BOTT Question: How do you avoid emotional eating?

This is very preliminary because I'm not anywhere near expert but right now I'm avoiding emotional eating by learning to eat 3 meals and one bedtime snack. Since I have a pouch I'm following the pouch rules with it.Sometimes my breakfast is only coffee with half and half but it's still breakfast. Pouchie doesn't care for morning, lol. I have an eating disorder so eating in a routine is a big deal for me to accomplish.

Could you fool yourself with the nighttime eating and have something you really like but mainly protein?  Maybe it's a blood sugar merry go round you are on. More carbs will cause cravings for carbs etc.

Hello everyone,

I come and go, mostly reading and absorbing to learn what is posted. I am an emotional eater and a night eater. I sleep walk and one of the stupid things I end up doing in my sleep is eating. So it is almost like my Mother and Husband now have to join in on the foods I have to eat to BOTT. It is shameful, This is the first time other then a few trusted people besides my mother, husband, couple of others and of course medical drs. who knows. The more emotional, upset, stressed I am the worse off I get.

I have seen my goal weight, and now I am 5 5 weighing in at about 200. This isn't acceptable to me. I have poor health, so right now the best exercise and emotional stress relief I get is walking, and grooming my service dog, my little shih Tzu Starr. And now I have finally ( since they are pretty much out dated ) have a WII, my husband I compete on there to try to out beat each others scores. This is another help to emotional eating. I am also praying my dietitian has me on the right post WLS diet that won't cause a carb addiction to over ride my will power. Have had this happening to me lately with the emotional eating. Gotta have that drug (candy bar ) in the evening. Last few nights I have been able to keep from it, husband isn't doing to good, but he is fighting it through with me, love that man.

I also try to focus on this

She (he) can who things she (he) can.

She (he) can't who thinks she (he) can't

My momma and others use to say, can't, can't and won't get anything done so leave that word out of your statements, and instead, say, I CAN try. I CAN GIVE it a try. or will try, ect.

and of course the biblical verse,

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Amen GOOD NIGHT

Just an idea since I have the night eating disorder myself, I keep on hand those high protein bars, low sugar, like the Atkins bars, quick, sweet, mostly All protein, but when you're eating it, if you find something that appeals to your onw taste, then there you have it, sweet, and protein. feeling as well if you get the meat replacement bars, just try to include them into your daily cal. count the day before or the next days. Hope this can help someone out there. Have a good Morning, Here on the west coast it's after 3am, and so I must go I will be back more, realizing my time spent here is a bit more important to my life then on fb, doesn't mean I won't go there, but just means I won't spend as much time there and more here so perhaps I can regain control over my life and this extra weight, knowing I am now alone, feels pretty good. Until tomorrow sometimes. I am outta here, night.

 I have the nighttime eating issues also so I really sympathize with those members with the same problem.  Haven't found anything that works yet but it's getting out of control.  I get up at least 3 times a night and eat anyting, usually carbs.  If I don't I lay awake for hours and think of things to   eat. I'd be at goal if I could control this.  Any suggestions??????