Any other overeaters here?

[lady raven]

I'm currently on an exercise and healthy eating program that I plan to adopt for life (not just as a short term diet). However, I am also a compulsive eater and will be fighting this addiction for the rest of my life. Any others out there in this situation?

[Eloriel]

1. Kinda

I suppose it depends on your definition of compulsive overeater.

I've had a sugar addiction, which flared up REALLY badly when I quit smoking on Dec. 10 last year, but thank heaven I'm finally starting Week 3 of my own Lifetime, lifestyle healthy eating plan (South Beach) -- 6-1/2 pounds down as of this morning, after 2 weeks, I might add. Whew! I feel like it took forever to get here. I can't count the number of "Day 1's" I went thru between Xmas and now, and a whole bunch of Day 2's as well. Prior to that I'd lost 31 pounds, but after that I gained 20 back. :grr:

I have never considered myself a generic compulsive overeater, just a sugar addict. Just as there was a time more than a decade ago when I was abusing alcohol pretty badly, but never made it to alcoholic. Even now I can have alcohol -- a glass of wine or whatever -- without going further. But Why? is my attitude at this point. I may have one or at most two glasses of wine (on separate occasions) in a whole year. I just don't want it or care for it. I can't remember the last alcohol I had. Not Xmas, not T'giving, certainly not New Years, not during the summer 2004, maybe not in 2004 at all...??? (I do cook with it occasionally.)

[scarlet_owl]

2. I'm an overeater.

For some reason, I never seem to be full. It seems sometimes that I can't get enough sugar. I'm tired of people telling me that all I need is will power. It's easy enough for them to say because they have never been in my situation. I currently take two medications for my bi-polar disorder. I never had an eating problem until I started taking them. Six years ago, I was 132 pounds (I'm 5'6"). Now I'm 240. I need to do something soon or I will be dead by the time I'm thirty.

[Droopy]

5. Hi scarlet_owl

I take psychiatric meds as well so I know how they can put the weight on you. I went from 225 to 275 in the space of 2 years. I recently started an exercise program that is already showing results. I joined the YMCA and they based my dues on my income. It's pretty cheap even if you are in the highest income level. Just throwing that out there as an option.

[Wetzelbill]

3. I'm compulsive and a bad emotional eater too

If I make a meal, and get full on half of it, within minutes of finishing I'm thinking about that food sitting on the stove. I will stuff myself until I am uncomfortable and even then I still can't stop. I often feel out of control.

I always worked out alot, but I hurt my back in the weight room a few years ago and haven't worked out as much since then. I'm 5'1 and maybe 160-165, which is pretty heavy for me. I'm relatively muscular, so some of my weight is due to that, as well. I could lose about 25 pounds and that would be perfect. For me, weight - I'm not much overweight- isn't the biggest problem, it definitely wouldn't hurt to lose that, but my diet is awful and I have a history of heart disease on one side of my family. In the past, I was a serious athlete, so I would be in perfect condition, but still would eat alarming amounts of food. That just can't be good for someone, especially since I'm a small, and compact anyway. I eat more food than people twice my size, and it frightens me. Today, really is the first time I've admitted all of this to anyone. I'm 30 right now, and would like to get this under control before it affects my health in a serious way.

[Nikia]

4. I am the opposite

I am not sure if this group is for me but I do see similarities between addictions and my eating disorder. I think that eating disorders are really tough because we all have to deal with food. We can't just avoid it altogether like substance abusers can.

[mirandaod]

6. I'm a compulsive overeater and

just admitted 2 weeks ago that I'm powerless over alcohol. My first addiction is food, but I found if I continued to drink I could not abstain from compulsive eating.
I'm glad this group is here.

[KitchenWitch]

7. I am glad you found us!

:hug:

[lins the liberal]

8. I'm a compulsive overeater and sweets addict

I attend Overeaters Anonymous meetings.

I believe all eating disorders have in common the fact that we all have an abnormal relationship with food.

[Bullwinkle925]

9. HELP & HELLO.

I am powerless in the presence of food - or thinking of food.
From the moment I awaken until the moment I go to sleep - my thoughts are consumed (notice the language?) with food.
"What will I have for breakfast?" followed by, "What will I have for lunch, dinner, etc."?

How does one shake this? How do we go about our daily rituals without being driven by 'food thoughts'?

I know that I have depression, and I take meds. for that. I just can't seem to get beyond the food addiction. I've been trying diet after diet.

I want to shoot myself. I hate the way I feel. I hate the way I look. I want to be able to fit into clothes nicely and not have these little 'rolls' rippling along the torso.

I despise this constant struggle with food and weight. I'm 5'4" and am around 150 lbs. I must lose at least 25 lbs. but I can't seem to begin.

I use the "Well, I'm in my mid-life" excuse. I don't make myself get up and get out to get the exercise I need.

My husband has cancer, - has a G-tube (tube feedings) so we don't have regular meals together, nor do we go out to eat together.

I miss that. I compensate by eating. I work from home so I don't get out like I used to. I take care of other people. I am currently
involved with a friend - getting her to her psych appts. and therapy appts., etc. and I know that I neglect myself.

I need SOMEONE to help me kick my ass into high gear and find out what I need to do to become healthy again. I'm going to bite the bullet and contact my physician tomorrow for a physical to begin the process.

I need a good ground support to help me along the way.

Thanks for reading this rant.

BW925

[mirandaod]

10. Hello, and welcome.

You are really going through a lot. Comfort eating is pretty common when we're faced with a lot of stress. I ate like mad through my son's bout with Hodgkins - gained over 20 pounds in 4 months.

There is help in Overeaters Anonymous. Check out www.oa.org There are lots of meetings, and also internet support groups.

Wishing you peace and serenity.

[Bullwinkle925]

11. You're a sweetie to answer my posts.

I am sorry about your son - how is he doing? I lost a dearly loved step-father to Hodgkins a long time ago - had he come down with it today, he might still be living with all the new treatments that are now being provided.
I definitely will check the Overeaters website. Thank you so much.


:hug:

[mirandaod]

12. Hi, again.

My son is fine now, thankfully. And my weight is very slowly coming down and I hope to be able to reach and maintain a healthy weight, if I keep my sobriety and abstinence, one day at a time.

Hope you find what you need in OA.

Blessings.

[Name removed]

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