OK so here's the thing and if anyone can help me to understand this i would be most grateful.
I do all my eating at work. From the moment i leave the house in the morning until the moment i leave my work building at night i cannot stop eating. As soon as i return home and also all through the weekend, I am able to subsist on three meals a day. But at work i am hungry hungry hungry all throughout the day.
And i know i'm not actually hungry, because most of the time my stomach is uncomfortably stretched from all the eating and i have relux acid and cramps and everything, but still, so long as i am in front of my computer at work i cannot stop eating.
Stomach pains, nausea, acid, cramps, none of these things will stop me from eating all day long so long as i am at the office.
For many years now, i have deliberately made myself late for work (the last four jobs), as every minute spent not in the office is minute of NOT eating and therefore calories saved. I'm now thinking of quitting my job, just so as to lose weight.
Why is that??? Heeeeeeeeeeelp.
I can't say for sure as I am not a professional. However, it seems like there is some sort of stressor behind the scenes.
Do you feel inadequate at what you are doing? Do you feel that you need the approval of your co-workers? Does your work depress you? Did something happen at a previous job where you noticed that you started to do this? What is it you feel when you eat? What is it you feel when you don't eat? What happens if you have a decent breakfast and then head into work? Has there ever been a time when this wasn't true when you went to work?
Did this practice of binge eating happen to start in college?
I love my job. The only thing i can think of is that i don't like having to be at work every day from a certain time until a certain time.
Also no matter how much we love our jobs, there will always be boring aspects, sigh, and these are most certainly the trigger points.
In conclusion, if you want to lose weight quit your job for a time :)
MAxine xx
Maxine ... what happens if you don't eat? Do your co-workers run for cover?
Have you ever looked at this like an addiction, such as smoking cigarettes? Smoking creates both a physical and psychological need.
Instead of picking up a candy bar (physical need) try doing something else with your fingers/hands.
Instead of thinking of food (mental need) try to think of things that make you happy. Allow your thoughts to go somewhere else.
i would agree with luvs try and work on doing something else slowly instead of eating. some of the time maybe drink water, some of the time write down what you feel the minute you feel it on a sticky pad, there are so many techniques that you can use. i am currently undergoing dbt techniques (which is all about mindfulness) with my therapist and that's been wonderful. but i had to stop the binging at all costs because it was almost costing me my life.