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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Just wanted to share some of my story.

caruTH
caruTH
I was talking with my sister today and I can pretty much pin point exactly when and why I developed my addiction to food and overeating. I was in the 4th grade and my parents always made us eat really healthy, like we never had lots of sugar or fatty foods. My sister and I had some friends that were also sisters our same ages and we would go over to their house after school everyday and play. Well, their parents didn't monitor the type of food they ate quite as much as ours and they always had food in the house like cake. During Christmas one year they had fruit cake and we got to have some while we were there. My parents never knew that we were eating this, and so whenever I had a chance to eat it I ate a ton of it because in the back of my mind I thought that my parents would never let me have things like cake and I didn't know when I would get to have cake again so I ate and ate and ate. After doing this routine for just two weeks it had totally messed up my mind when it came to food. I'm not gonna blame my parents at all because they were only doing what they thought was best. But it was because I was deprived of certain foods that I over-did it when I finally got to have those foods. Another thing I noticed was that I never ate like that anywhere else. Like in the safety of our friends home I ate and in public I pretended that I was just a normal eater. It's pretty sad that it started when I was 10 years old. The really horrible thing is that it never stopped and now I'm 32 and 310 lbs.
BubblesDavey
BubblesDavey
Thank you for posting. The insane thing is I do this to myself in that I eat very sensibly, omitting certain foods, and then I rationalize eating something that I haven't had in a while and I'm off and running...overeating and ultimately a binge. Then back to deprivation again.
deleted_user
deleted_user
bubbles im like that, yesturday i ate some marshmallows what a mistake i ate two whole bags today ive ate a full cake!!!
i think im just getting my cravings out of the way though. tomorrow i think im going to drop sugar.
caruTH my parents were also like this when i was younger we never had crisps or buiscuits in our house and the only time i could eat these things was while i was at a friends and i ate like a piggy. My friends mothers must of thought i never got fed at home.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I know what you mean--eating healthy and normal, then binging I even do it sometimes on pretty ordinary boring food. I do it to cope. I do it because of my compulsive nature, and out of stress. I do it when I don't want to feel. My family always had food--including sweets--but it was kind of what you did to make someone feel better. Well its a very temporary feel better, and if I start its very difficult to stop---I know what is healthy, I know how I "should " eat--and sometimes am very disciplined---and sometimes I eat to much just to feel better, and then I feel terrible. Its tough. But we gotta keep trying. Food should just be fuel--I so want to get there.
deleted_user
deleted_user
me too bayou lady, i want food to me something i eat to fuel my body, something to keep healthy with.
not something that makes me feel like im abusing myself with it
deleted_user
deleted_user
I find myself doing the same thing. I am a nanny. I find myself all day going to the kitchen and looking for things to eat.
deleted_user
deleted_user
The sad thing is, my mindset is completely the same, but it didn't come from my parents limiting me! My mom did buy mostly healthy food but she would buy snacks and cookies too from time to time. Not as much as I see in other people's household, but still. And my mindset is: "I don't know when I'll get this next." It's ridiculous to think like that! I can't remember when my addiction started, but I never remember feeling normal about food. I always ate as much of it as I could.