Hey there. I was wondering the same thing. I joined about 3 weeks ago and have made a few posts. I'm here for you. If we post I'm sure others will too. So go ahead and talk, I'm listening.

Maybe we could be the initial resuscitators? :laugh: I adore comfort food. The thing that's so neat about mfp is that you can integrate any food that you like into your grand plan! Potato chips, macaroni and cheese, chocolate, ice cream--I can live with this indefinitely! It's fun to have a supportive community, too. Now, if you can give me a few hints about applying the brakes--I'm OK as long as I don't start. Once I take the first bite , :sad: .:sad:

Hope we can stay in touch. If I knew how to "friend" people, I'd ask you!

You have a hard row to hoe! FWIW, I'm here and available. I check in twice a day since I started.
I do OK if I eat protein and fat at each meal or before we go out. I go over my caloric limit usually, but it's the general consensus here that 1200 KCal per day isn't realistic for active people. If they're starving and they increase their caloric limit by a little, they continue to lose weight. If they cling to the caloric limit, they feel tired, cold, unenergetic, etc. Who knows? We can just keep reading, learning, and touching base w/the well-intentioned others. This site is, to me, like a gift from heaven. Where else can you exchange ideas, recipes, methodology, etc., without spending a boatload of $?
Take good care of yourself!

Hello all, I joined this group today! Found the link on another thread. I am an emotional over eater and need some accountability!
I have certain foods that once I start it is very difficult to stop! I usually just read others posts and don't like to share but I know I need to get out there and post. I will only get what I put into it right? I am encouraged to know that I'm not the only one that goes over in their calorie goal. I usually see that as failure and an excuse to over eat some more. I have made my food diary public now. My goal is to stay as close as possible to my calorie goal but still keep tracking if I go over. I'm trying to listen to my body and only eat when I'm truly physically hungry. This is very hard for me. I have about 75 pounds to lose. I am the heaviest I've been in a long time. I'm also trying to be gentler to myself and not beat myself up over my mistakes. Someone once told me to treat myself like I would a close friend. Well, thanks for listening. I hope this group can get some activity going.

Thanks! I will accept you as a friend!! Maybe more will join in!

I hope this group is still active because I just left the "Overeaters Anonymous (OA)" group due to inactivity... and I posted a topic but it was either not posted or it was removed... so frustrating when you're just trying to find a group for support.

I could use more friends who suffer from overeating/emotional eating as well. I just had an episode yesterday and it wasn't pretty. :frown:

Welcome ladies! Hopefully things will pick up. I post my own rants and whines, maybe just to get it out.

Recent dramas with my adult daughters, stuff with my elderly dad, my lousy health/pain/meds... it all adds up to those late afternoon & evening binges. I start off making decent decisions and blow it by sundown.

We all have our triggers, our go to comfort foods and our own guilt & regret. More coping skills, more escape plans and more success would be nice.

I take baths & showers - lots of them. I read (Anthony Bourdain lately. You'd think he writes about food, but thats not the true moral of his story). I do latch hook rugs. I bake. Maybe this is risky for an food monster but I'm not a fan of sweets so can generally bake them, enjoy the process and not eat myself sick. I journal. I walk when I'm able. Recently giving cognitive behavior change a better try. (Am I hungry or bored/emotional/mad/depressed? What can I do instead of eating this? Will eating this make me feel weak/guilty/physically ill? )

I know you ladies have all these things too, maybe just in different colors, flavors and theme songs. We aren't alone, it just feels that way.

I keep falling off the wagon (headfirst into a buffet) and coming back but I really am in it for the long haul. I'm open to any & all friend requests.

Hi Ladies and gents,

Any of you want to be admin?
seriously I have the power and need help to get the group back up and running!!

Would you like to be a moderator kimmy?

I have been asking this same question.

I am looking for some weight loss buddies - will you join me?

"Sweets" are an issue for me (i.e., pastries, candy, etc.)
"Fat" is a problem for me also (i.e., fried foods, cheese, chips, etc.)
These kinds of foods will trigger me to binge, and it is very hard for me to get my eating back under control.
But I find it hard to resist these very same foods :brokenheart:

Hi mkbarnes,

I'm trying to recruit a couple more admin to the group to get it up and running again!
people still post on here though

I still haunt the group. I confess I kinda use it as place to whine and go on endlessly about my excuses/addictions/sins and successes.

I do love a chik'n (veg) nugget but mainky for the dipping sauces! Oh hot & spicy bbq, honey, sweet & sour, red chile paste, brown mustard.. I turn an otherwise decent item into a wave of sugar, sodium and empty calories :ohwell: