Am I The Only Real Overeater In This Forum??

[KelinTx 1]

I consider myself to be a food ADDICT, because i think you can be an overeater and not necessarily be a food addict. No matter how much weight i lose i will always be the woman who would eat a 40 pack of pizza rolls for Breakfast followed by a pack of pop tarts, and be thinking of what i was going to have for lunch. My thoughts probably will always be food monopolized and thats how i realize i am a true food addict. Thank god i have my band to physically restrain me.

[bandster_1007 1]

..yeah, i should have added...although i may not have binged and ate in huge amounts, i am definately a food addict.

i would go on week long binges, where the amount of food was not necessarily larger in one setting but it would be slightly larger each time for weeks, and i would want nothing but unhealthy food.

so, yeah..my normal day would consists of a breakfast burrito with a route 44 coke for breakfast, some Cookies or something for a snack, for lunch i would have some sort of fast food value meal, and then i would have dinner that was something quick and easy and then before bed, i would have popcorn and maybe something else..and glasses upon glasses of sweet tea.

so, now that i think about it my eating has definately changed...no more breadfast burrito's-i don't even think i could eat a whole one...and forget the soda and sweet tea...

..but lose weight i have not...

[twiggyinhiding 0]

i am in love with food...the fatty greasy cheese dripping good stuff..give it to me!!! ..banded on nov 28th 07... i'm doing good.... eating what i'm supposed to..just started mushies today...but i am very much wanting to eat bad things... my stomach doesnt want it..my head does!!! my god a delicious whopper and cheese... yet i dont do it...i have to fight...just like a drunk not taking that drink... i am not having carbs at the moment..and when i feel like snacking...i have a boiled egg instead of cookies.... its not the sweets i want... its the food!!.... i will win this...(i hope)....so in answer to the question..no you are not the only overeater... i am an addict....food obsessed addict! and i admit it! ..i didnt get this size eating salads lol..gl everyone

[Cherlita 0]

food, Glorious Food! Pre-band, I loved to eat! I loved the sensations, the flavors, the textures. I loved planning my binges, and loved the anticipation. It was like going on a hunt and winning every time!

Now, well, I was banded 2 weeks ago, and I do not get hungry. For the first time in my life I have to force myself to eat. But I still have the urge to binge. I had to stop watching TV because of all the visual cue's. I honestly knew before the band that was a food addict, an overeater, but I didn't realize just how susceptible I was and am to external cue's to eat. It has been quite an education and a challenge to get my brain around it. I am extremely low carb right now, to help me with the carb cravings. They usually go away after about a week of eating Atkins Induction. This will be temporary for me as I will gradually add in the good, healthy carbs.

I'm an overeater. They band has helped me control the quantities. It is up to me to make the right choices, and I make the right choices, because I can.

Cherlita

Loveland, Colorado

379/356/200

pre-op/current/goal

11.27.07: Banded

[coolcrystal 1]

Oh man, did somebody have to say poptarts???? I haven't eaten since that tuna sandwhich at lunch and my stomach is grumbling... pop tartss...... toasted with a tinge of butter on top... oh man... I never crave sweet stuff, but for some reason, those just sound so dang good to me. LOL

[rebandit 0]

Someone asked me what do you really like to do ? I thought hmmmmmm, I love spending time with my family. where i live there is very little in the way of entertainment. Within 30 miles we have a theater and a bowling alley. theres only so much bowling you can do . So I started thinking hmmm what do I really like to do ? Eat !!! Thats what I think my biggest enjoyment is and has been since im a very little girl. The band has made it hard to enjoy food but when i wasnt restricted I went right back to basking in the taste of it.

[SueSue 0]

When I was 17 my friend and I each bought a candy bar. We both weighed about 125. 3 days later she still had about 2/3rd's of hers. Mine was gone that same day!!!! I think I should of realized then I was going to have a problem. Each year of my life I gained a little more until I became diabetic. I stayed about 180 for several years then had to go on insulin and put on 40 lbs. in a year and a half. Talk about wanting to eat then. I could eat a 12 inch sub and want to get again in an hour. I have always enjoyed eating.

[swstacey1977 0]

food has always been an escape route for me. i am an emotional eater. eat when i am bored, sad, happy, . i to love food. and i do over do it. i was banded two weeks ago and i feel like i have reached a turning point in my life for real. i have had more will power the last two weeks with my bad food habits than i have ever had in my life. this is the end of the road for me. I need to make this band work for me and my family. I want to live life to the fullest, not live life to be full all the time. We all have to come to terms with what got us in the situation and make the effort to turn things around for ourselves because we are worth it.

[AZA 0]

I'm a food addict and will be for life. Prior to being banded I could eat an entire large pizza and still not feel full. I could eat chocolate bars all night long. A bag of chips for me meant the whole bag of chips and I still wasn't satisfied. A bag of Cookies never lasted more than a day. My friends can have a box of chocolates last for weeks in their house. Me - I'd eat the whole thing in one day. It was this never-ending obsession with food - always thinking about what I could eat next.

Now that I'm banded, I still struggle with head hunger. This is made worse by the fact that I'm still searching for that elusive proper level of restriction.

[Oregondaisy 2,020]

I am definitely addicted to sweets. I don't keep them in the house. I have a friend that bakes all the time, and I tell her for me, going to her house is like an alcoholic going to a bar.

I tell myself when she wants me to come and visit that I am not going to give in, but it never fails that I end up eating something

just because it's there and I have no willpower when it comes to sweets.

How do you think overeaters got to be overweight?

[SueSue 0]

I want to add something I think may be important. When my son was a baby he would stop eating and want down from his high chair. When my daughter was a baby I would put her down from the highchair and she would go around the table to people still sitting there and open her mouth for more food. She was about 15 months old. My son is 25 now and never has had a battle with food. My daughter does and constantly fights the urge to want to eat. I think it has to be something to do with genes. When I was a teenager I did not have a weight problem but I grew up in an age where fast food restaurants were not around the corner. My mom cooked and I liked some things, some I did not. It was unheard of to go fix something else if you didn't like what was for supper. In fact, I never thought of that. So food was not temping all the time. I do remember I loved school lunches and have not turned my nose up to much of anything my whole life. My son is very fussy about what he will eat and my daughter is like me, she loves just about everything. I wonder if these things have anything to do with being overweight.

[suebaby 0]

Hello, my name is Sue and I am an overeater, fast eater, sweet lover, food lover, & stress eater.

I have had my band for over 2 years still struggle with those things. I am constantly trying to stop my little inner voice that says OMG - GOOD - EAT MORE-YUM.

I am not even sure it’s the inner voice I think it might be 40 + years of loving and eating way too much good food and breaking the bad habit, addiction, or whatever it may be.

[Away2me 1]

food, Glorious Food! Pre-band, I loved to eat! I loved the sensations, the flavors, the textures. I loved planning my binges, and loved the anticipation. It was like going on a hunt and winning every time!

TOTAL overeater here! I love food. I eat when I'm happy, eat when I'm sad, eat when I'm bored, eat on the run, I even eat twice as much when I think I won't be able to eat later. My hobby is eating!

I never really feel satisfied, I'm always hungry, except for the 5 minutes or so after I've had a second helping.

I get banded tomorrow! Hopefully food and I will have a new and better relationship afterward.

[OH Juli 15]

Oh, heck, you all are talking to me about myself!

I love food. I love cooking, food trivia, the science of thermo-dynamics of how food cooks....I can tell you about history of the fork and the etymology of cooking terms. I’m a huge nerd too.

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I have nearly exclusively worked in kitchens since I was 16 and still work in a kitchen. (I'm on my way to an MBA to get me away from where food is served, but I'll stay working in this industry...because 20 years of experience is hard to walk away from.) It’s like an alcoholic working in a bar. Yes, it is.

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But yes, I see me as person with a chronic illness, which can be labeled morbid obesity or food addiction. I see myself as someone who is managing the illness really well at this point, but I never expect for it to go away completely. I will always have to monitor food in my life differently than normal people. It's just what I've got to do.

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I'm grateful for the band it helps fight the weight and symptoms of my disease, but this battle will be on going and ever changing. But I won’t let it determine the quality of my life anymore which is an amazing change in my world view. <O:p</O:p

[bandster_1007 1]

I want to add something I think may be important. When my son was a baby he would stop eating and want down from his high chair. When my daughter was a baby I would put her down from the highchair and she would go around the table to people still sitting there and open her mouth for more food. She was about 15 months old. My son is 25 now and never has had a battle with food. My daughter does and constantly fights the urge to want to eat. I think it has to be something to do with genes. When I was a teenager I did not have a weight problem but I grew up in an age where fast food restaurants were not around the corner. My mom cooked and I liked some things, some I did not. It was unheard of to go fix something else if you didn't like what was for supper. In fact, I never thought of that. So food was not temping all the time. I do remember I loved school lunches and have not turned my nose up to much of anything my whole life. My son is very fussy about what he will eat and my daughter is like me, she loves just about everything. I wonder if these things have anything to do with being overweight.

i think it has a lot to do with genes also. my son is only 6, but as soon as he jumps up from the table, for dinner, he is asking what he can have next. it worries me, he seems to want to eat constantly. he is very very active now, hopefully he stays that way..