[Evaluna]

I've just come across this area and I really did not realize there were other people in the same situation as me.

Last month I finally had to admit to myself that I rely on food for comfort. I had been following a diet and had been doing really well, and then one day at work I had a really bad day and got a takeaway on the way home to cheer myself up. Later that night, after eating more than I should, I thought about why I had done this and found that I do this every day.

Every day I struggle with normal life. And to make myself feel a little better I eat. The thing is I won't just make one thing and stop. I'm constantly looking for the next thing. If I didn't eat all day until tea time, I would be fine. But once I've started I cannot stop. I've gained a lot of weight, which makes me miserable, which makes me eat and then around the wheel goes again. On my days off, like today, I do the school run and then go back to bed hoping I can sleep so I'm not constantly scouring the kitchen for the next snack.

I have crohns disease and suffer with a lot of joint pain so exercising is hard, but I do walk a lot but mainly because I don't have a car. Yesterday I borrowed a friends car and ended up at KFC!!

I just can't seem to stop this circle of eating, being miserable so I eat then I'm miserable. Its very hard.

Hi Evaluna! Welcome to the Eating Disorders Forum! Sad you have to be here at all, tho. Emotional eating is such a catch-22. We eat because we feel bad -- then we feel bad because we eat.

I've only been eating healthy for a little over three weeks but i must say i feel amazing! It's a struggle every day -- sometimes several times a day. But i keep telling myself it will all be worth it -- to be at a healthy weight eventually.

I've overeaten for 19 years, since my divorce and stopping working. I stopped overeating for one year in 2007/08. I felt a lot better about myself -- proud of myself and so much more comfortable. I look forward to that again!

I think you just have to pick your moment as far as deciding starting to eat healthy is concerned. Hope your moment comes soon!

[Standup2me]

Welcome
We all know how you feel, and totally empathize
Thanks for sharing

[Evaluna]

Thank you everyone. I find it so comforting to know there are other people here who know exactly how it feels.

At the moment I'm not really in a great place in my mind but I'm making myself aware of what I'm doing rather than just aimlessly venturing round the kitchen cupboards.