COMFORT EATING

Here are posts from kids, who say they eat because they are sad, bored, stressed, lonely, depressed, angry, nervous, frustrated, or even when they feel happy. Some say they feel they are 'addicted' to foods. Here are three articles on comfort eating - 1, 2, 3 - and four videos:

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From sarah, Age 13 - 11/03/03 - IP#: 205.128.7.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'5", Start: 230 lb, Today: 224 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 170 lb - hey everyone!! my name is sarah. i weigh 224lbs. im 5'5". and my doctor told me to lose about 25-35lbs in the next 2 months. does anyone have any ideas that could help me lose weight. i eat constantly, even when im not hungry. i used to weigh 230lbs. i have lost about 6lbs. i want to be done to about 170lbs by the end of december or by the first of january. when i go to school everyone makes fun of me because i am so fat. most of my friends weigh about 130lbs. it would really help me if u all would help me and give me some ideas on how to lose the wieght and keep it off for good!
Reply from anne, Age 16 - 11/04/03  - IP#: 216.66.108.xxx
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From Christine, Age 17 - 11/02/03 - IP#: 81.131.113.xxx  Click here to reply  
Start: 190 lb, Today: 250 lb, Goal: 150 lb - I feel so fat!Over the past few months i've managed to gain 60 pounds and now i'm 250 pounds again, i really wanna reach 150 but i just cant stop eating, my belly is huge and my clothes are really tight, my wide hips and big bum are really noticable and peeps keep calling me names, all the guys think i'm fat and ugly but those who are intrested in me are only interested in my chest!Please save me from this hellish life!
Reply from Arianna, Age 15 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 12.250.233.xxx
Reply from Aida, Age 20 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 66.185.84.xxx

From KERRY, Age 14 - 11/01/03 - IP#: 195.92.168.xxx  Click here to reply  
Today: 417 lb - HI MY NAMES KERRY AND I'M 14 I WEIGH 417LBS WHICH I KNOW IS HUGE!! I FEEL REALLY DOWN ABOUT MY WEIGHT BUT THE TRUTH IS I LOVE FOOD AND EATING AND CANT STOP. I FIND IT EXTREMELY HARD TO STICK TO A DIET. MY FAMILY ALSO MAKE IT HARDER FOR ME BECAUSE WEN I'M ON THE DIET THEY GO OUT TO EAT AT MCDONALDS AND ALL U CAN EAT CHINESSE BUFFETS. ALL OF MY FAMILY ARE LARGE EXCEPT MY OLDER SISTER WHO IS 16 AND HAD A GREAT FIGURE WHICH MAKES ME HATING HER WHICH I NO I SHOULDNT BUT SHE HAS ALWAYS GOT THE GREAT BOYFRIENDS AND IS A CHEERLEADER WHICH MAKES ME DEPRESSED COZ MY FAMILY ALWAYS MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT ME NOT HAVING A BOYFRIEND. I AM 14 AND NEVER HAD A BOYFRIEND I THINK THAT I AM A GREAT PERSON BUT BOYS CANNOT SEE BEYOND MY WEIGHT. I HAVENT KISSED A BOY WHICH MAKES ME THNK THAT I AM A FREAK!! I IT A TREDMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FOOD A AND SNACK ALL THE TIME. I GAIN AROUND 7LBS A WEEK. AND AM... (view more)
Reply from bridget, Age 11 - 11/15/03  - IP#: 67.24.124.xxx
Reply from Cherry to anonomous, Age 15 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 209.179.168.xxx
Reply from luvliest 1 out thur, Age 15 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 63.189.0.xxx
Reply from kiki, Age 15 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx
Reply from anonomous, Age 13 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 67.64.253.xxx
Reply from andrew, Age 14 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 24.147.252.xxx
Reply from IN REPLY TO ANONOMOUS, Age 15 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 209.179.168.xxx
Reply from Cherry, Age 15 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 209.179.168.xxx
Reply from anne, Age 16 - 11/02/03  - IP#: 216.66.108.xxx
Reply from Cherry, Age 15 - 11/01/03  - IP#: 209.179.168.xxx
Reply from Anonomous Z, Age 13 - 11/01/03  - IP#: 67.65.87.xxx
Reply from chellie to>what?, Age 14 - 11/01/03  - IP#: 68.166.172.xxx
Reply from chellie, Age 14 - 11/01/03  - IP#: 68.166.172.xxx
Reply from Tricia, Age 17 - 11/01/03  - IP#: 66.119.33.xxx

From Erin, Age 17 - 10/25/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx  Click here to reply  
Today: 225 lb, Goal: 150 lb - hello everyone, I am new to this whole blubberbusters thing. I think it's cool that I've finally found a place where I can talk to other overweight teens and find out information! I weigh 225lbs, and hope to get down to atleast 150, but I'll work at it. I was just in near death car accident, and realized that I need to change my life. How ever, I have been depressed, because my car was my life so I've been eating so much lately and not doign a thing to lose any of the weight. In the past week I gained 8 lbs! I would love to talk to all of you to get much needed motivation. If anyone has any deit or exercise tips lemme know! I hope to talk to you all very soon, thanks 3 Erin
Reply from Veronica, Age 17 - 10/25/03  - IP#: 67.65.137.xxx
Reply from Renee, Age 18 - 10/25/03  - IP#: 146.82.213.xxx

From Olivia, Age 14 - 10/21/03 - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx  Click here to reply  
Is there an eating disorder for people who cant stop eating or always has to eat? Id really like to know. Im a very strong willd person and im not really one to let things stand in my way, but i've been heavy all my life and i've been on so many diets, its like when someone tells me im fat, i find something to eat, Im so tired of being fat, im scared to get on another diet cause i know when someone says something to me ill be off it and i cant take letting myself down any more! I really need help!!
Reply from *determined*, Age 15 - 10/22/03  - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx
Reply from manda, Age 15 - 10/22/03  - IP#: 172.159.32.xxx
Reply from mia, Age 20 - 10/22/03  - IP#: 66.203.195.xxx
Reply from henry, Age 14 - 10/21/03  - IP#: 209.245.165.xxx
Reply from Allie, Age 14 - 10/21/03  - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx
Reply from Rachel, Age 17 - 10/21/03  - IP#: 66.185.84.xxx

From mizmissouri, Age 14 - 10/21/03 - IP#: 67.67.114.xxx  Click here to reply  
hey! is anyone on here on a low (or no) carb diet? if so is it working for you? i need a diet bad, i've just been on a "see-food" diet. LOL please HELP!
Reply from mizmissouri, Age 14 - 10/23/03  - IP#: 67.67.114.xxx
Reply from chleo, Age 14 - 10/22/03  - IP#: 129.37.162.xxx
Reply from Olivia, Age 14 - 10/21/03  - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx

From Olivia, Age 14 - 10/20/03 - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'5", Today: 210 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - Hey you all, im 5"5 and 210 im a cow, my mom gets on me and every day she reminds me how fat i am which i think makes me go to food for my comfort(she dont mean anything by it though). Ive been fat all my life and i want to cange. Out of my parents and my 3 brothers im the fatest. I know im an ?embarsement? tom my whole family but mostly my older brother. I hate being fat i hate mysself and feeling this way makes me hate everyone around me. If anyone knows and really good diets that maybe daont cost alot of money please let me know! Thanks alot.
Reply from Arianna, Age 15 - 10/20/03  - IP#: 12.250.233.xxx
Reply from anne, Age 16 - 10/20/03  - IP#: 216.66.108.xxx

From Christina, Age 14 - 10/14/03 - IP#: 67.73.141.xxx  Click here to reply  
i have a problem staying in my diet and exercise program. The most I have stayed with any diet, is one week. Then i get discouraged and say tommrow I will start again, but I never do! please help! i have an emotional eating problem and im very lazy!
Reply from shelby, Age 13 - 10/14/03  - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx

From GEORGiAKiSS, Age 15 - 10/12/03 - IP#: 216.78.45.xxx  Click here to reply  
ANYBODY HAVE ANY SOLUTiONS FOR EMOTiONAL EATiNG HABiTS?iF YOU DO,PLEASE POST.i WOULD REALLY APPRECiATE iT.*GEORGiAKiSS*
Reply from henry, Age 14 - 10/12/03  - IP#: 67.75.200.xxx
Reply from Aida, Age 20 - 10/12/03  - IP#: 66.185.84.xxx
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From Hanz, Age 14 - 10/07/03 - IP#: 65.69.84.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'8", Today: 230 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 170 lb - Ok,i am a size 16 pants, 5 8', and weigh 230 lbs...does anyone have any diet-exercise ideas i am mainly targeting the stomach and thighs. i have exercises i do, sit-ups leglifts, and jumping jacks, but i need a diet i eat alot! when i'm bored, stressed, and whatever other reason you can think of and when i eat because i'm bored ii eat stuff like chocolate frosting, brownies, smores all that kind of stuff and i know i shouldn't! i am a REALLY BAD eater! IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS PLEASE HELP! my goal is to weigh 170.
Reply from anne, Age 16 - 10/07/03  - IP#: 216.66.108.xxx

From Hanne, Age 14 - 09/30/03 - IP#: 68.90.78.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'7", Today: 224 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - Hey guys i need advice please on a good diet! i have been stress eating all day today because one of my animals died this morning. :( PLEASE SOMEONE WITH DIET ADVICE I WEIGH 224 AND I AM 5 7' age 14!
Reply from kelcey, Age 13 - 10/01/03  - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx
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From Hanne, Age 14 - 09/29/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx  Click here to reply  
hey thanks alot Brooke! do u have an e-mail? i could use all the help i can get, but does that soda thing also apply to diet? ( i am addicted to the stuff!)
Reply from Brooke, Age 13 - 09/30/03  - IP#: 65.100.225.xxx
Reply from sam, Age 14 - 09/29/03  - IP#: 129.37.165.xxx

From andrew, Age 13 - 09/23/03 - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx  Click here to reply  
Today: 210 lb - I dont know what happened. Over the summer i was bored and i snacked a lot. I weigh 210lbs now! I came back to school and it seemed everyone in my class lost weight. I was the only one who got a lot fatter. Everyone keeps making fun of me and one kid told a teacher to see how fat i was and kept pocking my stomach. My swimming program was canceled this year and that was my activity. Ive noticed i get out of breath by just climbing the stairs and that my appetite has gotten bigger. I eat a meal almost inbetween meals. I cant stop my cravings. Please help in need advice despratly!
Reply from Rose, Age 18 - 01/05/05  - IP#: 69.119.76.xxx
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From Emily, Age 13 - 09/18/03 - IP#: 166.70.52.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'9", Today: 199 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - Last summer (2002), I was 5'7'' and weighed 135, that was the summer my dad died. In the last year I have gone through what my Doctor calls "depressional Weight gain" I am now 5'9'' and weigh 199! Im doing weight watchers, but I really want someone to talk to like a diet buddy. Also if anyone knows anything that could help me it would be greatly appreciated thanks! Email me at Emmers9025@aol.com my aim SN is ticklemepink4625! thanks

From cassie, Age 15 - 08/29/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx  Click here to reply  
okay im like 100 pound overweight i cant stop dreaming about begin skinny or just good lokking there are so many times i wish i could look like the models and just get so mad!plus i love food i never know when to stop eating! all my friends are thin and i just feel like i cant acomplish anything untill i lose the weight there are so many times when i want to stare myself or something, it would mean so much if i could talk to someone who knows where im coming from!
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