The problem I'll be describing is literally the reason why I have been wanting to lose weight for at least many years but never managed to do it for more than a week...
I've always loved food, which isn't bad in any way, but I've noticed that the two past years or so, I've slowly become more and more dependent on food for happiness. By "food" I mostly mean different kinds of junk food and sweets, like chocolate, candy, chips, nachos etc. Let me also clarify that moderation doesn't satisfy me: I need AT LEAST like 800 calories of these things to feel satisfied and content.
It has gotten to the point where I basically don't have any willpower: The only thing that keeps me from eating like this everyday is the fact that I have a job now, which keeps me distracted for a certain amount of hours most days of the week + makes me feel like "it's not worth it"/I wouldn't enjoy to eat since I have to work the next day. There have been time where I was unemployed or only worked like 2 days a week, and you can guess what happened: Overeating most days.
But even though my weekdays have been saved by me having a job now, a problem still remains: The weekend. This whole week, I managed to stay under my calorie limit, which is pretty hard for me for the reason mentioned above. But then the weekend came and yesterday, I logged 3000 calories and basically ruined the whole week.
I don't know what to do about my overeating on the weekends. I feel like food is what defines the weekend for me, it's what I look forward during the weeks. If I don't eat at at least like 800 calories of junk food/sweets on Friday and Saturday and don't have take that extra portion of the weekend dinners, which are a bit more "luxury" than the weekday ones, I feel like I'm wasting the weekend + don't have anything to look forward to and feel kinda empty.
So basically, food is the only thing that I look forward to nowadays and nothing satisfies me the way food does. Sure, seeing friends (for instance) can be fun, but I will still crave that food when I get home. I don't know how to get out of this mindset. I want to lose weight but when things are like this, I can barely stop myself from gaining it.
Also, I don't live alone, so there's always sweets and junk food at home. I can't force them not to by things.
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