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Overeating

ReneCox

By ReneCox
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I have a tendency to overeat emotionally. On days my stomach feels good, I eat normally, but sometimes, on days when I already feel bloated and miserable, I'm like, screw it, this diet isn't helping...I don't care anymore..I already feel like crap... and I overeat...It's all gluten free healthy food. usually, bananas, apples, and sometimes nuts or even carrots.(I'm on the SCD) I know that sounds crazy...who would want to overeat that stuff. But I guess that's how I try to handle things emotionally. Or sometimes, If I know I am going out later, I'm scared to eat anything at all. Did anyone else ever experience something like this or am I just crazy? Any recomendations on how to help myself find a balance? any replies would be greatly appreciated.

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I understand where you are coming from. Most people loose weight before the go gluten-free, I gained ( as If I need more weight). I was once told that for some their brain can either misinterpet stomach pain for hunger, or we misinterpet the brains signals as hunger. This usually happens in people with eating issues. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I seem to do that. My husband was dreading the gluten-free diet, because if I can't eat, I emotionaly shop :P . Thank goodness for ice cream.

Back to serious stuff, if you gluten free and are still having bloting, could you have other food issues too?

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I have a tendency to overeat emotionally. On days my stomach feels good, I eat normally, but sometimes, on days when I already feel bloated and miserable, I'm like, screw it, this diet isn't helping...I don't care anymore..I already feel like crap... and I overeat...It's all gluten free healthy food. usually, bananas, apples, and sometimes nuts or even carrots.(I'm on the SCD) I know that sounds crazy...who would want to overeat that stuff. But I guess that's how I try to handle things emotionally. Or sometimes, If I know I am going out later, I'm scared to eat anything at all. Did anyone else ever experience something like this or am I just crazy? Any recomendations on how to help myself find a balance? any replies would be greatly appreciated.

Hm, well, I have a tendency to overeat emotionally, too. In fact, I don't know if it's just OCD in general, or if it's related to never getting enough from the food I ate when I was young, but I'm capable of overeating anything. Mostly, though it's sugary stuff that is gluten-free.

(sidenote: I just learned M&M's are gluten-free! Why on earth would anyone post such irresponsible information. Now I'm doomed! :-)

However, I haven't gotten any bloating since going gluten-free, except for times when I was glutened accidentally. Is there any chance that you still have other members of the family contaminating kitchen implements? Still using the wrong mustard, etc? It took me two years to really get gluten free.

Hope this helps.

Josh.

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I do the exact same thing, especially on weekends, on recent weekends with the winter weather here, John and I hibernate in the house and I eat all gluten free stuff, but junky food. I need to change my habits, so during the week I have been focusing on trying to improve things but come friday I fall off the wagon.

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thanks for the answers! I am gluten free for sure as far as the food I eat. I basically only eat fish, chicken, veggies, and fruits. I haven't noticed much improvement in the bloating in the two months I've been on the diet. I do not know if I am just taking time to heal or If i am constantly getting cc from my job. I am a waitress at a seafood restaurant and am constantly in contact with gluten. There is flour all over the place and In the air. I never eat anything but this is the only thing that I think could be the problem. I think all my cosmetics and shampoos are gluten-free...anyone know if maxfactor whipped cream foundation is? The company never wrote me back..but I don't see anything in the ingredients that looks like gluten. I'm so frusturated with this whole thing...I've eliminated so many foods and still feel bloated all the time...The C alternating with D is gone and for the first tiem in my life I have normal looking BM's but besides that I still feel like crap...sorry for rambling!

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