What Makes You GAIN Weight? Part 2

Erratic Overeating!  Or, Compulsive Overeating involves out-of-control eating, usually in secret, and without purging afterward.

How to know if you are an erratic overeater:

- Always on or off diets
- Always going on a diet tomorrow
- Feel that life will begin when reach target weight
- Can never maintain weight loss
- Large weight gains
- Eating alone and in secret
- Hiding wrappers
- Weight gain while appearing to eat very sensibly
- Skipping meals
- Erratic eating habits
- Depression and moodiness
- Food disappearing and denying any knowledge of where it has gone

To combat compulsive overeating, eat on a schedule.  Not only will it help regulate your metabolism, but it will help to prevent starvation.  Starvation ALWAYS leads to excessive hunger which usually leads to erratic overeating.  This cycle can lead to the development of an eating disorder and the physical and emotional consequences that result such as obesity and overweight, shame and embarrassment.  The best way to defeat erratic eating is to eat smaller portions throughout the day-on a schedule-to avoid gorging your food all at once.  

If your eating has become compulsive and you cannot control it, you need PROFESSIONAL HELP and prayer.  Please consider a 12 step program such as:  http://www.oe.org or contact me, your coach, for further assistance.