I never thought of my self as having an eating disorder.

I know I do....thats why I needed the band. I now have my eating under control, but I notice everytime my husband leaves to go somewhere and I'm home by myself the first thing that pops in my head is.....what can I eat. I still have the urge to eat but I don't

only because I can't. I'm really tight with my fill.

The normal fat people kind. You know the one that makes you like food LOL

I am the same way...as soon as my house is empty (no husband, no kids), I run for the refrigerator and/or the pantry. I would also sneak to McDonald's when I was on the road by myself. I would eat as much as I could as soon as I could whenever I was alone. Did I mention that I love my band?????

This is absolutely me! I get something almost every time I'm out alone, and eat big lunches at work. I also sneak food in and eat it when my kids are in bed, etc.

I hate how I think sometimes and I have to give myself a mental "SLAP". Anytime I have time to myself, I want to eat! I would stay home from school as a kid and eat junk (beginning in 1st grade, when I'd hide in the bushes and watch the bus go by, then go back home. Product of the latch-key kid days.) I used to make cookie-dough, eat the bowl, then wash it so my mother wouldn't find out.

I wonder what she thought was happening to all the sugar, flour and eggs???? But, then, she used to hide the goodies in her drawers, until my brother and I found them.

Also, I don't have any kind of trigger to stop me from eating. My family is like that...we'd go to buffets and be there for hours with plates stacked high. Ugg...now I can't picture that.

I love my band, too!

I am so addicted to sugar. Give me candy over food any day. Tommorrow (Halloween) is a big binge time for me.

Candy and binge eating to get it out of the house. Only to go and buy more the next day.

I'm a behavioral eater with poor portion control.

I am so addicted to sugar. Give me candy over food any day. Tommorrow (Halloween) is a big binge time for me.

That is exactly my problem, I will take a piece of cake over steak any day of the week (I love steak too, but I like cake more). I am an emotional eater, and the only thing wrong with that is that I eat FOR ALL OF MY EMOTIONS, SAD, HAPPY, DEPRESSED, ALL OF THEM.

I love chips,chips and more chips, any kind of chips. I try to never be by myself because if I am I will find chips and won't quit until the bags empty.

Im a wierd one... anorexic.... then an emotional/ binge eater. Wow 180 right??

I used to have the "see food" diet--you know, I see it and I eat it!

I just needed the band to help me curb an insatiable hunger!

I used to have a very strict policy. I would only eat when I was alone or with someone.:rolleyes I would also raid the house when alone or figure what fast food restaurant would give me the most bang for my buck when I was alone out of the house. When going out to eat with family it usually meant a buffet meal or at a home with enough food to feed an army.

I used to eat because I loved the taste of food. At different times I would have different cravings but there was really very few foods I didn't like.:help:

I love how the band not only controls how much and what I can eat but also sends messages to my brain somehow that I don't want food all the time.:clap2:

I used to make cookie-dough, eat the bowl, then wash it so my mother wouldn't find out.

I wonder what she thought was happening to all the sugar, flour and eggs???? But, then, she used to hide the goodies in her drawers, until my brother and I found them.

Yep, same here. I saw my mother sneaking food for herself or found her snack stash and it taught me from a young age to disrespect food and to sneak it like it was a dirty little secret.

I can only blame myself for my weight and/or whatever food disorder I might have; however, I was not taught how to properly feed myself by my parents. I think had my parents set a better example that my entire family would be a lot healthier than we are now.

I am an unplugged eater..I get stressed, lonely, sad, bored, whatever, I distance myself from that emotion and unplug. Usually with a book orI turn the TV on without watching it..then I just eat..I could go through sun flower seeds till my tongue bled...I distinctly remember once lying on the couch, with a bag of chips, cheese dip and a 2 l of Dr. pepper next to me while I read a book..all day..it was a big book but geez!

Even today I still do that, only now, Ill being eating with out knowing it them WHAM! I have to run to the trashcan...

I will eat when I'm alone too - that's why I seem to have an Iron will and dont gain weight on holidays, over Christmas, etc. All that eating is done with other people. I'm not afraid to eat in public and I'm not afraid to have a bit of an indulgent pig out in public, but having the house to myself signals EAT. Being at the shops alone signals EAT.

Its not that I wont do it in front of others or that I truly binge at these times, its just being alone = ah, peace, quiet, relaxation (no kids, lol). The first thing I used to do when I relaxed was pour a coffee and eat half a dozen Cookies. I could feel it hit my system and the morning's stresses would be wiped away. So the habit, the urge remains but I dont do it any longer, since I no longer believe that if noone sees me consume the calories, they dont count.

Funny thing is, I've never been a nighttime eater, my danger time is always late morning. So if I am up alone at night, it would simply never enter my head to eat something, dinner is the last food of the day, end of story.

That's why I believe these things are not necessarily eating disorders or signal that you have issue, they can simply be very deeply entrenched bad habits.