1.Soothe Emotions. Typically a food addict will push down unpleasant feelings with food. Not just any food, but comfort foods. Ever have a fight with your mom or spouse and immediately hit the freezer for the container of ice cream? You try to relive the feelings without actually dealing with the problem.

The Problem: Food is a temporary fix. When it wears off you will feel wors...

1.Soothe Emotions. Typically a food addict will push down unpleasant feelings with food. Not just any food, but comfort foods. Ever have a fight with your mom or spouse and immediately hit the freezer for the container of ice cream? You try to relive the feelings without actually dealing with the problem.

The Problem: Food is a temporary fix. When it wears off you will feel worse and the original problem remains.

The Answer: Tackle problems head-on. Don't let thoughts fester and eat away at you. Deal with your emotions and your relationship problems as they occur so you won't feel the need to use food as your faithful friend.

2.Fixation With Food You think about food all the time and you are always planning your next sugar high.

The Problem: You've designed your lifestyle around food and make it one of your top priorities.

The Answer: Change your lifestyle to include activities that don't revolve around food. Exercise, for example, is one way to get a similar high as you would from eating sugar.

3.Secret Binges. Food addicts often hide food or only binge when they are alone.

The Problem: You're only fooling yourself. You won't win the weight loss battle if you continually sabotage yourself. It's faulty thinking.

The Answer: Eat scheduled meals at the dinner table. Don't keep food in your car, desk or nightstand. Lock your purse in the trunk when you go out so drive-thru restaurants aren't accessible. Find someone who will hold you accountable.

4.Eat Until the Food is Gone. Some people were raised to clean their plates and they have a hard time breaking the habit. You lack control to stop eating.

The Problem: Even healthy foods, when consumed in large quantities, pack a lot more calories than your body needs.

The Answer: Put your health first. Prepare meal plans and only eat what is on your plate. Measure foods out ahead of time into single serving packages.

5.Feeling Guilty. Food addicts tend to feel guilty after indulging in too much of the wrong foods.

The Problem: It can turn into a vicious cycle of feeling bad, overeating, feeling guilty and eating some more.

The Answer: Stop the yoyo dieting cycle. Don't allow yourself to get sucked in by the guilt. Forgive yourself, ask for support and get right back on your program.

Try doing something else when your bored, like dancing.

The majority of the human race over-eat due to stress. You need to deal with whatever issues you are trying to suppress with food. Over-eating is as bad a habbit as smoking. It is impossible for someone to just STOP eating, however. You have to eat your 3 to 6 small meals a day and keep a food diary. Pay attention to the times that you are eating and how you are feeling during that time. Lots of people find that they are "stressing" over something and they try to nurse that "wound" with food.
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The majority of the human race over-eat due to stress. You need to deal with whatever issues you are trying to suppress with food. Over-eating is as bad a habbit as smoking. It is impossible for someone to just STOP eating, however. You have to eat your 3 to 6 small meals a day and keep a food diary. Pay attention to the times that you are eating and how you are feeling during that time. Lots of people find that they are "stressing" over something and they try to nurse that "wound" with food.

The only way one can "controll" their eating habits is to take control of the situation in every aspect of it. Keep a food diary, document your feelings, find time fillers (new hobby, exercise, drink water), do anything other than binge eating.

Good luck!

You should start making a list of things before you go to bed which you could do next day to keep yourself occupied.

Not of mondo things, just things you could do to pass time. That way, during the day, you can clean the apartment or something intresting to keep you occupied not to worry about your stomach, or to be bored enough to start snacking.
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You should start making a list of things before you go to bed which you could do next day to keep yourself occupied.

Not of mondo things, just things you could do to pass time. That way, during the day, you can clean the apartment or something intresting to keep you occupied not to worry about your stomach, or to be bored enough to start snacking.

Another thing too, which is actually proven, is drinking more water. Whenever you are hungry, even a little bit, you shall grab a bottle of water and go
through it slowly. Sipping it will make you feel less hungry and will give your stomach time to realize it to be full. Water is a natural appetite suppressant, I would highly suggest trying this!

Another suggestion what you should not eat is rice as it is cabohydrate. Cabohydrates are the first things your body burns off, so if you eat a lot of them, you only become more and more hungry because your body keeps burning them. Try eating more foods that contain protein. You should eat a lot of nuts, tuna, hummus, low-fat string cheese, chicken, and green veggies and you will not feel the need to eat as often as you used to before.

Good luck.

Fpr you it is not the hunger of the stomach that calls you to eat, but it is the call of some psychological perviation that makes you eat something.This need not make you worried.It can be rectified with proper habit forming.Try to follow a change of habit like drinking water, or going out to focus your attention to something else, etc.Plan your eating habit positively, convincing yourself mentally. If necessary help from a psycho therapy counselor can be sought...

Fpr you it is not the hunger of the stomach that calls you to eat, but it is the call of some psychological perviation that makes you eat something.This need not make you worried.It can be rectified with proper habit forming.Try to follow a change of habit like drinking water, or going out to focus your attention to something else, etc.Plan your eating habit positively, convincing yourself mentally. If necessary help from a psycho therapy counselor can be sought