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Problem with Overeating (URGENT!!)
somtimes I eat too much. Like.. mostly when Im watching TV, I get hungry for some reason.. maybe because the kitchen is right next to the living room where the TV is. I end up eating all this stuff.. like 1 or 2 sandwiches (with cheese, peanut butter, jelly, etc.) sometimes with wheat bread, wheat bread with no grain-thingies, or white bread (which we have now.. ugh my dad said the others were sold out) also, i have stuff with lots of sugar. i'll end up making tea just so i can pack sugar in it, and either pour out the tea right after the teabag leaves its taste, or drink it, then at the bottom, eat all the extra sugar. I know.. its a weird thing to do, but sometimes im addicted to sugar! like sometimes if im bored (TV again) I'll take spoons and eat sugar from them (white and sometimes brown sugar). or, like now I take some of my baby bro's baby cereal (it tastes kinda good) and put alot of sugar and milk in a cup, and just eat it all together. i dont wanna finish his cereal... and i really dont wanna get diabetes!! Im not that fat or anything.. I'm 5'4 and weigh like 155 pounds, which is heavy, but I dont look heavy which is weird. I checked my BMI and I'm like 1 point above overweight!! OMG THATS CRAZY!!! IM NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FAT! Im not the skinniest chick ever, but I do sports. I think this little overreating thing (also sometimes i have 2 bowls of cereal, a whole costco muffin, 2 servings of food..etc. i cant resist good food, sometimes.) is part of why I'm not as light as I used to be. Well.. I was never really that light, but in 4th or 5th grade I weighed like 125 pounds. I gained 30 pounds in that little time! (I'm a 13 year old girl) maybe its just hormones.. but I dont like it! I wont compare myself to other girls.. who like dont really gain much but eat whatever they like, so I wanna find out ways I can get rid of my habit (where I eat just because I like the food, not necessarily because I'm hungry) and get back in shape (so I can look hotter for the summer! haha). also, how many meals should you eat a day? or is it determined by how much you exercise? post a whole chart if it will help me.. and thanks a lot! who knows, you may actually save my life from going obese! lol
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It sounds like you might have an eating disorder--either compulsive overeating, or binge-eating (which is classified under EDNOS).
First of all, this isn't your fault, and you're not alone. You might want to read about those here:
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and here:
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This site also has more information, as well as suggestions on how to stop a binge, that might be useful even if you don't actually have an eating disorder:
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I can't diagnose you, obviously. But it's something to look into. I highly doubt it's a lack of self-control since you desperately WANT to stop. If it was just a matter of stopping, you could.
Whatever you do, don't turn to unhealthy methods of controlling it. I thought I'd add that in there because, well, it's easy to slip into. I have problems with binge eating and the steps I've taken to control it have left me further in over my head. Don't be like me.
Good luck to you.
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If you're active enough you can eat whatever you like. So I suggest running everyday. How far you run will depend on how much you eat. It's better to eat a lot of small meals throughout the day than to eat a couple of big ones but exercise is what will keep you from getting fat.
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First, Drink lots of water!! It fills you up. Fruit is sweet eat that!! I over eat too but the difference is i weigh 112!!!! You have to fight the temptation. That's all i can say.
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