How can I stop eating so much?

Sometimes when one is hungry it can be sated with a glass of clean water. When I diet I end up binge eating to compensate. I eat what makes me happy without going overboard. I would end up eating beef and broccoli all the time If I had my way. I’m 6 foot 5 inches and 250lbs.

Your BMI is 21.8 that is within range and NOT fat.

That doesn’t sounds like too much weight unless you feel you are carrying too much.

what would you consider to be your optimum weight?

I think it would be a good weight to be if it weren’t for my belly fat.

You know the remedy is to get out there and burn it off. You’re young. You can bring your metabolism up quickly through exercise. How about some situps?

Drink a big glass of water before each meal.

Come back to us and ask again when you are 140. Not sure how old you are, but 123 is considered thin. You know that, and we know that.

Please don’t be (or become) one of those girls who obsess about weight that they don’t have, because it sounds “cute” to talk about being fat, so that everyone tells them they aren’t fat.

I wish they had an eye roll emoji.

I don’t mean to sound flippant, or to hurt your feelings, but women are meant to have a certain amount of weight to be considered healthy. You are talking about being super thin, and then complaining about it.

Learn to look at yourself and others realistically, and disregard the fashion magazines which are based on some sort of sick idealism that most healthy human beings cannot achieve, and should not achieve.

You are young. Get your head out of the idealized “Hollywood” idea of perfection. It doesn’t exist. Most of that shit is photoshopped into oblivion.

Learn about nutrition (not numbers) and learn about healthy behaviors. Learn it now, rather than later, when you become middle aged and have to figure out what went wrong.

Learn about healthy foods (not diet foods, not fads) and make healthy eating a part of your everyday life. Make exercise and movement a regular part of your every day life, not something that you throw in when you feel “fat”. And don’t become obsessed. No one likes being around someone who is obsessed. Everyone likes people who are thoughtful, and smart, who take care of themselves, without following fads.

Be healthy in mind and body.

If you don’t know what healthy eating entails, ask a question about that.

I also want to add that denying oneself delicious food is a torture that is meant only for the mean people in this world. Eat what you like. Don’t eat mountains of it, eat some of it. Enjoy what you eat, and don’t ever feel guilty about enjoying the pleasures of good food.

The same way a alcoholic or a heroin addict does. Good ol’ American willpower. Be the strength.

Some people eat when sedentary, or bored. What about chewing gum?

I fidget a lot. I have bad ADHD. The gum helps me feel like I’m doing something. It’s good for my teeth, but bad for my TMJ. I try to eat very light, when working, as I may have to fight several people. Gum helps. I also eat a couple almonds, every couple hours…

I like @kritiper ‘s response. It may help too….

Another help, would be eating slower. The faster you eat, the slower your body realizes it’s full.

Remember quantities too. Your protein should be no bigger than the size if your fist. For example…

Substituting brown rice, for your starch, is a good play as well. They sell some single servings in steamable, frozen packages nowadays. It’s not bad…

Eat foods with fiber – fruits and vegetables. Eat whole grain bread and whole grain rice. The fiber will help you feel full without adding calories. Avoid foods that are dense with calories – foods with lots of sugar or high fat content.

I had a boss who liked to snack on baby carrots. Me, I found that two or three roasted almonds could quench my hunger for a few hours.

Go big on veggies and pretty much eliminate sugar. I eat a big bowl of quinoa at lunch that is both filling, healthy and low-calorie. I won’t feel the need to eat until dinner. A bag of baby carrots does not work for me but the quinoa does. Find what works for you but do eat a balanced diet. At your weight you are healthy so this seems like a body image issue. Cutting out junk food and getting on a reasonable exercise plan will not only make you look healthier but you will be healthier and you’ll feel it too. Aside from that you will never look “perfect” and that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone comes to terms with that at some point in their life but the earlier the better.

So I weighed myself again because I was going off an old weight. I weight 146 pounds. which is 25,9 BMI and overweight

How did you go from 123 to 146 in a week?

I’m confused?

You were initially reading a chart that said 123 is overweight, which didn’t make any sense. Now you weigh 146? That doesn’t make any sense.

Did years pass between weighing yourself?

Depending on your height and age, 146 is pretty normal. How old are you, and how tall are you? Did this weight get put on over weeks, or years?

I am in my mid 50’s. At one point I was 140. Then over the course of 4 to 6 months I was able to lose 20 pounds, and keep it off by changing the amount of food I ate. No will power required, you just change the amount you put on your plate and eat. And exercise (no gym membership required).

I switched up, or rather down, the amount I ate, to ½ or ⅓ of the amount of whatever I ate. You cut things up to make those smaller portions. You bring tupperware containers and a cooler everywhere you eat out. You plan your meals, and meal sizes out in advance, for work and school. You don’t eat desserts anywhere, except a teeny tiny bite at Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate. At peoples’s homes, you do the ½ or ⅓ rule, and never accept dessert, even if you have to tell a white lie that you don’t care for sweets. You substitute carrots and celery for cheese, and you don’t buy (or eat otjer people’s) cheese, or sweets, ever. No willpower required. You just do it, like going to the bathroom or brushing your teeth.

You get used to it. Then you look upon junk food as junk that you don’t eat, any more than you would eat a couch or a tree.

And you take at least a women’s formula multicitamin wvery day, and calcium plus D. And drink lots of water, and pretty much nothing else except plain, unsweetened tea. I haven’t put sugar in my tea simce 1970.

Oh, and exercise every day without a gym. Start slowly and with very low reps, do that for 2 or 3 months until you can double the amount, then after another 3 or 4 months double that amount.

Do push ups (start with 1, progress to 5 when you can, progress to 10 when you can, then do 10 twice a day). This might take you 6 months or a year if you’ve never had an exercise routine. Do it every day, preferably at the same time. Get into a rhthym.

Do stair steps on your stairs or a step on your porch. Do 10 steps up and down one stair starting with your right leg, then 10 steps up and down one stair starting with your left leg. Do this every day at the same time fir about 2 or 3 months, then add 10 more steps to each side, every 2 or 3 months, or longer if uou need to keep the number of reps lower, until you get up to 80 or 100 up and down steps on both sides.

Also do leg lifts. Position your legs about a foot apart, with your feet pointing slightly outward. Then lift one of your legs so that your thigh raises up to 90 degree angle to your hips, and your knee is bent so the part of you leg below the knee is facing downward like normal. You will feel the muscle in your thigh when you lift your leg. Start with 5 reps on each leg, every day for about 2 months, then double the amount for another 2 months until you get up to being able to do 40.

For your stomach muscles, stand up straight. Place your finger tips on your stomach, then clench and release your stomach muscles. Push slightly against your stomach muscles so that you can feel them tighten up each time, so you get used to what it should feel like. Start with 20 stomach clenches each day. Double he amount in 2 to 3 months, working up to 50 per day.

Eat less, exercise daily. No gym required.

@Kardamom No, I said in my answer that I was going off a weight from a few months ago

I weighed myself last night and I 146. A few months ago (like 2 or 3) I was 123

@SergeantQueen, you should get a full physical from your primary care physician before you start a diet or exercise plan.

23 pounds seems like a lot of weight to gain in 2 or 3 months. You should tell your doctor about this weight gain. You should also mention all of the stress that you are under. I’m guessing that is the underlying problem.

I think so as well. Thank you @Kardamom I will ask about getting a doctors appointment

@SergeantQeen. That’s a good idea. Let us know how that goes, and what they suggest. We can help you with whatever needs to be done next : )