Food Addiction Support Group

An individual suffering from a food addiction disorder frequently experiences episodes of uncontrolled eating, or binging, during which they may feel frenzied or out of control. They will eat much more quickly than is normal, and continue to eat even past the point of being uncomfortably full. Binging in this way is generally followed by a period of intense guilt feelings...

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change is never easy

aimhigh4once
aimhigh4once
It took a life altering event for me to wake up from my bad eating habits. Do not lose courage or hope. Find someone who will be your cheerleader!!! Someone who will support you whether it is with your diet or who will ride bikes with you or walk a trail.....just find someone.

It took a syndrome that causes blindness because I am overweight to wake me up. It's call idiopathic intracranial hypertension (aka: pseudotumor cerebri) It is a rare condition that causes headaches, dizzy spells, double vision, spots in your vision, nausea and vomiting.

Don't wait to have diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure or some rare syndrome to get healthy. Love yourself enough to do now.

sending out good thoughts and prayers to all.
HopeNHim
HopeNHim
I totally agree change is never easy. It is worth the fight to have a healthy life style in the end.

I am praying for you. I do hope you do not receive blindness. I read somewhere you have lost 20 pounds already. Good Job!!

You are overcoming this addiction!!!
aimhigh4once
aimhigh4once
It is a battle every day.....I went grocery shopping today and hugged a box of Little Debbies but put it back on the shelf then at the check out I had to turn away from the Coke.....I miss my caffeine. But I know I have another 50 lbs to go and I am hoping with that weight loss I will be able to find some relief from the headaches and pain.

It's a struggle but I know it must be done. blessings, HopeNHim :D I am praying for you continually :D :D
LaedyRose
LaedyRose
I looked up the condition. I have the nausea, occasional double vision, the anemia (a risk factor, I think), occasional blurry vision, horrible headaches, and dizzy spells. I've gone to the doctors for these symptoms again and again for years, and they found nothing, but they never mentioned even the possibility of that disorder. Do you think they could have overlooked it? I am overweight (5'4," 225 lbs) with not-well-controlled diabetes (I binge). Recently I've also had bouts of confusion and possible memory loss. I'm 33, and have had the dizzy spells and double vision since I was 26, before I even had diabetes. I think I've been anemic all my life. I'm actually kinda dehydrated a lot of the time and don't eat a lot of salt. I also have average/low ("good") blood pressure. Please advise.