eat when bored

Eating out of boredom is sometime caused by the release of a neurotransmitter found in our brain called dopamine. It seems like you are addicted to food that when you get bored, you eat to drive your boredom away. Soon it will become an addiction if you are not yet at that point now. To give you tips on how to stop this habit, please visit and read http://www.diet-blog.com/08/how_to_stop_yourself_eating_from_boredom.php. I hope it helps!

hi i agree yes when you bored eat, i like food because it make your mood change and be better and that is not psycho, becasue in the foods there are many benefits which influence the hormones that affect your mood, so eating to be good is true though we should not over eat sure

Eating when I am bored is something that I've been trying to get away from when I can. It is just something that is very easy to do. Of course, it does kind of help a little bit where boredom doesn't really occur all that often. Life is just busy, busy, busy. There are days where meal times have to be carefully fit right into a schedule to say the very least. But still eating when bored is not a good thing, even if I did do it in the passed. Eating when stressed is another thing that is a problem with many people. There are many vices that we undertake when the stress is occurring. Of course in some strange way I do feel stressed during the rare times I'm bored sometimes. That is really a double edged sword when I consider it. Still try not to eat when bored, especially when you're bored often. Of course, boredom tends to send signals to the mind that you're hungry even if you're not, because you might think of food when you're bored.

when i am bored, i just come here on mylot and look for discussions i can respond to or sometimes just watch my favorite shows to kill time. i have been broke lately so i just stay here. if i wasn't then i would go out to the mall, go around and look for something interesting i can buy and eat. but i am looking for a job now. but i think i know better now. i just want to be more practical now.

What i do when I bored are play games whether it is online or not, joked with my friend, bothering my friends, listen to the rock and beat music, watch movie, and eat spicy and hot food. If after all of that I still get bored I am sleep...,

I always eat when I'm bored especially junk foods. Probably because it's the only food available in our house. Besides, it's easy and ready to eat so that I don't have to cook anymore. :)

I try to stay busy just for that reason. If I do nothing and get bored, I eat up everything in the house. Of course, one day a week at this might be a good thing. If I did it every day. I'd get bigger than a barn.

Eating when I'm bored is a no-no for me! It will help me gain weight! I can still have other option instead of eating, I can sleep, read, watch TV shows, or waste my time in the internet.

I have periods like that too, not because I am bored but for some reason I need to have a different taste in my mouth. So the best thing for me is not to buy much food, no candies/cookies etc for my kids. I don't know why the eating is (or looking for food) but it's mostly in the evening (so I should go to bed earlier) no matter how many or less meals I had at day time and indeed no matter if I feel like a stuffed duck :-D I think it has to do with a lack of something (might be salt, or sour or ...)? Past week I ate mainly fruit and now I lost my appetite (but still feel like a stuffed duck).

it's called comfort eating, i used to do this a lot until i saw my weight getting more and more, i recently joined a weight loss group and i am slowly losing it, the worst time is at night when i am watching TV and i get bored, all i want to do is eat, but i have that under control now, i do not eat anything after 7pm, if i am hungry i eat fruit or drink water so i feel full, it's much healthier than eating junk food and feeling bad the next day

Same here... Eating and watching t.v. are my pastime...

Wow, are you married? Do you have kids? I don't think I have a boring moment. It seems as though each day or weekend my life is filled with so much to do. If you are bored maybe take up a hobby or go for a walk. You will also feel better when you get with friends and they can encourage you to eat healthy or keep you so busy you won't think about eating so much. Be strong and you will find something to fill that void of emptiness and eating is not the answer. Laughing out loud...

Aside from sleeping i usually play video/online games to get rid of boredom. Movie marathon as well. Then that way i forgot the time that its already midnight and its time to sleep.

I eat a ten times a day and I am still slim... :)

good day erjnsimon, i believed different people do differently when they feel bored. just like you, eating is your past time when boredom attacks you. while me here, i used to play a game using my iPhone and lay down in bed. until i feel sleepy, so i will go for an hour sleep.

As a person who loves to eat, I turn to eating too as my past time. I don't know anything that I can do for my boredom but eating is the most pleasant thing for me to do whenever I'm bored.

If not sleeping,I do eat especially my fave foods or any food available in the kitchen.

i don't find the time boring if i have not much of activities to be done i will turn the radio on and lie down on my bed smoke a little or just looking at the ceiling turn on my side maybe another turn and sleep on my other side