Hey Patricia, take a breath babes. Don't lose control of yourself. Think rationally. Now whether you're still in love with him or no, I cannot say much on that. It is for you to decide for yourself. However, I can relate to you how I handled this post-breakup binge eating myself.

First of all, I was in luck as I never bumped into my ex-boyfriend after our breakup, like never ever. However I did miss him a lot, and this put me into a lot of stress. I went into severe depression and that affected my diet as I found myself scouting for goodies in the refrigerator everytime I missed him. I put on 10 pounds in the first month after the breakup. The number on the weighing scale flipped my lid and I vowed to do something about it.

So I re-stocked my refrigerator with all the low-calorie items I could get hold off (low-calorie cereal, I can't believe it's not Butter, low cal ice-cream, skimmed milk, etc). Believe me, in the beginning, they taste awful, but once you've developed a taste for it, they are the next best thing you need to uplift your mood. They may not help reduce your weight, but they will definitely not contribute to increasing it either.

Hi Patricia, first of all, damn your ex-boyfriend and damn that Susan (b****). He probably doesn't deserve you after all and I guess calling it off did more good to you than him. Now coming to the point, the only reason that I can understand for this weight gain is post-breakup stress.

You may not realize this as it happens at a subconscious level, that can create a lot of stress causing the affected to binge eat without any knowledge of the binge eating. Confused? Ok, remember the time after the breakup when you saw your boyfriend with Susan and you ignored it as a casual encounter. What happened after that? Twenty bucks say you went home or to an eatery and ate your heart out.

Awaiting your response.

Thanks. I choose to ignore it.

What you say may hold true for you bettybotsomebutter, and I am not trying to evoke any reactions in this forum. Just sharing my experience with all. You can either take the motivation from it like motheronmission or choose to ignore it. The call is yours.

I agree completely with you sara_jones. Nowadays, it is best to go the vegan way. With no meat and dairy products in your diet, the fat intake is automatically cut out of your meal plan. It is rather difficult, to begin with, considering the diet of the average American cannot do without meat. However, it takes only a week of accepting the change after which, you kind of develop a liking for it. I have been eating vegan since the past six months and believe me, I am enjoying every bit of it. I don't prefer any other kind of food nowadays. My weight dropped 15 pounds in the first three months and has been stable since (Not that I'm complaining as it is the ideal weight as per my height).