Overeating Quotes

“Self-control”

“Self discipline”

“... ultimately it's up to you and you alone what goes in your mouth.”

“overeating”

“Wikipedia: Overeating”

“Question: How did you get fat?

Answer: One bite at a time!”

“I can't tell you what to eat, I can't tell you what to change, because you have to decide for yourself what you want.”

“It can be a very big step to say 'no thanks' when something's offered, or to order salad while your friends have pizza.”

“... make dealing with your addictive eating your main goal. This requires a change in your thinking, ...”

“Instead of thinking of food as either 'allowed' or 'forbidden', think in terms of choices you make either to enhance your health or impair it.”

“Don't tell me you can't imagine yourself not eating chocolate, cakes, crisps, cheese, or whatever else you put in your mouth when you are not hungry, because I don't buy it.”

“You must become more aware of just how much you eat - even 'healthy' calories will make you fat if you eat too many of them. You must use your own common sense and intelligence here.”

“Everyone who lives with an eating-disordered person must face the issue of what kind and how much food to keep in the house. Yet there is enormous confusion about the "right" solution.”

“The goal of treatment should not be merely to stop the behavior, but to understand how and why the person has used food to attempt to meet developmental and emotional needs.”

“And that's precisely where the magic happens: when we own our problems and recognise that we are the source of the solutions. Especially when it comes to eating, because that can be so completely within our control.”

“If you call your overeating 'comfort eating', start to think of it as 'addictive eating'. Calling it 'comforting' focuses on the perceived benefit only, which is how you justify it. It's more honest to call it 'addictive eating'.”

“If you want a reason to keep overeating, you'll always be able to find one. Alternatively, you could make some different decisions about one thing you have complete choice about: what and how much you eat.”

“Unless the reasons underlying disturbed eating are understood and addressed, the eating-disordered person […] will remain vulnerable to maintaining disordered food rituals when faced with difficult times or distressing internal experiences.”

“Overeating and making your body fat is a clear case of self-harming. Every time you overeat or drink high-calorie junk, especially when you don't need food for energy (i.e. when you are already satisfied) you are deliberately harming yourself.”

“I am keenly aware of my addictive thinking, and I believe it is nothing but this awareness that gives me the ability to stay in control of my eating. This approach, which I'll explain to you in this book, is all I'll ever use or need.”