I understand the pain...

It sucks when life seems to be hitting us below the belt from all directions. I know; I have been there.
Aren't the trials of life bad enough without us beating ourselves up more?
Why do we make matters worse by committing suicide with food?
Because that IS what we are doing - killing ourselves one mouth full at a time.

Someone says something unkind of hurtful to me and I grab my favorite foods and gorge myself out on them.:sad:
I lose my job, or my car ,or BOTH and I do the same. :frown:
My boss or a co-worker makes me angry :explode: and I turn to food.
My partner states I'm no longer attractive to him and the first thing I do is grab food.:brokenheart:

Your issues may be similar to my hurts and losses or different, but the one thing in common is that we tend to turn to food for love and comfort. Why do we do that? Why do we to add insult to injury by binging?

May I share something with you? In the past, some members of my family dealt with the stresses of life by turning to liquor or drugs. I used to tell myself I was better than them because I didn't deal with stress by getting drunk or taking drugs. I saw what those indulgences did to their body and their life and I was PROUD that I did not cope with life's issues that way.
Well not long ago my eyes were opened and I saw that I was JUST LIKE THEM - only my drug of choice was food! :noway:

My over indulgence in food was doing the same thing to my body and my life as their drunkenness and drug abuse had done to their lives - it was killing me and destroying all I held dear! :brokenheart: I was well on the way to destroying myself and any good things I had left in my life. Overeating was making me ill; :sick: it was making me hurt physically, and my abuse of food made me JUST LIKE THEM.

My friend, I have learned that I cannot control what happens AROUND me. I cannot really even control what happens TO me.
I have learned that one of the few things I have ANY control over is what I eat and drink. That revelation gives me a sense of having SOME power over something that affects my life and I hold to that life line with all my strength.

I have learned that issues of life are NOT worth sacrificing my physical or mental health.
The issues in life are NOT good reasons for me to punish myself even more by packing on pounds or clogging my arteries.
I have learned that gorging out on my favorite foods does not console me, it does not fix anything, and it only makes things WORSE.

It took me reaching over 425 pounds and aching all over (especially in my knees, ankles and feet) to figure this out.
Binging on food only made me unhealthy and added physical pain and emotional pain on top of the other stressors in my life.

If you are guilty of turning to food as your drug of choice like I was - if you are facing negative situations and stressful issues in your life like me please believe me when I say YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

If I could travel through this computer and give you a hug I would. If I could make things better, or at least easier in the different areas of your life and mine I would gladly do it; but sadly I cannot "fix" things and I cannot control things no matter how much I wish I could.

Dear friend, YOU ARE a good person; you ARE worth tender loving care. Take care of YOU and love yourself.
Give that gift to yourself every day by the way you treat your body.

Now, take a deep breath and try to let the stress you are feeling go out of your body with that expelled breath.
((Hugs & Prayers Always)) - From someone who understands.