Overcoming addiction

GoodMan_Gone · 2021-04-07T08:08:24+00:00

An eating addiction is extra challenging because you have to eat. Duh. I mean: with any other substance (alcohol, tobacco, drugs) you don't have to use it to survive.

My advice would be to "detach" yourself from the addiction. By constantly asking yourself: do I need to eat now because I'm hungry or am I having a binge eating "attack?" AFAIK usually binge eating is a way to fill a void. Eating is often a symptom of withdrawal from other addictions. "I crave a cigarette but I can't so I'll have a roll of cookies instead."

2 tricks:

1 get rid of all candies in your house. Toss them away. So if you have an "attack" you are forced to go to the shops to buy it. That'll give you at least the exercise and will buy you time to withstand the craving

2 if you see a candy: ask yourself this. Am I hungry now or do I want to eat candy? Then ask yourself this: could I eat 3 stale, dry sandwiches now? If the answer is "yes" you are hungry. And you could have a sandwich instead.

I'm writing my advice under the assumption you're over-eating. Should you have anorexia problems, that's usually coming from a very negative self image. IMO that's why anorexia is mainly a female disorder. In that case you'll need to have therapy. I know you don't want to hear that. But anorexia is a psychiatric disorder.

As to answer your last question. Yes. I'm kicking my alcohol problem. I've been "clean" for nearly a year now. The craving wasn't too bad but in craving moments I do nothing and let the feeling pass. Yes: I very sometimes revert to eating... But most of the times I'll let that urge pass as well. The craving moments always pass.

Odd-Reference-32 · 2021-04-07T07:11:13+00:00

I have. At one time I was 320 pounds. You need to start moving. Don't get a gym membership, and don't set crazy stupid goals. If you're like me... that'll just make you quit sooner.

Just make a plan to move your body some everyday. Start out by walking half a mile a day, next week do a whole mile.... Do 3 sets of 5 pushups... next week do 3 sets of 10... on your knees if you have to. Any moving is good. Gradually increase what you're doing. After a month you'll feel better, you'll be able to do more, and eventually... and here's the irony, it'll become addictive.

tilio · 2021-04-07T15:50:32+00:00

have you tried fasting?

lots of people get into that rut in dieting where they slide slowly. they start eating all veggies, egg whites, and grilled chicken breast. a week or three later they get offered a piece of cake at a get-together. they say "nah, i'm on a diet", and the person cuts them a tiny piece, "look, it's just a small piece!" it gradually slides, and next thing you know, you're back to eating shit all the time.

fasting on the other hand says no food or drinks other than water during various periods. it's a bright line rule that's much easier to follow. "look, it's just a small piece of cake!" "nah, i'm fasting right now, can't eat anything."

CDNCRLS · 2021-04-07T07:12:46+00:00

Get help. Go see a doctor. They’ll diagnose and help you reach to a sub-specialty doctor. I assume you might need a psychiatrist. Either way, act now. We’re in a shortage of primary-care physician. It can take months, even years. Good luck.

Sir_manalot · 2021-04-07T11:09:42+00:00

Besides what other people said, you need stronger mental discipline to make it easier and help control whatever is leading to you needing food as comfort.

Learn meditation and practice it every day for atleast ten minutes.

After two months you will start noticing changes and then you will notice big changes if you keep going.

Working out and such will help too, but it will not provide as much mental discipline as learning to control your mind.

GroundbreakingAd7585 · 2021-04-07T15:13:05+00:00

Perhaps it's not the eating, but as you said your nihilism/outlook on life? Perhaps you overeat because of that?

cleverley1986 · 2021-04-07T18:24:31+00:00

assuming your addiction is food surplus, i would go keto. eat meat, cheese and go for a walk. once you crack the sugar after a few days/migraines and wretching you will get through it.

make no mistake, there are heavier guys out there that have had longer roads and worse mindsets. you are probably someone elses goal weight already. sort your life out and come back to us.

iseedeer · 2021-04-07T19:23:49+00:00

What has worked for me is low-intensity cardio on an empty stomach, which forces the body into fat burning mode. Also one meal a day in the evening. Joe Rogan has talked about this in some of his podcasts.

Start with a mile walk, or whatever you can, but do it every day. Then add some hills. Then two miles, and so on. Try to get to the point where you are getting your heart rate up for at least an hour every day. Just pick a park close to you and start hiking.

As for diet, you absolutely must wean yourself off sugar. Cut it wherever you can and replace it with high protein, low carb foods like beef, fish, eggs, leafy vegetables. This will help with hunger pangs when you are first starting out.

From my experience a good multivitamin drink is very good for appetite control. Part of the reason for this is that with industrialized agriculture and food production there is less nutrition in food than there used to be. I have had good experience with beyond tangy tangerine from youngevity. It's pricey, but a water bottle with some btt at your side will help a ton with cravings.

Just start walking, and cut the sugar.

rayedward363 · 2021-04-07T14:16:08+00:00

I developed an eating disorder, bulimia believe it or not. A lot of stress, years of abuse, it just kinda happened and I couldn't stop. Honestly went on for about a year straight, never a day where I didn't vomit at least twice. In this instance, the "treatment" was more practical than therapeutic.

My budget was razor thin at the time, and after a month of realizing that I'm wasting money, I retrained myself to keep food down. That being said, I still get the "urge" now and then, but I can resist.

EngineeringDry6717 · 2021-04-07T14:34:03+00:00

Ushh! Listen... Your fridge is calling you

MSP_Generalist · 2021-04-07T14:56:05+00:00

If you don't care or feel the need to change, then you've not hit rock bottom.

If there's a single change you can make, such as making a shopping list with what you should be eating, and sticking to it at the store... you might see some positive results that will motivate you to further improvement.

BTW, if you don't care about your problems, why in the hell do you think randos on Reddit will?

I suggest you get a little pissed off at where your life is, and do something about it. Otherwise, you're going to end up an invalid, and then dead... and your death will be a relief to anyone stuck with trying to help you. A few years later, nobody will remember you even existed... Not that you'll have to worry about that: You'll be DEAD.

thedeadpill · 2021-04-07T18:52:35+00:00

I have replaced my addictions with exercise with some success.

Basically, many addicts need to sublimate whatever their addiction is with something else. Some habits are better than others, and if we choose to do the other habits, we can be better off (or at least, not as badly off).

For what it's worth, I had/have a drug and alcohol problem. I've transferred it to weightlifting and ever more extreme hot sauces (if you consume enough of it, it's like a drug).

I think to actually overcome it, you'd need professional help. I think what I'm doing is a bandaid.

69-rightnow-420 · 2021-04-07T18:53:10+00:00

Maybe try foods high in fiber. That will keep you full for longer and you wont want to eat as much. Consistency is key. It takes 28 days to brake a habit.

Chrh · 2021-04-07T21:51:08+00:00

Chuck Palahniuk's book Choke is something I'd recommend every -holic to read, had a big impact on me.

Common-Eye-7594 · 2021-04-08T01:44:58+00:00

Addiction is ovr compensation for a lacking. Do something that makes you feel realized.

I suggest you using imdb and discogs to lose yourself into movies and music to discover. Also be productive, do arts of the type you like, chst with peiple eith dimilsr interest on omegle too.

I give art tips on omegle to other artist and meet wholesome peiple too.

Listen to Spyro Gyra, Herp Alvert and other upbeat funk jazz artists.

Wumplin · 2021-04-08T02:40:17+00:00

Im too cheap yo buy food, so right now the fridge is empty. I have money I just don't like wasting it... Maybe try that?

123junkman · 2021-04-10T06:10:43+00:00

Grey sheet, google it. It works.

Title	Overcoming addiction
Author	calvintown8988
Upvotes	10
Comments	22
Date	April 7, 2021 6:57 AM UTC (5 years ago)
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