Serious problem!!

Okay, I'm 15 years old and not really overweight, in fact, I'm just 1 kg above my normal weight, so I'm only one 1 kg to go.

The thing is, I'm an anxious/obssesive person, and one of the things that calms me down is, well, ...food. Over the year I started gaining weight from over eating until I couldn't fit in my jeans anymore - and then I started eating healthy. My weight went down and my anxiety dissapeared completly, I was so happy...but lately, it has been coming back,..I can control myself now, but I can't even come into the kitchen without wanting to eat eveything I see..Breakfast and lunch and dinner don't satisfy me anymore, I want to keep on eating, even though I'm not hungry....

I really need a solution,..does anyone know what I could do?

well, I mean,  it's a well known fact that food and eating calms you down. The trick is to try and learn to eat the healthy stuff. I realise few things are as calming as a pizza, and sometimes, have the pizza. On the other days, have a nice cuppa tea........

You could try to find the sources of your anxiety, and work to minimize them. There are many cognitive-behavioural techniques to manage anxiety.

See a psychologist, maybe? (NOT a psychiatrist, this isn't a mental illness and you don't need medication).

Try to remember that food doesn't really relieve stress.  Many of us reach for food when what we need is comfort or stress relief, but overeating ony aggravates the problem.  Try something that truly relieves stress, like taking a walk, when you feel that way.  Yoga and meditation are also good.  Make sure you are taking a good mutivitamin.  Having a nutritional deficiency can also aggravate stress.

If you can manage it, instead of going for food go for liquids.  A nice cuppa tea (especially herbal tea which is low in caffiene) is a good choice.  It takes a long time to make, it takes a long time to drink and I personally find sitting down on the front step with a nice cuppa a great way to relieve stress and anxiety.  It forces you to slow down.

Exercise is also great for stress/anxiety/depression.  And it'll keep you out of the kitchen.  Just light exercise like going for a walk.  Offer to walk a neighbours dog.

Take up a hobby, such a reading.  Stay away from the TV (movies excepted).

I know it's hard to calm down without actual food, but try chewing gum and drinking a bottle of water. They might satisfy the craving to chew/eat.

aww..emotional eating...my old friend....i know thee well.

i have an anixety disorder as well. i have for years been fighting the problem and food was an easy fix. from what i have read, eating when your emotionaly woren makes sense. it release hormones in the body that calm you. the trick is to find other things that calm you as well.

i found that going to my room and listening to music that sounded the way i felt worked best. it help get out what i was feeling. if you know what trigers these feeling even better. mine is people. so when i am around others i chew gum like there is no tommrow. it does add about 100-150 extra calories a day but i think that is much better then 1000 or more from eating candy all day. if the gum doesnt work, as it sometimes doesnt, i will walk away find some place to be by my self and stay there till i calm down.

iam 24 now, i was your age when i started having problems and 21 when i really noticed what i had been doing. it took time to find what worked for me and what helps to keep me from over eatting. try to find what works for you. and try not to be to hard on your self. the fact that you see what the probelm is it half the fight anyway. the rest just takes a bit of time. and if you need any help just let me know. iam more then happy to help.

good luck, you can do it.

maybe youre just having a growth spurt.

 Hm. 

 Just so you know there is nothing wrong with seeing a youth counselor at your school. It doesn't label you as anything or get you in trouble. But, they will talk you through anxiety fears or problems in a productive way.

You may be going through a growth spurt, my sister is your age. She's grown 3 inches since last year. Seriously, consider that. So your body might be telling you " Hey! I'm growing!.. Feed me! Pleeze.. I'm starving! " Even though, you realize you're aren't starving. Your body may be demanding to be feed. Sending you cravings like so. Don't stunt your growth.

That's a possibility.However, if you think it's just emotional eating. Than perhaps give yourself a healthy snack. Or some form of snacks that are good and healthy. That way when you do slip up it's with something unhealthy. Allow yourself to snack on healthy things. When you have those urges. I promise if you tell yourself " Yes, you can have whatever healthy fruit you want " You aren't going to have a craving and eat a whole watermellon and ten apples.

If you allow yourself to eat a little bit of whatever. Such as candy. You may not be able to stop. Lol.

A youth counselor will help you get to the core of your stress though. Nipping the entire thing in the bud. =-P