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i feel like my eating habits are too unhealthy
I rarely eat breakfast and I have a normal sized mostly healthy lunch and dinner. My problem is when I'm at home and have nothing to do. I eat and eat and eat. Sometimes its snacks and other times it's enough food for a meal. I also eat when I'm bored and sad. If there is anything that I eat (especially chocolate), I'll eat it. I'm trying to be healthy, but I can't control myself. A few years ago, I was the opposite. I guess I could have been considered anorexic then. Now, instead of forcing myself to eat a little, I can't stop myself from eating. I can't really talk to this with my parents because they think I'm over reacting about things. Is there anything that I could do?
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
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Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Good luck!
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I'm exactly the same, even the anorexic part.
What I've found to help is to only have healthy foods in the house.
Such as healthy bars like alpen, nutrigrain etc, yogurts and foods like that.
Eat a healthy breakfast - toast, porridge or a cereal.
Try get your parents to buy these sorts of foods, and make time to eat the breakfast.
You don't need to talk to them about your problem, though it may help. Just ask them to buy some of these and eat them instead of chocolate or these full sized meals.
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