Now this is both funny and humiliating…I gained 30kg sinse my last psychosis in August. I KNOW I have to lose weight! But I am so depressed that I abuse comfort food. I am mostly depressed of my weight so it is a vicious cycle. My mom has always been obese so it’s in my genes. I know she tries to help me but she pisses me off! To that point that I have to hide that I eat 
This is super dumb!
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I am sorry to hear this. I too turn to comfort food now. (Use to have an eating disorder now it’s kinda flipped) But my mom also gets on me about my weight. She tries to be nice about it but I can see what she is thinking. She told me the other day I look better with weight on but I need to start eating healthy. I think this is the nicest comment she has made about my weight so I’ll chalk that up to a win. Maybe she is right. I do feel better physically when I eat healthier. But that food is so expensive where I live and it’s cheaper to get the junk. 
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I am also sorry you feel this way I think quality food is expensive everywhere. But yes, eating healthier helps a lot. When I followed a healthy regimen for a week I had lost only 1 lbs but I felt like my life is good.
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I also love sugar my man it’s addictive !!!
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I am glad to hear the healthier food helps. Yeah I am hoping to get SSI soon so I can help my husband with bills and be able to buy better food for my family.
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Sometimes when fruit is on sale, it’s pretty easy to get. But I eat all sorts of sweets and junk too. More than i should.
I don’t mention it or even think about it much, but from age 12-20 I was bulimic. Maybe that’s kinda unusual for a guy, but being bullied and wanting be skinny like certain musicians I looked up to caused me to have somewhat of an obsession with being thin and wishing I had a thinner frame/smaller bones. @Saywhaat, you are not alone. Got over it eventually, had bigger fish to fry when I got sick and i had trouble with feelings of being watched that made it hard for me to stop and eat anyways.
Eating healthy is important, especially if you develop diabetes type 2. Sometimes it’s not so much what you eat, but the portions you choose.
Thank you. I will keep on eye out for sales. I was obsessed with fruit when I was pregnant. Got food stamps then so I was able to afford what I wanted to eat. I am sorry to hear about your struggles with bulimia. I do need to cut down on my portions. I have honestly been doing better with that. I do need to get better with exercise though. I feel if I had a healthy balance of exercise and food, i would feel much better.
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My girlfriend hides candy from me. But she’s not concerned about my weight, she just wants to have it all to herself. I have to lose weight too. I’m right on the border of being morbidly obese, according to the BMI chart.
Is there a thread about eating healthy? I read somewhere that people with schizophrenia die younger because of their bad lifestyle. Why don’t we change that? Why don’t we open a thread about lifestyle?I would open one! 
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I love sweets too much.
I will happily die 10 years younger if i get to enjoy them.
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Sounds like great idea. You could start a thread about eating healthy in the “Health and Recovery” category of the forum.
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