent our opinions differ on the subject, but I found the only way I could get through it was serious self control. I removed all my triggers (e.g. empty sweet wrappers) and put up pictures of people who had figures I would die for. I bought myself a new bunch of fitness DVDs (they deliberately were not cheap, so that it would force me to get my money's worth out of them, that's how my mind works as I hate wasting money), and when I exercised, I listened to 'skinny' music (sounds silly, but it's true; certain music makes me feel like I want to be slim).

    If you are in a flat with junk-eaters, you could always suggest that you all get into a healthy routine together, or ask if they keep their food separate/unseen from yours in the fridge. You have to want to stop and have the discipline to do it. IMHO, a therapist will only tell you the things that you already know that you should do.
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    I've tried keeping chocolate and sweets out of the house, but I just go nuts until I relent and pick up a reeses from the store. I stay hungry too and have an appetite for anything. I can't do appetite supp. if they have caffeine or ephedrine, so I'm having a hard time finding one that works as well.

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    I used to be that way, actually i gained 10 pounds because of it, I started telling myself no sugar, no grease, no sugar, no grease, and I watch how many grams of fat I'm putting in my body, reading about obese stories and what crap there is in foods out there today, especially when you see the nutrition facts for like fast food restaurants, I've come to dislike eating fatty, bad for you foods. Everytime I even THINK about ingesting something that'll add poundage I think about what is in the food and make myself feel sick so i won't have a craving for it. (I just recently took a psychology class, it's a type of conditioning, associate nausea with certain foods and it will make you not crave them anymore) Plus I like the fact that I FEEL healthy now since I cut all the crap out of my diet.

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