Emotional Eating Sucks!

I choose to not drink/smoke/do drugs... when I'm stressed/overwhelmed/anxious/sad-I can't stop myself from eating (and eating, and eating, and eating).

You've chosen the least of several evils to deal with anxiety. It's your way of comforting yourself for the lack of love in your life.

If you didn't get the love you needed while growing up, you need to be able to find that love in yourself. I recommend that instead of being upset about over-eating, you acknowledge your vulnerability (which you've done here), accept yourself the way you are, and begin to affirm all your good qualities. When you love yourself you'll have no trouble making the right decisions for your body.

It seems eating let you not to think about things that make you down.It's great that you've chosen a healthier way to calm yourself. But if it annoys you too much replace it with some physical movements , and it would be possible to do it just by practicing !

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Psychologist

This over eating and drinking is not at all good for your body,this will not keep you fit ever you should eat healthy fruits and vegetables this will totally help you being fit.

I understand you perfectly because I have the same problem. I realized that not having junk food at home is a start. Also, promise yourself not to give in to compulsions, and when they come, get out of the house or even if you are elsewhere stop what you're doing and find a distraction...like take a drive in your car or start calling a list of friends to meet for coffee, run an errand, go see a movie etc etc... Distraction is the key here.

It really does

I deal with this daily

This is absolutely normal and most people face this issue.
I have Italian genes which doesnt help with my weight situation, as well as medical but my eating habits do not help.
I think your best option is to replace food with a hobby of some sort. Why not trying a book, knitting, a walk or even cleaning.
Chewing gum is also a helpful method considering you are chewing on something but no consuming food.

My last bit of advice I found incredibly helpful, if you brush your teeth after a meal, the minty taste in your mouth helps to reduce cravings for snacking..

Hope this helps!

A very old remedy for this kind of overeating is to eat very slowly. Chew everything at least 30 times. Sounds simple but worked for me when I had this problem!

Maybe you are depresses, and your way of conquering it is through eating.

It does! The technique is to stay away from food. It is your choice on how you will do it. You can lock down your pantry, food cabinets, and avoid restaurants. Also, focus the energy on other things such as exercise.

Indeed.

I know exactly how you feel. I just posted something about dealing with this issue too. I am just like you, I don't drink, smoke, or use any type of drugs, but the food is like the devil that is over me all the time. I am very determined in everything else in my life and I achieve what I set up for myself as a goal, but loosing weight and stop over eating is stronger than me. I feel like a looser every time I look at myself in the mirror.

The obvious is that people over-eat when they are stressed and anxious etc., but they don’t understand why. It seems to help deal with the stress.. true but why?
The answer is in the biology.

The part of the nervous system that aids digestion is the same one (the parasympathetic nervous system PNS) that helps bring the body back to rest. So if a person eats something they will trigger their digestive system to begin working. If they eat something greasy then so much the better because fats are digested late in the process and here too the PNS facilitates the release of bile for fat digestion to take place. Thus by eating something greasy you will maintain a higher and longer PNS tone. That means that while your body is busy digesting food it is also close to rest and that brings release from stress. The down side of course is overweight. It is better to deal with the problem at the source.

Stress does not arise out of the blue by itself. There are others involved. These others are closely related to you and they are toxic. They may be family members, false friends, who appear good to keep you on a line, or they could be work associates. They all have their own agenda. The means involves mental suggestions, which means some of the thoughts that you think you are having are really suggestions and nothing more. Keep a log, discover what these thoughts are and throw them away for they are rubbish. Then you won’t get stressed. You need to work out who these people are and get them out of your life because toxic relationships are seriously harmful if you are not aware of them and the means of foul play but even when you do know they are a hassle you don’t need in your life.