# Emotional eating
**URL:** https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837
**Category:** Lounge
**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837 "2026-03-20T17:27:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Lilyofthevalley](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Lilyofthevalley)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/1 "2026-03-20T17:27:10Z")
I’ve been extra hungry since not working. I think I’m emotionally eating. I keep eating 2000 calories per day which for me means weight gain. I really need to pull it together. I’m obese and I don’t want to get bigger. I’ve been bigger before and I lose my face when I get that big. I hate that. But also, I want to be healthy and obesity is unhealthy.
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### Author:  [@Zoe](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Zoe)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/2 "2026-03-20T17:47:57Z")
Sorry to hear that 2000 is weight gain for you.
Im trying to loose weight.
Before i can maintain.
Going to do a 3 day water fast.
I hope u find a way where u dont have to starve urself to maintain.
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### Author:  [@Rainstorm](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Rainstorm)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/3 "2026-03-20T17:49:42Z")
I gave up on caring what I eat and how much I weight. Gotta die of something right? Mine as well be happy…
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### Author:  [@Banjo](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Banjo)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/4 "2026-03-20T18:27:47Z")
Thats really difficult. And it’s something people simply don’t understand.
Is there anything you can do?
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### Author:  [@Mars](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Mars)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/5 "2026-03-20T18:33:08Z")
I spend too much on food and stuff because I get bored. Need to cut back and find healthier ways to help my emotions.
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### Author:  [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/6 "2026-03-20T18:42:44Z")
i used to be in the camp that believed its all about calories and i still do think it is mostly that especially if someone is like 300+ plus pounds but for people who are mobile exercise does play a huge part. I used to think it was all about dieting but the proof is in the pudding. The only time i have been thin is when i was working out like crazy
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### Author:  [@Banjo](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Banjo)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/7 "2026-03-20T19:32:32Z")
Same. I eat a single meal per day and will gain weight. It’s only since exercising again that the scales are moving down.
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### Author:  [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/8 "2026-03-20T19:35:02Z")
id say its about 50/50 maybe… for most people atleast. IF someone weighs 600 lbs then its mostly about diet. But for someone whos trying to lose up to like 50lbs id say exercise plays a huge part. the closer to your goal you are the more exercise is important because it your overeating by 5000 calories a day then you cant work off the extra calories… but if your eating just 500 calories a day extra and you cant seem to eat less, then you can burn the 500 calories off with exercise.
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### Author:  [@Banjo](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Banjo)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/9 "2026-03-20T19:38:26Z")
My 45min session each morning burns around 600cals. Then I wont eat my meal til around 3pm. Before starting this exercise, my weight was progressively increasing.
I remember when still boxing many years ago, I was eating thousands of cals per day and remained slim 😅 I miss them days.
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### Author:  [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/emotional-eating/3837/10 "2026-05-01T15:34:51Z")