
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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Well I happened upon this site after a particularly bad episode of binge eating. I am pretty new to this problem, at 18 I don't think I fully understand what is going on inside of me. All I know is that, as of the past two years, I have not been able to focus on anything other than my weight. I am not anorexic or bulemic, but a binge eater. I go through days of restricting, execising, and eating right, during which I pent up every negative emotion that comes to me. But eventually, usually by the time the weekend rolls around, I spend an entire day eating and eating and eating some more until my stomach aches. I cry and cry because of how badly I hurt after eating so much, and then wake up the next morning feeling extremely guilty because all the effort I put into the past week was a waste. My overeating has gotten worse lately, take today for example. I came back to my parents house to visit and unwind from a stressful week. Well, unwinding meant eating everything I could find: Half a gallon of icecream, a fourth of a cake, dorritoes, a huge plate of chicken nachos, candy, four chocolate chip cookies, and two bowls of cereal. And this happened all from 12pm to 5pm! I know I have a problem, even though I have a tall and fairly slender frame. This cycle of restricting and overeating is tearing me apart. I can't think of anything else but food. I don't go out on the weekends because I know it will involve eating, and most of the time thats a risk I dont want to take. I will just go to bed early to avoid overating. I just want to hear that other people are going through this, because honestly right now, even after looking at this site, I feel totally hopeless.
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Nicol
I lost loads of weight before I went on my holidays and when I got back I got so depressed my binging episodes started again and I gaines a stone and a half in under 2 months. Now I feel like crap which leads to further binge eating.
I think I am going to try and get back on the wagon tomorow. The thing is, I need appatite supressants to even try. Then I feel ill. Its such a crappy situation. Why can't I just have a normal outlook on food!
Annyhoo, I'm pretty new here and look forward to getting to know you all so we can support one another. :o)
My advice, having gone through this for a very long time...and I don't follow this advice all the time which is why I still have a problem, but when I do it usually works:
On the psychological side:
1. Find some outlets so you don't bottle things up during the week. This can be one place. If you can journal that's another place. You can email me if you want to at diana.perkins2008@gmail.com and I will be happy to talk to you about whatever you want to talk about, honestly, see a therapist, or confide in a friend who will really hear you, if you are lucky enough to have such a friend.
2. GO OUT AT NIGHT. The cycle of not going out makes you lonely. I think for a lot of us there is some part of this that is either caused or exacerbated by loneliness.
3. Find things to do with people that are not connected to food, and pro-actively make plans to do them.
4. Don't restrict. This is advice that was given to me, and for me it hasn't worked: if I don't restrict I just end up eating all day, rather than just at night, however I know it helps many people.
5. Find and focus on things that make you feel good about yourself.
Practically:
1. If you can afford it, live alone and make sure that the foods you binge on are not in your house.
2. Keep a journal of when you start to binge, how you feel during the binge, and how you felt before the binge. Try to trace it to its roots.
3. Post-pone the binge. Seems like you're doing a pretty good job of this, but I've been told to make a list of 10 things you can do instead of binge, and methodically go through them when you feel the binge is coming. It's worked for me a bit, sometimes.
4. IMPORTANT: DO NOT convert this into another eating disorder. I dont' know if the thought even entered your mind, however if you have considered purging in any way other than exercise, which is not good but is comparatively harmless, PLEASE DON'T START. I am now addicted to laxatives and it is literally destroying my life right now. It's the worst thing I've ever done to myself and I feel like a total moron for having begun it.
That was actually a totally random division. All of those were both psychological and practical. Oh well.
Feel free to email me any time.
Good luck,
Diana