What is Food Addiction
Compulsive overeating is characterised by an addiction to food. An individual suffering from compulsive overeating disorder engages in frequent episodes of uncontrolled eating, or ...
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I'm finally at the point where I can admit that I have a big problem with food. I'm not really overweight- although I'd like to lose 5- 10lbs or so. However, weight is not the big issue- food is. I often eat horribly, and spend way too much money running to the grocery store to buy treats like chocolate. I use food as a way to feel pleasure in life. I have a physical disabilty that causes me to live in almost constant physical pain, and in my head I rationalize that since I live in so much physical pain I need to eat "treats" to comfort myself, or to bring pleasure to my body since I physically hurt so bad.
The other side of the issue is that I eat so much junk that I do no eat enough healthy food, so even though I take in way too many calories, I often feel "malnourished" because I have not taken in enough vitamens or nutrients from healthy foods. I tend to go in cycles like this. I'll eat horribly for betwwen 1 and 5 months, and then have a couple of weeks where I eat ONLY healthy food and nothing else. I usually lose between 2 and 8 lbs duing these times. Then, I will go out (i.e. to a famiy dinner) and "Blow" my diet by eating say 1 piece of cake. Even if it is a small piece, some how my diet then falls apart after that- and soon I'm in a cycle of eating several things of junk food daily for up to several weeks or months. I know this isn't healthy. I sort of feel like I have a mild compulsive eating disorder. However, I looked on the internet, and it said that to have a compulsive eating disorder, one is at least 60% overweight- and I'm not. However, I jhust feel like I'm doing harm to my body by denying it healthy food. I don't know what to do. Does anyone have any advice for me? I'm currently in my "healthy eating cycle"- I have mostly eaten only healthy foods since Wednesday, and have already lost 2.5 lbs in the 2 days I've only eaten healthy foods. However, I realize that losing weight is not the biggest issue here for me. I need to learn how to eat healthy all the time- and to not swing from this huge pendullum where I am only eating really bad junk for months on end. Please help! Blue22 Posted on 07/03/09, 05:07 pm |
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it looks like the issue may be a lack of balance. along with emotional eating, that's part of my problem too. i don't have any advice really, i can't seem to handle my own eating right now. but i can say that you're not alone and nothing you're doing is uncommon. for me, it really helped to know that i wasn't alone and that someone could relate.
the one suggestion i would give would be to solicit some outside help. i finally had to seek help from a mental health professional. i go to a psychologist who specializes in eating disorders. she's helping me make "sense" of my behaviors that don't make any sort of sense to me. don't trust the internet. :) other than this place that is....she treats eating disorders at both ends of the spectrum. it's sometimes not about the physical sypmtoms (i.e. weight loss/gain), but about the behavior and why we do it. good luck! 
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