I never actually thought of myself as a binge eater before...but now I have to admit to myself -and to all of you - that I am. I especially recognize this in myself as I try to change my eating habits and experience slip ups. I was chugging along just great and was 10 days into my healthy eating. Then I made the mistake of weighing myself and discovered that I was one pound up on the scale. So what did I do? I ate. I ate all of those things that I had denied myself for the past 10 days. And I ate until I was very full and I chose everything loaded with fat, sugar and white flour. I used to think I just made poor choices, but now I know for sure that I use food (and large amounts of it) to comfort myself, to ease my stress, to cure my boredom...I use it to cope and alleviate my fears and insecurities.
Anyway, I guess the first step is admitting the problem and I am glad to have found this forum because it is making me get 'real' with my issues. I feel like a normal average happy person, but I'm really not. I am a compulsive eater and need to meet my problems head-on. I have a family I need to stick around for and I owe it to myself to get a handle on this thing that I have been struggling with my whole life. I need to get healthy and stop using crutches to deal (or not deal) with my problems/stresses in life.
Thanks everyone for listening. It feels liberating to finally come clean to myself and others.
I'm a binge eater too. So far, I'm finding it easier not to binge when I plan out my meals and try to really stay in control of it. Not over restricting, but keeping things within reason.
We're all glad you're here. You will find great sources of support here. We are all in this together!
I never thought of myself as a binge eater
you are definitely not alone!!
