WHY DO YOU EAT?

Do you eat because you are... hungry- physically or emotionally tired bored lonely frustrated anxious scared excited happy ? You SHOULD eat because... Your body needs fuel I've been thinking about this since someone posted about 'eating for fuel' on another board. Any thoughts? Tammy

hey tammy, I do get hungry.. so I do eat becuase of physical hunger. usualy around 10 am, 3pm and 7pm that's on a day that I have NOT grazed all day.. which to be honest is more days than not.. (grazing that is) my trigger emotions for grazing are bored and lonely. but frustrated, anxious, (depending on how that emotion is being felt - vs +) and scared are right up there.. excited and happy?? for a whole day? too few and far between other wise hunger wouldn't even play into it.. never hungry with those 2 emotions.. i realized I was an emotional eater as a post op... never understood or cared pre-op... too bad huh? Theresa

I ate for comfort I think. And boredom and depression. At times when I was highly stressed, I'd binge on ice cream products. Now, I don't really want to eat...it's a struggle. I made homemade stew last night and thought all along that it sounded good and actually enjoyed making it but when I actually sat down to eat it, it just wasn't appetizing. I know it must've been good because everyone else love it. That brings up another question I've wanted to post..so I'll do so after I send this off. Michele

Michele- You bring up a Very good point...you are NOT hungry, but you should still eat for fuel. I hadn't thought about it that way. I've been trying to 'eat for fuel' but its SO easy to forget. It seems to slip my mind until right After I've eaten something I don't need to (like going to izzy's last night). Theresa- One thing that makes us overweight is eating because we are hungry. Just because you are physically hungry doesn't necessarily mean your body needs fuel. We already know that our brains are messed up when it comes to food/hunger/eating. If they weren't, no one would need WLS. I notice that I get REALLY hungry after I eat, which doesn't make sense to me. That may be why we 'graze', because somehow we are trying to prevent getting hungry? I still binge on sugar unless I eat NO sweets at all. The slightest bit just throws me right back into being completely unable to control it. I guess that's similar to emotional eating, but I don't eat because I am happy/sad/angry etc. anymore. Doesn't make sense. Tammy