FAA--- Food Addicts Anonymous?

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  • dawnj87
    dawnj87 Posts: 98 Member
    Wow! I am glad I am not alone. I am Dawn, and I am a FOOD ADDICT!! I love, love, love food. I think about food all the time. I love to try new recipes and I love to try new restaurants. I constantly think about food and don't know how to overcome this. Help!!!!!!!
  • starsjen24
    starsjen24 Posts: 19 Member
    I'm Jen and this is how myself and so many others feel. Some days I feel like a pirate from the cursed black pearl. Eat, eat, eat and eat but never satisfied to a point food itself excites me no more. Mindless eating not tasting a dam thing. So, I change my focus. Listening to what my body wants, discovering REAL hunger cues. It's a long process involving the mind also. I am at a point now where ppl can eat infront of me and I don't want their chips or chocolate ice cream. My bf is skinny and has hollow legs so he eats everything. Important thing with relationships is NOT to compete with ur partner. Making equal portions for me and him does not suit me lol. I gain of course. Now I only take and eat the amount my body needs. I still have 30 lbs left to take off but ill get there.

    Reaching a big goal is like trying to eat a whale....one bite at a time. Taking it 1 day at a time is best of course. Keep calm and do what makes u happy. I found I was trying to feed my mind and soul with food. Rediscover yourself, find a passion, experience something new. In my view, what's the point of losing a ton of weight if I'm still unhappy. Then I'd be a skinny ***** lol. Life is short, don't obsess too much with the whole food diet thing. Keep track then put it out of ur mind. Once the mind and soul are at peace, ur body will follow. It will fall off without you realizing it.

    We are many and we are strong. We can do anything we put our minds to :)
  • OAEE
    OAEE Posts: 10 Member
    I find this link and everyone who posted really inspirational. I am a compulsive eater and have been for many decades. did also the nail biting thing, drank too much, just anything that "takes the edge off". I finally gave up on the diets and see saw and started going to overeaters anonymous about 8 years ago. It has made a world of difference to me. I have a sponsor I call every day and tell her what I intend to eat and report if I ended up doing what I said I was going to do yesterday. over time, the support of the program has helped me immeasurably. the one thing I had not thought of recently until reading this post is that over time, my food obsession has abated. it comes and goes but I dont' act on it for the most part. And I just realized just how much time I freed up in my head over this. I just don't think about it anywhere near as often as I used to. anyway, I just joined mfp today and am looking to increase my exercising from just walking the dog to doing something actually that pushes me. as I follow a food plan, my food tends to be similar over the course of a week or two so I am not sure how helpful it will be to track it but I will try it out. if anyone wants to connect, please friend me.

    best wishes,

    edie

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