I happen to be lactose intolerant and I will purposefully eat those things which sicken me. I am in pain now. and do not know how to stop. I have been eating like this in a depressive isolated stupor for several weeks.
I use the food, TV and internet games to not face my reality. because I am totally disgusted with myself.
Pride is now kicking my butt as well. Because I do not want anybody to see me and what I am becoming. I have been sober a long time in AA.
Like the gal that began this thread, it doesn’t matter to me what the food is. I haven’t left my home in several days and am afraid to spend/buy more food so I am really getting down to the bottom of the food supply. not that I can ever really keep much food here.
The minute I feel a little comfort coming back I binge again. I am powerless.

I heard the other day that I have to admit how much I love to do the addictive thing.
I have so much shame…
I have a sponsor that I do not want to admit this stuff to. So here I am… Writing this anonymously here.
Can you relate?

I admit I LOVE that full disgusting feeling of pressure in my belly from binging. I enjoy feeling intense feelings of flatulence, even pain.

Today, I am abstinent (refraining from overeating) because I joined Overeaters Anonymous and am working the program. If you ever want to chat about it, feel free to email me. I cannot believe how awesome my life is now, I’m not foggy from being hopped up on sugar and flour all the time. I’m not obsessing about what my next food is. And I truly enjoy the people that I live and hang out with. Most importantly, I like myself much more now.

Peace,
Trish

I can relate to overeating and getting that stuffed feeling, but I’ve never thought I was addicted to it. It’s very interesting to hear about this, and also the follow up comment from Dr. Becky re: the study of stimulating the stomach of obese individuals.

I do know that I am addicted to refined sugar, flour, added/excess salt, unhealthy fats, and dairy, and as long as I leave these ingredients out of my diet, then I don’t have cravings and don’t overeat. I do use portion control however, and if I didn’t do that, (measure and weigh my portions) then I very well could end up overeating on my healthy fare to get that full feeling.

Very interesting, thanks for your thoughts and experience on this. All the best to you with your goals!

I’m going to keep that article under the hand for sure. Maybe it’d be a key to what I’m battling against. I don’t particularly like feeling overstuffed, but I also can’t say I don’t like the, er, the moments before this feeling kicks in, sort of? When I overeat, I can overeat on pretty much anything, I just like… having something in my mouth, perhaps? Yeah, I guess I just like eating.

Argh. I should probably sign up for those 28 days as well. I don’t care if Christmas falls right in the middle, it can’t be worse than what I’m able to do on my own when left alone. >.<

I have gone to eating SMALL meals of no more than 400 calories a piece. Most of the time, I eat about 200 calories a meal several times a day.

I never let myself get too hungry for fear of causing a binge. I never let myself get too full for fear of increasing my addiction.

I started last week and this week, I dropped four pounds at Weight Watchers. Weight Watchers is another really helpful tool. They really talk about the “Comfort Zone” of not being too full or too hungry. They have so many great tools that you can’t really learn them from the books or online. You need to go to the classes every week.

I’ve stopped overeating cold turkey.

Laura

I too, ate whatever I wanted when I was losing weight and being healthy. I just ate small amounts. That’s the key, I believe.

I am curious, how do you detox exactly from binge eating? Does that mean going cold turkey?

–Ali