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.

Must be a hiking kinda day!

You are one skinny little fungus hunter.

If I look skinny next to that kid (my daughter calls him skeletor) I'll take it

Must be a hiking kinda day!

Pretty girls

Waitin on you

Ok I'll peruse the forums and see if I can dig something up...

But in the meantime a shameless plug of my family hike and mushroom hunt

What a great way to enjoy family time. You have a beautiful family.

I would feel remiss if I did not point out that the thread marked "enabling" is full of drooling food porn talk. In all seriousness, is that what we want to talk about? and besides, don't burger and fries make you feel kinda ill?

Since Butter is telling on Mrs Butter, Ill tell on Mrs Junkie. She dips her Wendy's fries in the Frosty. No ketchup needed.....

I would feel remiss if I did not point out that the thread marked "enabling" is full of drooling food porn talk. In all seriousness, is that what we want to talk about? and besides, don't burger and fries make you feel kinda ill?

I don't know if they'd make ill for real, but the thought of eating them does actually make me ill Zero desire to try that. It kinda doesn't even seem like real food after what I eat now.

Must be a hiking kinda day!

Amanda y'all look so alike! Very cute.

Maybe there should be a thread for Random BS!!! Or to talk dirty to each other. I thought there was a Food porn thread somewhere. lol HINT LAURA

I would feel remiss if I did not point out that the thread marked "enabling" is full of drooling food porn talk. In all seriousness, is that what we want to talk about? and besides, don't burger and fries make you feel kinda ill?

Yes, talking about it is all I can do. Those who can't, talk.

Wendy's fries + Frosty = good. Judgy Junkie = bad.

The original topic hasn't popped up much in about 30-40 pages. NTTAWWT.

Since Butter is telling on Mrs Butter, Ill tell on Mrs Junkie. She dips her Wendy's fries in the Frosty. No ketchup needed.....

That's the BEST way to eat fries! I like McDonalds fries with their ice cream too

Wendy's fries + Frosty = good. Judgy Junkie = bad.

I didn't say it was a bad thing! Just giving y'all something to think about

My husband looks over says mushrooms.....mmmm lol morals are our favorites. Sadly I cant/wont eat them now smothered in butter, egg and ritz depressing I tell ya

I love morels fried in butter. We used to live on a farm in Indiana and they grew all over our land. Several times we caught trespassers stealing them. They are expensive to buy at the markets!

Since Butter is telling on Mrs Butter, Ill tell on Mrs Junkie. She dips her Wendy's fries in the Frosty. No ketchup needed.....

Me too! We don't have Wendy's in Australia though. Well we do have a place called Wendy's but it is an ice cream place.