Did all the Food Addicts get cured in September???

[talltessy]

Wow!!!

I am not a regular poster to this particular thread...but I definitely should be!

I have been a food addict most of my life, and when it rears its ugly head, like it has been lately, one of the things that helps the most is knowing there are others.

I haven't checked this Forum for a while....missing all of your encouraging and understanding posts.

Hope everyone is doing well in their own journey.

[amiga74]

hi tessy,
thanks for starting this thread.
im just gonna go off here. i've been overeating every other day-esp at night i've been bingeing. i lost 10 lbs but now i'm probably gaining it all back in a week. tonight i had 2 pkgs of saltines, some cheddar cheese and some pound cake. easily over 1500 calories, what i ate the rest of the day.

its also probably related to the fact that i am behind in my work-as in missing deadlines, currently living at my mother in laws (till monday) and just feel disorganized and out of sorts. but i wish i didnt turn to food to numb the anxiety etc. i went for a walk tonight. i just feel all or nothing with food. it sucks. i really want to get out of this
whe i was dieting, i wasnt binging. maybe i need to go back to being on a diet. i feel like crap. i guess i will go to bed.

[talltessy]

Amiga....

Right there with you. I am soooo good during the day. Then, when it gets dark outside, it's like this switch flips on and I can't stop thinking about food. More often than not, the obsession gets the best of me.

Even with legal LC foods...just can't stop lately.

[talltessy]

A small step towards the path to victory this morning.....

Last night, my husband was supposed to be working. And, I went to the trouble of pre-planning a great sugar binge for while he was gone. But, he never went!!

I was a little panicky at first, knowing that I had this awesome treat waiting for me in my car (had to make sure he didn't find it!) I still had hope that he would go to bead before me and I could sneak outside to satisfy the beast. No luck there either!! So, finally, I went to be thinking about this wonderful, sugary, box of goodies that i had waiting in my car for me. Just waiting there to make me feel better. Finally, I fell asleep.

This morning.....I have ablsolutely NO DESIRE to eat the contents of that box.

I got it out of my car, and took it out to the dumpster, making sure to put other nasty trash on top of it so that it wasn't even tempting when I saw the box.

Mornings are like that for me. If I can just get through the nights.....

So...I will, again, try to get as far through the day as possible. All I can do is try.

[magnamater]

Not cured, just working 2 jobs. . .

Hoping for things to smooth out. . .

BBL!

[steady]

Talltessy- I am doing much better with food addiction now, but I am definitely not cured. Behavior modification has really worked for me, but I still have my "days". The last couple of months I delved deep into my food addiction...and found and removed food triggers, made attitude and lifestyle changes to break my addiction to foods. I found 5-htp, chromium, meditation and journaling have helped me greatly deal with my emotional addiction to food.

Best of luck to you. I encourage you to delve deep inside and find the root of your food addiction, whether it is physical or a mental addiction to food. Journaling helps immensely with this process.

[Pcola Girl]

Heck no we did not get all cured in September, we are all on the new addiction site called
FOOD ADDICTION..NEW FOR 2008.
Its right here on addiction support with all the other addictions....
Hope to see you there sometimes.