I'm curious to know what constitutes a food addiction.

I'm morbidly obese, but I never obsess about food. I do have occasional anxiety and sometimes eat to soothe the anxiety, but not often. I never CRAVE food -- I don't get obsessed about a brownie or a burger or whatever. Mostly I just overeat -- I eat a normal portion of food, and then two more portions besides! Also, I'm extremely sedentary (this is sort of the bane of my existence, my own physical laziness).

From what I understand, I don't really have a food "addiction." I just eat like a starving wolf, and I'm kinda lazy.

Does this ring true to you guys? Mostly curious -- I'm not going to really change my plans either way (regardless of addiction or no, I nee to lose the weight!)

This is a really old thread.

So it is. My bad!

I was just like you . Not really obsess but I could eat man . A little too much . Well I'm about to be 3 weeks post op and that over eating its gone forever ...

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I wasnt obsessed with food either (except for the occasional 20oz porterhouse). I just used to eat much more than I should have (2x or 3x the normal serving). Once I was done with a meal, I was done until the next meal.

I do have large friends (females) who do obsess over things like chocolate lava cake, or a starbucks frappe or godiva chocolate. I dunno, maybe its a guy thing not to obsess?