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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Chante2017
Chante2017

Hi everyone, 


So glad to find this group. I am new to food addiction in the sense of over eating but have had a bad relationship with food and used to obsess with calorie counting so that I guess was the opposite end of where I am now. Anyways now I am for the first time in my life morbidly obese part of it medication induced but I know alot of it is no control over my food cravings and emotional eating. I am not sure how to get through it and already had major health issues before gaining weight now i have even more and am scared. I am motivated to change but failed many times the last few years. Its like im doing it to punish myself sometimes. Anyone relate or have any advice? Any stories of over coming multiple contributing factors that created a food addiction?! Thanks for reading! Love and Light to you. 

katie
katie
Welcome, Chante. You're not alone. This is a complex thing we're battling, and it's different for everyone. The more I learn about this, the more I realize everyone here has multiple factors going on. That's what makes unpacking it so difficult.

It sounds like you're one of the 'pendulum people' who correct one thing - in your case, the obsession over calorie counting - and then find themselves having gone too far in the other direction.

I think the key is to battle this on two fronts: work on changing behaviors, a little at a time, and work on figuring out those underlying issues.

Are you under a doctor's care for your other health issues? Can he or she be an ally for you in this area too?
Madisyn
Madisyn
I gained weight taking Humira and Embrel, so I stopped taking them and went back to Methotrexate. I saw a nutritionist and took a diet pill and exercised and ate really clean for a few months and I lost 15 pounds. I had to stop because diet pill long term is not healthy. I am back on it now and hope to lose 15 again that includes 5 I gained back. It was impossible for me to lose weight on my own. I don't have a lot of will power and I love wine, so that is that. I say baby steps as well, set goals that are obtainable so you feel like you have accomplished something. Exercise just a little at a time until your body gets used to it. If you are like me you are always tired so exercise seems impossible, so baby steps.