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...
How does a person know they have an eating disorder?
The thing that gets me, I don't feel so much like I'm addicted to food necessarily, but I feel like I can never get enough to eat.
for example, I can eat like 10 hamburgers, whole cans of pineapple, and whole bags of fruit within a 2 hours period, and still feel like I am starving, like I haven't had food all day.
so I stop eating, even though I still feel hungry, which I can do, but I find myself going back and back to that refergerator, not getting something, but looking for something to eat that I am not able to find in there.
is that an addiction? or a craving for something i'm not getting in my diet? I don't know. but its like I cannot tell when I'm full, if that makes any sense?
The thing that gets me, I don't feel so much like I'm addicted to food necessarily, but I feel like I can never get enough to eat.
for example, I can eat like 10 hamburgers, whole cans of pineapple, and whole bags of fruit within a 2 hours period, and still feel like I am starving, like I haven't had food all day.
so I stop eating, even though I still feel hungry, which I can do, but I find myself going back and back to that refergerator, not getting something, but looking for something to eat that I am not able to find in there.
is that an addiction? or a craving for something i'm not getting in my diet? I don't know. but its like I cannot tell when I'm full, if that makes any sense?
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
but I mean, if it wasn't for the fact that my stomach starts to bulge out, I'd eat 24/7 I really would, thats what scares me.
What you describe sounds like exactly what I've been experiencing. NOTHING fills me up anymore, and even when I don't want to eat, something MAKES me seek out food that I don't even want! Even when I wake up at night, my mouth needs to eat. I have no physical indication EVER that I've eaten. I don't even get the bulge in my gut because the food moves out of there so quickly, and right on down and out of my system from there. I can't stop trying to fill up a void so huge, it's like a black hole I've fallen into. There's just no end to it. I'm so glad you understand.
How bad does this problem affect you mentally? It's obviously causing you enough concern that you'd join our community. It definitely sounds like a food addiction, but it may be something medical too. Has this been happening for a long time, or did it just start up recently? I hope you'll consult your internist and let me know what he/she thinks as I'm desperate for answers too.
Actually, I've been an over eater since I was a teenager. Most of the time people just told me it was "teenage growing pains"
but when it continued on to my 20's, and now even my 30's, and coming close to that big 4.0 now LOL, its been a concern of mine.
I mean, I don't care what I look like, or anything like that. Its just, its hard to concentrate on anything (schoolwork, sitting watching a movie, anything) when all you feel is "hungry".
Funny thing is, if I am busy enough at the computer, I can get my mind off food, like if I'm on here for instance, but if I'm in my room watching a movie, I can't do it without something to munch on the entire movie thru..
like just yesterday, I watched "back to the future" 1,2, and 3 in a row on Saturday, just for something to do to keep my mind off food. ya know what I did? I ended up eating 6 bags of microwavable popcorn, and like 6 little boxes of raisins. and like 5 bottles of water.
I couldn't help myself, I could not just lay there and watch a movie, I either had to eat, or sleep, but could not just sit there.
its difficult for me, because I'm also on this special diet for crohns, so I'm not even supposed to be eating popcorn at all to tell you the truth, but if I don't eat, my tummy just crowls and crowls, I don't know what to do.
I am seeking a counselor, for autism related issues, so I may bring this up at my next appointment next month, assuming my insurance covers it. Right now I don't know if Medicare or Medicaid are going to cover the cost of that, but I am hoping they will..
I just wondered, because I don't throw up, or make myself throw up or anything like that, but I eat and eat and eat until I feel like I have to throw up, which I haven't in along time, but I have before, eaten until I actually throw up I mean.