I know the feeling. Get your hands on Geneen Roth's newest book, "Women, Food and Good". It's excellent. It sounds like you're using food to deal with issues that food cannot address or fix, which is why you keep stuffing yourself. It's not working. If the food fixed the problem, at some point, you'd be able to stop stuffing yourself.

I would read everything I can get my hands on about food addiction. Once you've done your soul-searching, get yourself on a safe, weight loss program that is right for you.

You can do this - everything you need to be successful is within you.

Hugs,
Janice : )

could you use a pause method? Say to yourself I can eat that but in 10 minutes. Could be that when 10 mins has passed the feeling has gone away but if you know you can still eat it you may not feel so deprived, is there ways that you can try and take your mind off it by keeping busy, get out of the house for a walk and leave the food there and you might feel differently when you get back, another tip I have read is to squirt detergent on the food to stop you eating it although not sure if I could do that as hate wasting food.

June4 (above) has a good idea. It is very necessary to DELAY gratification. Our brain, when addicted to overeating, has been trained to say "there's something I want and I want it NOW." We've got to re-train our mind to WAIT. After we've become accustomed to waiting 10 minutes to eat, we can extend the time to 15 or 20 minutes. This BREAKS THE CYCLE of immediate gratification. Once you've mastered the "gotta have it NOW" disease, you'll be so proud of yourself.

I have been there. I know how you feel and I know it will pass. Hang in there!

Good advice Living water and June4, it's hard to stop or wait the first few times but it does get easier.... a food plan is good for me too, it gives me something to offer my thoughts when I'm craving something. I tell my mind to shut up and wait till the next meal, it then knows I'm not going to starve! I think this sounds crazy but it seems to work for me