Comfort eater

[69chelly]

Hi, new to the group, comfort eater due to a bad 18yr marriage, now just comfort eat for the sake of it and need to stop, don't need to do it as am in a happy relationship now, have 3st at least to lose, any suggestions welcome as how to stop the comfort eating xx

[Minniewinny 5 stone Maintainer]

Great to have you join us 69chelly

I sympathise, I learnt to comfort eat in 2003, it can only be sheer self control and self determination- unless anyone else has a different experience!

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I'd like to invite you to join our Newbie Club, which we trust will be a good place for you to connect with other members, who like you are also just starting out on this forum. Please post a few words to introduce yourself and respond to others there, you'll soon realise the encouragement and support this forum offers.

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Cheering you on to reach your goals 🎉🎉🎉

[Ceals]

Welcome 69chelly this is definitely the place for support and inspiration.

Do come on regularly to make use of the support, join in conversations and get to know people.

I would say make food your friend and not your enemy, above all enjoy your journey.

[69chelly in reply to Ceals]

Thankyou ceals for the nice message and I look forward to being part of the group xx

[Ceals in reply to 69chelly]

It is such a great group to be part of. I have received so much support.

[ArctoLindy]

I was a comfort eater too. These days I like to make an effort to make my food look attractive and really enjoy my food. I don't watch television when I eat. I put lots of colour into my food with a variety of vegetables. I focus on what I'm eating and take time to savour it - I'm very short-sighted and wear glasses for distance so I even take my glasses off to eat so I can see my food clearly - of course it means everything else is blurry but at least I can't see the pile of washing up until after I've eaten 😂😂😂