Main Entry: en·abler

Pronunciation: \i-ˈnā-blər, -bəl-ər\

Function: noun Date: 1615:

one that enables another to achieve an end ; especially : one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (as substance abuse) by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior

food ADDICTION

Food addiction manifests itself in the uncontrollable craving for excess food that follows the ingestion of refined carbohydrates, primarily sugar and flour substances that are quickly metabolized and turned into sugar in the bloodstream.

Due to those uncontrollable cravings, a food addict's quality of life deteriorates when he or she eats sugar, flour or wheat. It can deteriorate physically, emotionally, socially and/or spiritually.

If any of the following symptoms are familiar to you, you may be a food addict:

Physical Symptoms of Food Addiction

• Do you think you cannot control your intake of food, especially junk food or high sugar foods?

• Have you tried different diets or weight loss programs, but none has worked permanently?

• Have you found yourself vomiting, using laxatives, diuretics, or exercising a lot to avoid a weight gain after you have eaten a lot?

Many food addicts are obese and have tried numerous methods for weight control (diets, drugs, surgery, etc.) yet nothing has created a permanent solution. Other food addicts have never been obese. Their physical weight has been controlled by extreme measures such as excessive exercise, purging through vomiting or laxatives (bulimia), or the severe and unhealthy limiting of food substances(anorexia). No matter which version of food addiction fits you, all of these symptoms become more severe with time and eventually lead to physical problems that can create an early and sometimes painful death.

Emotional Symptoms of Food Addiction

• Do you find yourself feeling depressed, hopeless, sad or ashamed about your eating or your weight?

• Do you find yourself eating when you are upset or reward yourself with food when you do something good?

• Have you ever noticed after eating sugar, flour, or wheat that you become more irritable?

Food addicts notice that their emotions become more severe, intense, or unreasonable when eating the addictive substances. For many food addicts, emotional life may deteriorate into despair, depression, or thoughts of suicide.

Social Symptoms of Food Addiction

• Do you eat in private so no one will see you?

• Do you avoid social interactions because you feel you do not look good enough or do not have the proper fitting clothes to wear?

• Do you steal other people’s food?

• Are you more interested in what food is served at social gatherings than looking forward to the warmth of being with the people attending?

A food addict’s social life is affected by intense obsessive thinking about food. Making eye contact with people and taking an interest in developing friendships or intimate relationships become secondary to locating and eating addictive foods. Food addicts often hide or steal foods and eat in secret.

She who will not be named?

She who will not be named?

that is probably safest, yes.

The likes are showing up! WHA

I love you folks! You keep me laughing!

Cheri....I'm already cyber stalking Laura. If she tries to leave us I'll post all her personal information on the lapband forum and on www.californiacougars.com

She's not getting away.

I just flipped 2 years on the forum. Is it time for me to fade out? I mean I may not be an elite level sleever yet but I feel it's my duty to stick around and keep a lid on the nazi rhetoric at least.

If you're still here two years post sleeve we'll throw you a party, dude! A lot of the folks that have come around since after I was sleeved seem to be hanging on longer. I hope this continues. Well, I won't lie. I hope it only continues with people I like. All the people I don't like can fizzle out time now, that's cool. Anyway, I didn't post more than a dozen things in my first year. I got almost zero support here when I wanted/needed it, so after my second year I made a point of coming back and posting to give something back that I felt wasn't there before. Mostly, I get a headache from it but I do enjoy the group we have here now. The current vets seem to post more than the older group we had here.

I'm waiting for the pervs to chime in because yeah, that pretty much sounds like a menage a trois.

Hey, totally weird but one of my stepdaughters is a lesbian, too! Small world. We can share their coming out and totally hating kids stories - she hates kids, too. Weirdest thing. Well...she does have SEVEN siblings, so maybe it's not surprising.

Good luck on softening your son up for those grandbabies. Have I told the group yet that we have a grandson? He's eight months younger than the twins. That's the kind of stuff that happens when you are the same age difference from your husband as his oldest daughter.

It's another reason I don't want/need any more kids. I expect the grandbabies to start rolling in over the next few years.

And I'm glad you're sticking around. Change is good, and for as massive a job as this was I don't think they're doing too badly rolling things out.

~Cheri

Maybe we can rename this the sarcastic crankypants group thread.

Maybe we can rename this the sarcastic crankypants group thread.

. I will need to just pay for a lifetime membership if that is the case.

If Butter keeps posting pics of BCA, :***I"M***: leaving.

I'm not jumping ship! WTH am I, chopped liver? To you, I mean. Cause you hate liver. You just don't know good things and Jewish comfort food when you see them.

In any case, I'm not leaving. I, personally, have had a TON of issues from the app but have no problems finding things or posting if I'm on my computer or laptop. Are there things I don't like? Sure. But there are growing pains every time Facebook changes their crap on me, too. I just want them to fix what's wrong with the PMs!

I figure most people will get used to it in time.

And really, not to sound mean or argumentative, but what's the lifetime of most posters here, anyway? Really, folks like Oregondaisy, NtvTxn and CowgirlJane are the exception. Most folks fizzle out around 12-18 months and vanish forever. And that's not counting the massive numbers that leave well before a year is up, pop in for a one year update and boogie onward never to be heard from again. There's nothing for Alex to lose...most of these people would have left VST in a short time anyway.

Even super posters - remember OTR? Where is that dude? Diva, Tiffy - all the old timers are G-O-N-E. And many of the other old timers don't bother posting on the heavy traffic forums, anyway. They stick to their groups or their favorite areas and that's all they do.

So, meh. I don't necessarily like the changes but I'll deal.

And you better message me if you leave, Laura! I really think it's too much effort to cyberstalk you to keep in touch, but I'll do it if need be!

~Cheri

I won't jump ship - I cannot be deterred that easily!!!

But, I was thinking... does that make "us" old timers now??? haha

I knew that tiff got really busy raising babies and LilMissDiva switched over to MFP more before she disappeared. OTR just fell of the face of the earth as far as I can tell though.

Tiff was my inspiration though and one of the reasons I stay around is that i felt so HOPELESS after failing with the band and Tiff was one of the people that helped me see that it was worth trying again. She was so right and modeled the behavior it took to find success.

Actually, I find on my laptop this site works just fine. It is still a bit o a challenge on my kindle and phone. ehh... I'll survive.

GG - coke bottle is a weird comment, i have never heard that one either. I have been called voluptous. Which to me sounds kinda fat...lol... but fat in the right places i guess. Anyway, you ARE looking awesome!

Bean - hookers eh. I would settle for strippers. I saw a movie preview or something of those guy dancers from down under and thought... yeah, we need thunder from down under around here! Man, I am bored that i am contemplated mostly naked dancing men on a forum.

Oh how I've missed you all! Between new job and this new site, I've been feeling very cut off from all you folks I look to for guidance ... or amusement.

And Alex, I am a producer/site manager so I do have pity on you. "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"

Lisa

So I'm really behind too. I can't seem to find anything on the new site but, yes Alex, I am having patience. Just want to say thanks to Laura for starting this thread. It has been extrememly thought provoking. And I'm glad I've at least found familiar faces again. I've missed y'all! Now, back to the banter that keeps me smiling...

Not jumping ship either. And more things got ironed out last night so I'm feeling a bit better today (Alex and I are BFF's again )

Oh and I'm glad a few more familiar faces showed up this morning!

You guys.....please remind me to stay out of the lapband forum. As much as I want to intersperse with all WLS patients, I'm tired of reading about what a dreadful thing I've done by cutting out 85% of a perfectly healthy stomach. If it was so fucking healthy, then why would it allow me to eat 2 large pizzas without even telling me I might be full?

Stay out of the lap-band forums.

I like having 85% of my stomach cut out. That had to have been, what, one or two pounds lost right there? Also, I don't have to worry about O'Brien or my sweet spot. It's all built in.

You guys.....please remind me to stay out of the lapband forum. As much as I want to intersperse with all WLS patients, I'm tired of reading about what a dreadful thing I've done by cutting out 85% of a perfectly healthy stomach. If it was so f**king healthy, then why would it allow me to eat 2 large pizzas without even telling me I might be full?

They just say that because it's the best they got... I mean, if they think putting a leash (or muzzle) around their stomach is more natural?! So be it.

Now knock it off I don't feel like fighting with banders today...