Overeating and Depressing results

I am guilty of overeating. If you are too than you might have an idea of how awful you can feel because of it. A good two weeks of binge eating can land me with insulin resistance. How I feel during this time is low blood sugar even though I just ate food. When I have low blood sugar my feet and hands tingle and I feel like I'm going to pass out. The worst of it is depression comes on hard.

Not everybody has issues like this, many do and overcoming the overeating may help overcome the bout of depression. Do we overeat because we are depressed or do we get depressed because we have been overeating? I think it is both.

As soon as the low blood sugar comes on I back off the calories. Chances are you don't count calories and have no clue how many you eat in a day. Eating less without counting calories leads to possibly not eating enough. Finding your middle ground is where the healing will begin.

Once I have things in check the symptoms start to gradually go away. The problems get worse as I age. I could get away with more when I was younger and I still had problems then, so youth isn't an excuse to overeat. I have to really keep an eye on this as I age because of the complications that come along.

Having a maximum calorie amount limit to live by is not a bad idea. The limit could be something that keeps you moving along, it doesn't have to be drastic like weight loss calorie counting. This is good health calorie counting. This will give you feedback to where you are and where your body wants to be. If 2000 calories a day for a month is doing you good than that is the range you want to keep your intake at. Keeping a small notepad in your pocket or purse will help you keep track throughout the day. This might help you to avoid snacking on various things through out the day, because you will hold yourself accountable for everything you eat or drink.

Sound like a pain? Do you want to get along with life and keep your head in check or do you want to be with a depressed brain and a body that's falling apart?

Sugar is going to be one of the main reasons you will be hungry above and beyond your good limit of calories. Check out my post on sugar.