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I Love Food

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My problem is that I love food. I think about food all the time. My cravings for food get so bad that I can taste it in my mouth and it will drive me crazy until I have it and then somehow I have to go out and get it. I always want to eat and I'm always up for things that involve eating. When I try to eat a normal meal, I will usually end up over eating. Like my morning will start off with a granola bar, then instead of having 1 serving of pasta, I'll have 3 or 4, then I'll have a bagel. Afterwards I feel bad for eating all of that stuff but then I tell myself I won't eat for the rest of the day. But I end up eating a lot later in the night. I eat everything. It just feels so good when I'm eating all of that food. For me it's like 1 isn't enough, then 2 isn't enough, so I keep going and going. I don't know what is going on. Sometimes I eat because I am stressed but sometimes I have no idea why I am eating. I really like the way the food tastes but I never am hungry but when I do eat all of this food I never feel full, that's why I can eat so much. I used to be bulimic and when I was builimic and when I would binge that was the way I releived my stress but this is not that. I know alot of it is due to my medication but I don't know why else. Could medication really make me want food this bad? Does anyone else take medication that makes them want to eat all the time and cause weight gain? I have no other explanation to why this is happening. I just want to eat all of the time. I love food. I watch the food network all day. It's like food rules my life. But it's ruining it because I'm so depressed about how fat I've become. And my weight has been an issue since I was 11 when I developed bulimia. Right now I am 85lbs over my normal weight due to my binge eating. But seeing how big I have gotten still is not enough to get me to stop eating like this. I don't know what to do. I constantly want to eat. My dad has even gotten mad at me because I eat too much. He has to tell me to stop eating sometimes. So that's why I've resorted to eating in private. But I can't hide my weight gain. I look like a completely different person than I did just a few years ago. I do not like what I see in the mirror. But my love for food just takes over everything.
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Sounds like COE to me. It's the same thing I have. I compulsively eat more than is necessary and eat when I have any emotional swing. It's not good and will lead you to health issues if it goes unchecked, trust me.
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I know what you are talking about with the eatting...when I was younger I could eat all the time and never gain a pound, I would eat just because I was bored. I was always a very (size 0 ) person until I got older, and it got really bad when I got pregnant, last year while I was pregnant I would eat all the time because of the baby, reason why was because my first 4 months I throw up all the time so didn't gain any weight. I thought after the baby my eatting habits would go back to normal, but they didn't I want to eat ALL THE TIME, and I to watch the Food Network (Easy Entertaining with MC, Barefoot Contessa, Semi Homemade, Paula Deen's Home Cooking, Everyday Italian, Emeril Lagassee, 30 Minute Meal, then I turn to Days of our lives, lol) but seriously I know what you mean about the eatting all the time. I am starting Curves next week, so I can get my eatting problem fixed, cause I don't know if there is a why or if there is anything even like this but a medication to make you not hungry or want to eat all the time.
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i don't know if medicine will help, but whenever i'm doing something I 100% enjoy food doesn't enter my thoughts - normal distraction techniques don't work for me at all. they just make it worse because you know you're doing them to stop yourself thinking and it proves counter-prodyctive.
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Slimpics
I'm in a bad COE cycle right now, myself, so I can totally relate to absolutely loving food. When I TASTE the food on my tongue, I literally feel calm instantly and it's almost like an orgasmic feeling going on in my mouth! I close my eyes and enjoy the food thoroughly while I'm eating it, but ALWAYS regret it later. I feel like such an addict...well, I guess I am.
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I as well have very similar feelings - I wake up in the morning and tell myself i'm going to be good today. And i usually last until late in the day and then I just get this crazy craving, like i can't think of anything else but getting food - what should I eat...what else can I eat...where can I go so that no one would see me buying all this food? it's really a horrible addiction - and it does take over everything, I feel like its being handicapped in a way. And then the inevitable weight gain gets me so down that I just throw in the towel and head on over to mcdonalds.
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I looked at your meds on your profile and I don't think that's the problem. (Topamax is for anxiety and depression, by the way)
You are obsessed with food and eating just like I am obsessed with food and not eating. It's a disease and we do it for comfort, to deal with our bad emotions and to avoid feelings.
I love food too or at least I like it and I like to go out sometimes. But just seeing it and having a nibble is enough for me. You actually need to overindulge to meet your emotional needs. An ED is an ED. So I think you need a doctor, a therapist and a nutritionist. Does your mom try to help you when you eat with her or does she just keep quiet?
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i love food to i think about food all the time but my proublem is i eat then get sick or i just dont eat it at all.i sounds like coe to me to.Its hard i no the feeling hope you get help for it
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im exactly the same too,
the second i wake up its in my head,
where am i going to get my next meal... will anyone see me eat it,

i am totally obsessed with food,
but i dont even like it!
i will eat and be crying while i eat it, but i just can not put it down!
i eat untill i am scrunched up in pain on my bed.

its all i can do each day to stop myself, and eat normal. some days i can do ok,
and others i cant.
im startign therapy wednesday, so hopefully in a few weeks i may be able to come back with some advise that helped me personally.
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I just wish I could stop this behavior. I hate it so much. When I was bulimic I could control it. But with this I can't, I can't stop myself anymore. Food is so over powering to me. Everyday I start out saying I'm going to watch what I eat and today I had mcdonalds for breakfast and then I ate cheese and crackers afterwards. Why would I go and do that? McDonalds was enough, a normal person would have stopped there but I wanted cheese and crackers, too. Today I kept on snacking all day nonstop, too. Like every hour I would eat something. I'm not having any type of mood swings or anything, I feel fine. I think that I love the feeling when my tongue touches the food, it is utterly amazing. Is this really a mental problem or is it just that I love food? I don't know, I am confused.
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i guess meds could have any effect
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Have you tried looking for something that might be able to satisfy your emotional needs that isn't food? Like maybe calling a friend, or doing something you love like crafts, art, journaling, collaging, anything? If you find other things in life that you love as much as food, it will be easier to stop thinking about it all the time. Try focusing on hobbies or have a back up plan for when you feel out of control. I know it is so much easier said than done, but I know you CAN get back to eating a healthy amount.
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I DONOT KNOW IF I AM COE, BUT I AM BULIMIC! SOMETIMES I BINGE WITHE THE INTENTION OF PURGING AND THEN DO IT OVER AGAIN. I EAT BECAUSE I LOVE FOOD TOO! I AM FROM LOUISIANA, THE FOOD IS SO GOOD DOWN HERE, MAYBE I NEED TO MOVE TO ANOTHE STATE! I START EATING DINNER AND SAY THAT IS IT NO MORE, BUT THEN EAT PUDDING AND CHIPS AND ICE CREAM. I FIND TAKING A SLEEP AIDE BEFORE DINNER HELPS FROM EATING SO LATE BECAUSE YOU GET TIRED AND FALL ASLEEP AFTER U EAT DINNER. NOT BENADRYL THOUGH I WILL EAT WHILE I AM 1/2 ASLEEP ON THAT! MAYBE MELANTONIN (NATURAL SA) ILL BE PRAYING AND GOB BLESS YOU!
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This whole problem is because of my medication. I'm on this stuff called Clozaril and that is what started my weight gain and my obsession with food. The clozaril makes me want to eat all of the time and i think it has spiraled out of control into this big mess. Has anyone else been on this med and had the same side effects? I'm on this new med that is helping me alot and i'm not having the urges to binge and over eat.
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I know that Prednisone lowered my blood sugar and made it almost necessary for me to eat every two to three hours, or else my blood sugar would drop dangerously (I'm mildly hypoglycemic). Some meds definitely enhance appetite. Best of luck!
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I totally get what you mean. I used to eat all the time, but I was stick skinny, so no one bothered to notice. Since puberty, though, the extra calories tacked on weight and I freaked out and starved myself til I was even thinner. Now that I'm trying to overcome anorexia, I'm allowing myself to eat what I want... but then I just end up eating CONSTANTLY. like as soon as I'm done writing this, I'ma check the fridge or go to Walgreens for some chips... I either eat nothing or everyhting in sight perpetually.
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