You are the most wonderful group of friends I have
Thank you so much for making me feel so great, and making me smile

I just caught a thread about lying on the compulsive overeater's board...it was really good.
Maybe we can talk about it here too.

Anybody else eat food and then lie or hide the evidence?
I know I do all kinds of weird things...not lie necessarily, but I definitely do things like put whatever I'm gorging on at the moment out of Rudy's sight...as if he doesn't notice that I just ate a bowl of chips and now I'm having a brownie...or two! As if he doesn't notice the pile of runts, or gummy bears, or whatever...that I've oh, so craftily hidden behind the remote!!!!
There was a LOT of crap food left after the benefit....rice krispie squares...bags of chips...huge brownies...tortillas...

Then I had the mentality of...well...have to finish them off, right?

Yeah, they're gone now...mostly thanks to me.

I will eat on plan today


Linda

Oh yeah, I've done that. I don't now since I started WW but before I did, I'd hide things, just like an alcoholic hides a bottle. If nobody sees me eat it, then I really didn't eat it, right????? Yeah, right.

DNR

Oh Linda, I've been a total secret eater/food liar since I can remember. Although I never thought about the eating in secret as a lie, but I'll be darned if that isn't what it is. When you hide the trash, roll the car windows down to get the fry smell out, bury the cookies in the back of the cupboard no one goes into, that's all lying, if not to someone else, to ourselves! I eat like a bird in front of others as if they'll be stumped as to why I weigh what I do. Duh-- they aren't dumb... But I still pretend. Crazy...

Welcome back! I know you can do it and I know we are all happy to see you back!

Oh, my, yes, I remember lying about food--it's kind of painful to think about it. Two incidents stand out. Confession is good for the soul, right?

The first was when I was a kid (under 12--it started early for me ) and stayed with my parents' friends for a week. They had a boy who was a little older, and a girl who was a little younger. They kept food in their bathroom cupboards, and once when I was in there using the bathroom I opened a box with two bags of potato chips in it and munched down on one whole bag. The parents accused their son of doing that, and he said it was me, but I looked really innocent and pretended like I had no idea that they kept food in the bathroom. If that kid is still around, I apologize for getting you in trouble!

The second was when my daughter was a baby and my son was in kindergarten. I baked a German chocolate cake for a bake sale, then ate about half of it. I told my DH that I accidentally let it fall on the floor, and had to make another.

Then there was the secret binging/purging that landed me in an eating disorders hospital when my daughter was two years old. Talking about lying to myself and others! *Sigh*

Sometimes I catch myself hiding the evidence of eating, or eating something while my DH is taking the dog for a walk. It must be a bit ingrained because there's no reason for me to do it--he doesn't care what I eat or when I eat it. Hhhmm, something to think about. . .thanks for bringing it up, Linda. I really do need to reflect on why I'm still doing this.

Hi Linda,

Glad to see you back. You did a great job helping your mom!

Guilty here of hiding stuff. How 'bout ~ buying something "bad", eating it in the car before getting home, and then disposing of the wrappers in a trash basket at some store so the evidence isn't in your trash can at home.

Glad to see you back too Kimberly ~ where's Howie?

Miss the rest of you too who have not been here in a while.

Take care

Ugh, yeah that sounds familiar.

Howie's fine, but he's working different hours now and hasn't been online much while he adjusts to a new schedule. I'll light a fire under him to post.