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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Mel1509 02/10/2014

I know I've done it before. Last year I stopped bingeing and my cravings subsided. I had one takeaway a month, the odd treat, ate slower and enjoyed my food and lost weight. Since the second week of the new year been back to my old ways. Takeaway pizza night after night, bags and bags of crisps, huge portions, can feel myself expanding my the second. But I know I've done it before, stopped, got myself back under control and quelled by cravings. So if I've done it before I know I can do it again. It's getting into that mindset and I know the less junk food I have, the less I crave. The cravings for junk, particularly sugar, are NEVER satisfied, they just get worse and worse the more you give into them, you can never get enough. Good luck to us all in battling this baffling illness.

kikinash 02/13/2014

Oh honey I know exactly how you feel. I'll go to the store with all good intentions. Next thing I know there's chocolate in my buggy. :/ I have a bad habit of binge eating at night before I go to bed. Chocolate, ice cream...just JUNK. What makes it worse is that I know it's all JUNK. :(

Desigol1979 03/05/2014

Kudos Mel! :)

deleted_user 03/10/2014

I read an article recently about sugar addiction. The writer proposes that alcohol and sugar addiction follow the same pathways in the brain. She says that when you eat broccoli for example, it causes a spike in seratonin. If you eat more and more broccoli, the seratonin spike stays at the same level. But with sugar or alcohol, the seratonin spike drops off and you have to eat/drink more to get the same hit. It seems to be something to do with the way the brain responds differently to natural foods and synthetic ones. Right so we know all that - it's our brain chemistry getting in a mess. Now, who can tell us how to to beat it???? If anyone out there has the answer I'd love to hear it.
Big hugs to everyone coping with an eating disorder.

deleted_user 03/21/2014

I know exactly what you mean. I have done the yo-yo thing myself. It is heartbreaking to nearly reach your goals and then find yourself flat on your back because the habits snuck up on you. But everytime we slip we get more insight on what trips us up. So here I am back on the wagon.

CecilBGreen 03/23/2014

It has been a long time since I was able to stay on track for even one week.

I know what you mean about the mindset. Just be kind to yourself....that is something I usually forget.

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