Hi, hope you're doing okay

[modern sonnet]

I'm 17 , after a long self-acceptance progress(that still continues) and a lot of mental breakdowns I've realized that the main reason of my lack of motivation were my bad eating habits, becuz I constally felt tired and sad. I feel like I'm trowing my life away with this bad eating habits and wanted to ask for some suggestions. How do I stop overeating? How do I leave the addiction that gets me to overeat?? How do I avoid the impulse of eating even when I don't need to or feel hungry??? Does anyone know of an activity that doesn't use most of my time that could help me??? I really wanna be able to fight this urge and win. I hate a lot of things about me and my behaviour when I overeat. Any help is of use, just need to know where to start. I know how to diet, what to buy and what not to buy, I know how to cook and organize my meals, etc, at this point is just a weak willpower and mental issue.

[wind swift]

Stick to a strict dieting plan. Be as strict about it as you can. If you feel like eating more, drink a bunch of water, do other activities to occupy your mind rather than thinking about being hungry.
Theres many ways to try to be happy. One of the most beneficial and rewarding ways is helping others. Simply giving up your time for others will not only take your mind off the feeling of being hungry but it will help you to be happy.

[oak blade]

lemme send u a source in dms u could find useful

[oak blade]

U can add mindfulness to that process and some structure. Noticing an urge => and instead of overeating developing a healthy coping behavior - preferably going somewhere where food isnt present and doing excercise, reading, drawing there etc. If you know how to organize your food, make some restrictions to your overall eating schedule - buy small amounts of food every day instead of buying too much and having unlimited acces. The beggining stage will be the hardest since there is a lot of withdrawal, from any activity that brings us too much reward there will be. The catch is that too much dopamine(reward) => numbing of the receptors => u dont feel joy from everyday things => depression, so its a very damaging cycle. Keeping a positive data log could help, where u doccument that if u persevere a bit => see some positive effects and doccument it => some motivation and actual reason to continue more.

[rigid osprey]

you said it you need more motivation go look at other people's transformations and try to envision yourself all the time being ripped asf or whatever kind of fantasy you have and keep working towards it, your self acceptance is really impressive and its a big step forward being able to admit your faults

[modern sonnet]

I've been neglecting spending time with my friends becuz of my mental health, maybe i took it too far away

[modern sonnet]

thank u very much

[modern sonnet]

I do try to keep myself busy, yeah I've also notice my mood swings are more constant when I overeat. Haven't really tried to document it yet because I hate the progress itself, but I guess I should confront and accept it