Cindy, I used to hide food when I was in high school. I wasn't overweight then, but I sure was developing bad food habits.
Now I occasionally hide food from my family. I might buy a bag of chips and tuck it away somewhere so I don't have to share it.
I'm with you, hon... ... you're not alone.

Chocolate bars in the glove box of my car. Mmmm, I haven't done that in a while. I guess progress can be made.

I've not actually hidden food but I've certainly snuck food out of the kitchen or gone an fake errands so that I could drive through and then eaten in secrecy. I suppose that is the same principle. It was a real relief to finally overcome this behavior (for the most part, anyway). I suspect it is a very common practice for those of us who are/have been overweight. You certainly aren't alone. I will say that, for me, becoming accountable for the food I eat was one of the single most important steps to losing these 75+ pounds. It can be hard, but being honest with yourself (which often means being honest with others, i.e. no hiding/sneaking food) can make a world of difference. I for one used to have the policy that if nobody saw me eat then the calories didn't count.

I have a box of Mentos fruit candies hidden in the back of the pantry. I bought two boxes to last me a couple of weeks but my dh found them and scarfed a whole box in 10 minutes! So I hid them better (for now anyway)

Nope, I don't have any food hidden NOW, but when I was younger, I'd hide it in my closet and the freezer in my parents' basement. But it wasn't "hidden" too long, it'd be gone as soon as I was alone. I used to pretend to go to Walmart (I'd take old bags along with me and they used to be dark blue, remember) and sneak in fast food in the bags. Sometimes I'd just eat it in my car, but usually I wanted to have a toilet close. And when I was in school, I'd just sneak in the food in my book bag. I hid all of the evidence (wrappers and bags) in my closet.

My younger sister is an ED sufferer too and she'd go around the house and sneak the food in through her unlocked window. And she did a real bad job hiding her ED, because she got caught by BOTH of my parents. And I never did. They didn't know then and they still don't know now. I hide it so well, they would be SHOCKED. And you know what they did when I was 17? They moved me down to the basement with my own private bathroom and refrigerator! A bulimic's dream, right? If they only had known. I was so excited when they finished the basement and I got to move down there. I think that's why my sister got caught and I didn't. No one ever came down there.

I've done this, and more!! I spent 2 months with my husband 24/7, and I still found ways to sneak food I'm pretty embarassed by that... and trying hard to change it. But it's the sick, sad truth.

i've never really hidden food, but i when i was living with my ex, he hid food all over the place. i'd find empty pizza boxes stashed in the top of the pantry, and bags of junk food in our (shared) dresser. he was seeing a counselor at that time and i BEGGED him to talk to the counselor about it...

just for a different perspective-- i was CRUSHED when i found those things. i felt like he was keeping secrets from me-- like he didn't trust me enough to talk about his food issues.

I think itīs not a weird question, fidget555.
Seeing myself as a food addict, hiding my drug of choice is a symptom of that.
Buy it secretly, hide it, eat it in secret and find a way to put the rest in the trash without having someone seeing it. Pretty addictive behavior.
I am really professional at doing this. I am really wondering why there arenīt people who are trying to recruit me to an intelligence service. I am pretty used to sneak things in and out an house without having someone realizing it.

Well, I am not hiding food at the moment (great achievment), but I used to do that big time when I am deep down in my bingeing- phase. But I just hide food for my binges (or you can say: food that consist of sugar).

Most time I hide it in my bedroom, in the chest of drawers where my socks are....


Kate

I've hidden food in:

Bottom drawer at work
Desk drawer beside my computer
Zipper part of my briefcase
Quite alot of places

Things like choc bars, chips, donuts...

Also confession time, sneak something I shouldn't have into the bathroom shove it in and eat it make sure all evidence is removed and then return to whatever I was doing with no one knowing what I just did but, me...

Do you ever find you have eaten something wondered what the **** did I do that for after it's to late you've already gulped it down? Sometimes I've eaten something and gone through it in split seconds wondering why I can't even remember eating this..

Oh! my what a fool am I. Why do we do this who knows it seems a part of being overweight.

But, I'm sure many of us do it and alot of us will eventually stop this maddness.

Wow, I'm actually talking about things I usually don't talk about but, hey I'm not alone here and feel that all of you have experienced many of the things I have and this is why we are on this 3FC forum to let out any feelings both bad and good.

At least I don't have to lie on a couch to confess my inner secrets.

Good Luck to all and thanks for listening.

I used to hide stuff, but I don't anymore. Like lucky said, I had to become accountable for ALL the food that went in my mouth, so my husband is my confessor. But yeah, I used to have snacks hidden in my desk drawers at work and in my nightstand in my room. I worked in a mall for 10 years and would pretend to go out for coffee but go to the food court and sneak Cinnabon or cookies... but come back with only the coffee. Oh gosh, I just remembered! Egg rolls from the Chinese place, too... they were even easy to hide and bring back to the back room with me... Wow...

-lala

Elaine, it's not easy to share stuff like that... thank you for posting here.
Most of us can relate to everything you said. Sometimes I'll have two snacks on the go at once, and I'll scarf one down really quickly because I can't wait to get to the next. What ever happed to savoring your food?

I want to thank you ladies for this thread, because it makes me feel so much better to know that I am not alone. I hide food This is one of my many food issues that I need to address.

Since I live on my own, I don't hide food. However when I was living with my family, I would sneak and hide food when no one was home. It was either in a special drawer or bag which I'd find a safe stashing spot. I did it for about 4 years.