How to Stop Binge Eating, Stop Overeating

Compulsive overeaters ask themselves how to stop binge eating (stop overeating), often with no workable answer. Binge eating disorder help and support is available though, and it is possible to stop overeating. For compulsive overeaters, food becomes like their drug and, like any drug addiction, this one can be stopped. Compulsive overeating is challenging to treat, however, because you need to eat food to live.

Stop Binge Eating By Learning to Eat Healthily

One way to stop binge eating is to focus on eating healthy meals in a healthy way. Help for binge eating often includes a dietician and they can help put the focus on nutrition and health to stop overeating. Healthy eating includes eating balanced meals and making sure the diet includes all the necessary vitamins and minerals to reduce cravings and stop binge eating. To stop overeating, the binge eater needs to focus on transforming their relationship with food by focusing on nutrition and finding new ways to handle their emotions.

Tips to Stop Overeating

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, "portion control" is an important method to overcoming the habitual pitfalls of overeating.

Here are eight key tips and tricks to stop overeating in its tracks:¹

• Stick to your binge eating treatment plan. Don't skip therapy or medical appointments and don't let a setback keep you from your goal to stop binge eating.
• Stop dieting. Restricting foods, calories, fat or carbs can create an urge to binge eat. In order to stop overeating, focus on proper nutrition and not labeling a food as either "good" or "bad".
• Eat breakfast. Skipping breakfast often leads to overeating later on in the day. A healthy breakfast can stop binge eating urges and kick your metabolism up first thing in the morning. Studies show those who eat breakfast are thinner than those who don't.
• Avoid temptation. Binge eaters like to stockpile and hide foods, so they can secretly binge later. Stop binge eating by cleaning out these stashes and not having these temptations around.
• Exercise. Exercise is a healthy way to lose weight. Exercise increases your metabolism and your muscle mass while decreasing stress and depression.
• Find ways to de-stress. Learning ways to remove stress and positive ways to deal with stress help stop overeating by reducing triggers to binge eat.
• Attend Overeaters Anonymous (or similar) meetings. Ongoing support from others who also battle overeating can help both parties stop binge eating and get on a healthy diet plan in the future.
• Know who to call when you feel like bingeing. Help for binge eating needs to include a social network of support. Know what to do if the urge to binge becomes too powerful.

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