Had to just not eat anything with a sweet taste because just the suggestion of it made me want all of the things stuck in my face at checkout or in television commercials. Had to TIVO programs to speed through them but check out is beating me up and none w/o junk for me and any kiddos. I am limiting time going to store to twice a month
Her book helped me quit sugar 6 years ago, but then the more I read the more I realised how addicted I was to peanut butter and nuts and also carbs of any kind- beans, fruits, oats etc . Every time I tried to introduce them into my diet I ended up bingeing, always! Not the sugar and fast food I mean, I haven’t had sugar since I quit. Nuts are even bigger trigger food for me and I won’t even start on peanut butter and bananas… No exception, every time I end up bingeing. It starts with “I will just have little” then “I am not craving them” and when the craving revs up it doesn’t stop until you just stop the food. No self control and willpower can override the craving, only people with an eating disorder can understand. And the withdrawal period is HELL. So I decided to not have any carbs - for the rest of my life if I have to /hoping some day with talk therapy I will be able to overcome the addiction to food so I can at least have hummus, oats etc/. After the withdrawal period the cravings subside and in two, thee months I didn’t even notice carbs anymore. I’d rather not eat that eat carbs
I felt like this was me writing this. I can so relate 😢 I'm so stuck in this addiction. I can't even moderate Greek yogurt. Hummus is getting difficult. I'm glad you figured this out. Can I ask what is your typical day of eating?
@@rachelk1316 same! I can’t eat hummus or yougurt /plain yougurt/ , rice, potatoes, beans, lentils and so on I eat fish, meat, vegetables, eggs, butter, nuts. Clean ketogenic diet.
I've learnt the same from Bitten Jonsson's addiction doctor, where she tells to avoid the trigger foods. I'm a carnivore, but dairy foods trigger me, except for butter, so I had to avoid dairy (milk, cheese, cream).
Im currently in my 20's, struggling to battle this addiction for 3 years now but stuck in the same binge purge cycle. I feel helpless, depressed, ashamed. Thank you doc for the information and awareness!
Hi, if you join my academy I can give you one-on-one support and coaching calls to help you with this. I would recommend increasing fats and protein to help keep you satiated. L-glutamine has helped others with cravings as well. Here is a quick video with some tips ruclips.net/video/R3LV8Jkg4ec/видео.html
I Feel your pain. I'm in my 5oth's and struggle every day with over eating, I've never purge, but food is always in my mind. You are not alone. Keep trying and when you have a bad day, don't hate yourself, just keep trying, moment by moment.
I really need to fight against my mental hunger years of eating bad and sad/boredom so this video like all of your content is really valuable and important
I have been heavy all my life, at the age of 18 I got more aggressive on loosing weight with diet pills, diets etc. I’m just over 30 now and in the process for weight loss surgery at around 500lbs. The best video I ever saw was a video called “The half ton man”, it’s on RUclips. Before watching that video I felt like an addict but I never treated it like one in the past. Like I would rather go home and make a big pot of cheesy pasta then I would hang out with friends, I would actually find myself getting pissy if I was hanging out with someone and we didn’t get food for a long period of time and depending on how good the food was, was dependent on who I hung out with. For example I had a few buddies that liked red lobster, so we would hang out, I’d go get a big plate of shrimp linguine Alfredo and I would be good for the rest of the evening, I always needed my fix before I considered what we were doing to be fun. So many things don’t really interest me, sex and chasing women, I can take it or leave it, hanging out with my best friend, meh. I never caught on to gambling, I never caught on to drugs or drinking, sure I could do any for a evening in excess but I could leave it for months after and rarely did it. Never got addicted to cigarettes. All that stuff I can do and shut it off but food, food takes up most of my thought during the day, I’m watching the clock till lunch or eating after I get off work etc. people have asked me in the past if food is all I think about, I was a young man and my dad was watching me eat and said “Eating is like sex to you, isn’t it” of course I got pissed off and stopped eating denying it but he saw that pleasure I got from eating. I thought about suicide many times, I have always hated myself for over eating and being so heavy most of my life, I have tried so hard to beat it. I lost over 120lbs one year with the help from a weight loss clinic (diet pills), of course I wasn’t successful in the long run to the point where I seriously considered suicide but I told myself that I would push for weight loss surgery first. In that video called half ton man one fella says “how successful would an alcoholic be if you forced him to have one drink a day” or a drug addict if you forced him to take one hit a day? He said a powerful statement that stuck with me all these years later he said he knew he was going to heaven when he died because he’s been going threw hell here on earth or something to that extent. I related to him as soon as he said it. Food addiction is hell, being so overweight is hell on earth. I’m not making excuses for my size, I don’t blame anyone, I don’t even blame my genetics. Food Addiction is very much real and most days I envy that drug addict or a smoker because those are addictions you can get away from, I can never get away from food, every day till the day I die, I’ll want food more than anything on the earth, more than any relationship. One of the signs to myself I really had a problem is when I lied to family and friends, lied to get out of something that didn’t have food, lied to leave so I could go get food, stayed home so I could eat what I wanted. They took it as I really didn’t want to hang out or go on a date which I did, I just wanted to get High more, with a belly full of mac and cheese, cheesy Ramon noodles or some kind of cheesy pasta I feel a euphoria, like I just plunged a needle in my arm. Chasing that feeling for the last 20 or so years gave me pre diabetes, much worsened heart palpitations from sleep apnea, I also grew up sucking down energy drinks without fully knowing the damage they caused. Anyway enough of my rant, I appreciate people shining a light on food addiction.
Another great video Ben! I lost 128 lbs and fasting for sure helped me get over my food and drink addictions. The longer I went without, the less I seemed to want the old fatting items and craved the more nutritious one ingredient things.
@@jenealeverett2269 Water fasting is the time you do not consume any food or drinks other then a few almost zero calorie items like water, black coffee and some teas. This gives your body time to heal inflammation and removes the habits of eating when you really do not need energy; calories is energy. So after dinner wait for twelve hours before consuming calories again. Do that for a week or so than move to thirteen hours and so on until you can go what makes you feel the best; 16-20 hours. I started fasting while eating carbs and still lost wait. Moving to Keto allowed me to become fat adapted so the body moved to burning body fat for its energy needs. Then after a few months start adding some veggies back in so the body learns to get energy from fat and carbs as needed and as you change what you are eating.
I am very familiar with carb addiction and eating disorders of the binge and purge throughout college! And now in my later years! It definitely is mind work and our thoughts matter! ‘As a man thinks, so is he’!! I’m on a new journey for sure and using my prefrontal cortex instead of my primitive brain!
When I am physically and mentally exhausted, EVERY food is a trigger food for me. And the permanent overeating exhausts me even more. I don't know how to get out of this since I can't just cut out the trigger, I got to eat SOMETHING. Abstinence isn't possible. I know that exercising would help to break the vicious cycle - this gives me energy and decreases the craving - but I'm just too exhausted to get going.
thanks so much. i have ptsd and severe IBS constipation. god bless. i cant stop eating. i also have been jn AA . i got 7 yrs sober, but food is killing me. god bless. danny. i play guitar for a living in Borderline DELUSION band and travel. danny.
Really knowledgeable and very insightful. Parents should take a course before having children. So much is made of food as in food = love. You would never knowingly harm or give drugs to children. Yet the food science has managed to make food addictive and harmful and convinced us all that we are eating healthy. Thanks to both of you for this video.
thank you for this video. I appreciate your perspective. I happen to eat keto but I gratefully got free from my food addiction by getting free from what was driving me to the food in the first place as opposed to a food-focused strategy of dieting/starving.
According to Gabor Maté behind every addiction is trauma. We need to heal at root level or it is all mere fighting symptoms. I mean how many gastric bypass people switched to alcohol addiction after they could not numb emotional pain with food anymore? A LOT. From the fire into the frying pan or whatchamacallit
How to overcome this terrible addiction. I was never addicted to any other substance and felt in control of my eating til my late 30s and the last years have been the worst for me and my health has declined more every year. I need help and don’t know where to begin
Never have had a big sweet tooth thank God 🙏🏼 but I enjoyed this information 💗 my sweet tooth can be quieted with mango and blueberries, 100% cacao chocolate bar and cheese 😋 lol
I love to tell people how I find 100% cacao sweet and eat it as a desert just to hear their sugar addict responses. You know you killed the sugar addiction when Cacao is sweet!
Yes!!! My sister says once she hits the two week mark in keto it is easy to stay on. I get that! But, for me, I can go one day on keto and I’m so proud of myself, but on the second day I crash and burn. We need tips on how to get from day one to day two, from week one to week two, etc. After listening to this, I think it must have to do with how far on the scale of addiction we are. I am definitely more addictive than my sister, therefore, sticking to keto is so much harder for me than her.
Please!! How much did they pay you for this commercial!! Anybody who does not disclose their prices is crooked!!! To me that tells me they will help you for the right price!! Nothing noble about it!!!
I have been heavy all my life, at the age of 18 I got more aggressive on loosing weight with diet pills, diets etc. I’m just over 30 now and in the process for weight loss surgery at around 500lbs. The best video I ever saw was a video called “The half ton man”, it’s on RUclips. Before watching that video I felt like an addict but I never treated it like one in the past. Like I would rather go home and make a big pot of cheesy pasta then I would hang out with friends, I would actually find myself getting pissy if I was hanging out with someone and we didn’t get food for a long period of time and depending on how good the food was, was dependent on who I hung out with. For example I had a few buddies that liked red lobster, so we would hang out, I’d go get a big plate of shrimp linguine Alfredo and I would be good for the rest of the evening, I always needed my fix before I considered what we were doing to be fun. So many things don’t really interest me, sex and chasing women, I can take it or leave it, hanging out with my best friend, meh. I never caught on to gambling, I never caught on to drugs or drinking, sure I could do any for a evening in excess but I could leave it for months after and rarely did it. Never got addicted to cigarettes. All that stuff I can do and shut it off but food, food takes up most of my thought during the day, I’m watching the clock till lunch or eating after I get off work etc. people have asked me in the past if food is all I think about, I was a young man and my dad was watching me eat and said “Eating is like sex to you, isn’t it” of course I got pissed off and stopped eating denying it but he saw that pleasure I got from eating. I thought about suicide many times, I have always hated myself for over eating and being so heavy most of my life, I have tried so hard to beat it. I lost over 120lbs one year with the help from a weight loss clinic (diet pills), of course I wasn’t successful in the long run to the point where I seriously considered suicide but I told myself that I would push for weight loss surgery first. In that video called half ton man one fella says “how successful would an alcoholic be if you forced him to have one drink a day” or a drug addict if you forced him to take one hit a day? He said a powerful statement that stuck with me all these years later he said he knew he was going to heaven when he died because he’s been going threw hell here on earth or something to that extent. I related to him as soon as he said it. Food addiction is hell, being so overweight is hell on earth. I’m not making excuses for my size, I don’t blame anyone, I don’t even blame my genetics. Food Addiction is very much real and most days I envy that drug addict or a smoker because those are addictions you can get away from, I can never get away from food, every day till the day I die, I’ll want food more than anything on the earth, more than any relationship. One of the signs to myself I really had a problem is when I lied to family and friends, lied to get out of something that didn’t have food, lied to leave so I could go get food, stayed home so I could eat what I wanted. They took it as I really didn’t want to hang out or go on a date which I did, I just wanted to get High more, with a belly full of mac and cheese, cheesy Ramon noodles or some kind of cheesy pasta I feel a euphoria, like I just plunged a needle in my arm. Chasing that feeling for the last 20 or so years gave me pre diabetes, much worsened heart palpitations from sleep apnea, I also grew up sucking down energy drinks without fully knowing the damage they caused. Anyway enough of my rant, I appreciate people shining a light on food addiction.
I appreciate your vulnerability and sharing your story with me. I highly recommend following Michael Gorman and listening to his podcast. Here is his story ruclips.net/video/Yqo0maSl0Rc/видео.html
Are you addicted to food or to junk food, ultra processed food ect? Many of these foods are meant to be addictive! Actually, many morbidly obese Americans would probably not be so big if they lived in another country!
It's so SCARY how your story sounds like mine. So scary. I'm just female and I manged to grit and grind from 330 to teeter in the 190s. I'm still so miserable when I look at myself and look at food. I was watching the show intervention and a heroin user was saying how it's like being in a toxic marriage. She loved and hated heroin.... Felt like she was talking about food. Ugh so sorry 😔 hope things r a little bit better for you
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Had to just not eat anything with a sweet taste because just the suggestion of it made me want all of the things stuck in my face at checkout or in television commercials. Had to TIVO programs to speed through them but check out is beating me up and none w/o junk for me and any kiddos. I am limiting time going to store to twice a month
Her book helped me quit sugar 6 years ago, but then the more I read the more I realised how addicted I was to peanut butter and nuts and also carbs of any kind- beans, fruits, oats etc .
Every time I tried to introduce them into my diet I ended up bingeing, always! Not the sugar and fast food I mean, I haven’t had sugar since I quit.
Nuts are even bigger trigger food for me and I won’t even start on peanut butter and bananas… No exception, every time I end up bingeing.
It starts with “I will just have little” then “I am not craving them” and when the craving revs up it doesn’t stop until you just stop the food.
No self control and willpower can override the craving, only people with an eating disorder can understand.
And the withdrawal period is HELL. So I decided to not have any carbs - for the rest of my life if I have to /hoping some day with talk therapy I will be able to overcome the addiction to food so I can at least have hummus, oats etc/.
After the withdrawal period the cravings subside and in two, thee months I didn’t even notice carbs anymore. I’d rather not eat that eat carbs
I felt like this was me writing this. I can so relate 😢 I'm so stuck in this addiction. I can't even moderate Greek yogurt. Hummus is getting difficult. I'm glad you figured this out. Can I ask what is your typical day of eating?
@@rachelk1316 same! I can’t eat hummus or yougurt /plain yougurt/ , rice, potatoes, beans, lentils and so on
I eat fish, meat, vegetables, eggs, butter, nuts. Clean ketogenic diet.
I've learnt the same from Bitten Jonsson's addiction doctor, where she tells to avoid the trigger foods. I'm a carnivore, but dairy foods trigger me, except for butter, so I had to avoid dairy (milk, cheese, cream).
Im currently in my 20's, struggling to battle this addiction for 3 years now but stuck in the same binge purge cycle. I feel helpless, depressed, ashamed. Thank you doc for the information and awareness!
Hi, if you join my academy I can give you one-on-one support and coaching calls to help you with this. I would recommend increasing fats and protein to help keep you satiated. L-glutamine has helped others with cravings as well. Here is a quick video with some tips ruclips.net/video/R3LV8Jkg4ec/видео.html
I Feel your pain. I'm in my 5oth's and struggle every day with over eating, I've never purge, but food is always in my mind. You are not alone. Keep trying and when you have a bad day, don't hate yourself, just keep trying, moment by moment.
@@KetoKamp Thank you so much for your advice. If I decide to get the help I know I need, I will definitely contact you.
@@lucinawhitney2839 anytime
Good thing you're catching it early. The longer you wait the more difficult it becomes
I really need to fight against my mental hunger years of eating bad and sad/boredom so this video like all of your content is really valuable and important
Hey Raquel, so grateful this video helped you today. You can do this!
@@KetoKamp Thank u Ben!! for helping us with passion and knowledge God Bless u! 😁💜
I have been heavy all my life, at the age of 18 I got more aggressive on loosing weight with diet pills, diets etc.
I’m just over 30 now and in the process for weight loss surgery at around 500lbs.
The best video I ever saw was a video called “The half ton man”, it’s on RUclips. Before watching that video I felt like an addict but I never treated it like one in the past. Like I would rather go home and make a big pot of cheesy pasta then I would hang out with friends, I would actually find myself getting pissy if I was hanging out with someone and we didn’t get food for a long period of time and depending on how good the food was, was dependent on who I hung out with. For example I had a few buddies that liked red lobster, so we would hang out, I’d go get a big plate of shrimp linguine Alfredo and I would be good for the rest of the evening, I always needed my fix before I considered what we were doing to be fun.
So many things don’t really interest me, sex and chasing women, I can take it or leave it, hanging out with my best friend, meh. I never caught on to gambling, I never caught on to drugs or drinking, sure I could do any for a evening in excess but I could leave it for months after and rarely did it. Never got addicted to cigarettes. All that stuff I can do and shut it off but food, food takes up most of my thought during the day, I’m watching the clock till lunch or eating after I get off work etc. people have asked me in the past if food is all I think about, I was a young man and my dad was watching me eat and said “Eating is like sex to you, isn’t it” of course I got pissed off and stopped eating denying it but he saw that pleasure I got from eating.
I thought about suicide many times, I have always hated myself for over eating and being so heavy most of my life, I have tried so hard to beat it. I lost over 120lbs one year with the help from a weight loss clinic (diet pills), of course I wasn’t successful in the long run to the point where I seriously considered suicide but I told myself that I would push for weight loss surgery first.
In that video called half ton man one fella says “how successful would an alcoholic be if you forced him to have one drink a day” or a drug addict if you forced him to take one hit a day? He said a powerful statement that stuck with me all these years later he said he knew he was going to heaven when he died because he’s been going threw hell here on earth or something to that extent. I related to him as soon as he said it. Food addiction is hell, being so overweight is hell on earth.
I’m not making excuses for my size, I don’t blame anyone, I don’t even blame my genetics. Food Addiction is very much real and most days I envy that drug addict or a smoker because those are addictions you can get away from, I can never get away from food, every day till the day I die, I’ll want food more than anything on the earth, more than any relationship. One of the signs to myself I really had a problem is when I lied to family and friends, lied to get out of something that didn’t have food, lied to leave so I could go get food, stayed home so I could eat what I wanted. They took it as I really didn’t want to hang out or go on a date which I did, I just wanted to get High more, with a belly full of mac and cheese, cheesy Ramon noodles or some kind of cheesy pasta I feel a euphoria, like I just plunged a needle in my arm. Chasing that feeling for the last 20 or so years gave me pre diabetes, much worsened heart palpitations from sleep apnea, I also grew up sucking down energy drinks without fully knowing the damage they caused. Anyway enough of my rant, I appreciate people shining a light on food addiction.
I'm proud of you for sharing, that's step 1. I responded to your other comment with a suggestion
Another great video Ben! I lost 128 lbs and fasting for sure helped me get over my food and drink addictions. The longer I went without, the less I seemed to want the old fatting items and craved the more nutritious one ingredient things.
Update?
How do you fast
@@jenealeverett2269 Water fasting is the time you do not consume any food or drinks other then a few almost zero calorie items like water, black coffee and some teas. This gives your body time to heal inflammation and removes the habits of eating when you really do not need energy; calories is energy. So after dinner wait for twelve hours before consuming calories again. Do that for a week or so than move to thirteen hours and so on until you can go what makes you feel the best; 16-20 hours. I started fasting while eating carbs and still lost wait. Moving to Keto allowed me to become fat adapted so the body moved to burning body fat for its energy needs. Then after a few months start adding some veggies back in so the body learns to get energy from fat and carbs as needed and as you change what you are eating.
Yes! I soooo struggle with food addiction- I eat mindlessly all the time.
I hope this helps you! 🙏
Ough!!! Me too! Many times I feel is only me.
I am very familiar with carb addiction and eating disorders of the binge and purge throughout college! And now in my later years! It definitely is mind work and our thoughts matter! ‘As a man thinks, so is he’!!
I’m on a new journey for sure and using my prefrontal cortex instead of my primitive brain!
When I am physically and mentally exhausted, EVERY food is a trigger food for me. And the permanent overeating exhausts me even more. I don't know how to get out of this since I can't just cut out the trigger, I got to eat SOMETHING. Abstinence isn't possible. I know that exercising would help to break the vicious cycle - this gives me energy and decreases the craving - but I'm just too exhausted to get going.
My diet is low carb. I don't eat any sugar or refined carbs anymore. But still I am addicted to food.
Finally she is specifically talking about what to eat!!! Thanks
thanks so much. i have ptsd and severe IBS constipation. god bless. i cant stop eating. i also have been jn AA . i got 7 yrs sober, but food is killing me. god bless. danny. i play guitar for a living in Borderline DELUSION band and travel. danny.
A healthy way to help addiction isa12 step programme.The food plan is an extreme detox which the body needs along with emotional support.
Really knowledgeable and very insightful. Parents should take a course before having children.
So much is made of food as in food = love. You would never knowingly harm or give drugs to children.
Yet the food science has managed to make food addictive and harmful and convinced us all that we are eating healthy.
Thanks to both of you for this video.
agreed
It doesn't work on emotional eating because it isn't about being hungry
She is an inspiration! So getting her book. Thanks for the great interview!
Hey Hannah. So glad you enjoyed it. Yes her book is great
thank you for this video. I appreciate your perspective. I happen to eat keto but I gratefully got free from my food addiction by getting free from what was driving me to the food in the first place as opposed to a food-focused strategy of dieting/starving.
Great interview. Was first introduced to Dr. Vera by Chef AJ. She's so smart 💜 #foodjunkies
Oh my goodness. I’m so thankful that you share such great knowledge. Thank you
So happy you found it useful
According to Gabor Maté behind every addiction is trauma. We need to heal at root level or it is all mere fighting symptoms. I mean how many gastric bypass people switched to alcohol addiction after they could not numb emotional pain with food anymore? A LOT. From the fire into the frying pan or whatchamacallit
Yes, exactly. Well said
This is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you.
Glad to hear it Lindy!
Goodmorning beautiful humans 💕🙏🏼
Hi Ms Jess!!
Thanks Ben this was very useful for me
So grateful you watched this today
Great doctor.
How to overcome this terrible addiction. I was never addicted to any other substance and felt in control of my eating til my late 30s and the last years have been the worst for me and my health has declined more every year. I need help and don’t know where to begin
Thanks
My pleasure, Dorothy!
Thank you, very informative.
Great topic!
I just feel as a vegetarian i have very few meal option for a low carb meal plan😢
Good morning ☀️
Hi there amazing Zepiour!!
Never have had a big sweet tooth thank God 🙏🏼 but I enjoyed this information 💗 my sweet tooth can be quieted with mango and blueberries, 100% cacao chocolate bar and cheese 😋 lol
I love to tell people how I find 100% cacao sweet and eat it as a desert just to hear their sugar addict responses. You know you killed the sugar addiction when Cacao is sweet!
@@herecomestheboom3811 🤣👌🏼 truth
I usually beat my sweet craving by eating our keto cookies. They only have 1g net carbs!
Way to beat it!
Great video Ben, thank you .... any tools, tips , etc to help bridge the 4 weeks abstinence to get to the other side?
Hi @Kim, do you mean how to get over food addiction? I'm not sure exactly what you mean, I'm sorry.
Yes!!! My sister says once she hits the two week mark in keto it is easy to stay on. I get that! But, for me, I can go one day on keto and I’m so proud of myself, but on the second day I crash and burn. We need tips on how to get from day one to day two, from week one to week two, etc. After listening to this, I think it must have to do with how far on the scale of addiction we are. I am definitely more addictive than my sister, therefore, sticking to keto is so much harder for me than her.
Is Keto Kamp a support group?
Dr pepper
I am an addict
You can overcome it, I believe in you. Join my free Keto Kamp challenge in May, it will help you a lot. www.KetoKampChallenge.com
You're not alone 😢
There should be 70 likes lol. Make sugar eaters go outside in restaurants !🤣 Can you imagine that though . I agree it should be an illegal drug.
Carb addict for sure
You got this!
Have some real information
What?
Please!! How much did they pay you for this commercial!! Anybody who does not disclose their prices is crooked!!! To me that tells me they will help you for the right price!! Nothing noble about it!!!
great info but shes terrible at speaking. it was so annoying getting through that
I have been heavy all my life, at the age of 18 I got more aggressive on loosing weight with diet pills, diets etc.
I’m just over 30 now and in the process for weight loss surgery at around 500lbs.
The best video I ever saw was a video called “The half ton man”, it’s on RUclips. Before watching that video I felt like an addict but I never treated it like one in the past. Like I would rather go home and make a big pot of cheesy pasta then I would hang out with friends, I would actually find myself getting pissy if I was hanging out with someone and we didn’t get food for a long period of time and depending on how good the food was, was dependent on who I hung out with. For example I had a few buddies that liked red lobster, so we would hang out, I’d go get a big plate of shrimp linguine Alfredo and I would be good for the rest of the evening, I always needed my fix before I considered what we were doing to be fun.
So many things don’t really interest me, sex and chasing women, I can take it or leave it, hanging out with my best friend, meh. I never caught on to gambling, I never caught on to drugs or drinking, sure I could do any for a evening in excess but I could leave it for months after and rarely did it. Never got addicted to cigarettes. All that stuff I can do and shut it off but food, food takes up most of my thought during the day, I’m watching the clock till lunch or eating after I get off work etc. people have asked me in the past if food is all I think about, I was a young man and my dad was watching me eat and said “Eating is like sex to you, isn’t it” of course I got pissed off and stopped eating denying it but he saw that pleasure I got from eating.
I thought about suicide many times, I have always hated myself for over eating and being so heavy most of my life, I have tried so hard to beat it. I lost over 120lbs one year with the help from a weight loss clinic (diet pills), of course I wasn’t successful in the long run to the point where I seriously considered suicide but I told myself that I would push for weight loss surgery first.
In that video called half ton man one fella says “how successful would an alcoholic be if you forced him to have one drink a day” or a drug addict if you forced him to take one hit a day? He said a powerful statement that stuck with me all these years later he said he knew he was going to heaven when he died because he’s been going threw hell here on earth or something to that extent. I related to him as soon as he said it. Food addiction is hell, being so overweight is hell on earth.
I’m not making excuses for my size, I don’t blame anyone, I don’t even blame my genetics. Food Addiction is very much real and most days I envy that drug addict or a smoker because those are addictions you can get away from, I can never get away from food, every day till the day I die, I’ll want food more than anything on the earth, more than any relationship. One of the signs to myself I really had a problem is when I lied to family and friends, lied to get out of something that didn’t have food, lied to leave so I could go get food, stayed home so I could eat what I wanted. They took it as I really didn’t want to hang out or go on a date which I did, I just wanted to get High more, with a belly full of mac and cheese, cheesy Ramon noodles or some kind of cheesy pasta I feel a euphoria, like I just plunged a needle in my arm. Chasing that feeling for the last 20 or so years gave me pre diabetes, much worsened heart palpitations from sleep apnea, I also grew up sucking down energy drinks without fully knowing the damage they caused. Anyway enough of my rant, I appreciate people shining a light on food addiction.
I appreciate your vulnerability and sharing your story with me. I highly recommend following Michael Gorman and listening to his podcast. Here is his story ruclips.net/video/Yqo0maSl0Rc/видео.html
Do the carnivore diet. Never seen more morbidly obese success stories them with carnivore. You can do this
Are you addicted to food or to junk food, ultra processed food ect?
Many of these foods are meant to be addictive!
Actually, many morbidly obese Americans would probably not be so big if they lived in another country!
It's so SCARY how your story sounds like mine. So scary. I'm just female and I manged to grit and grind from 330 to teeter in the 190s. I'm still so miserable when I look at myself and look at food. I was watching the show intervention and a heroin user was saying how it's like being in a toxic marriage. She loved and hated heroin.... Felt like she was talking about food. Ugh so sorry 😔 hope things r a little bit better for you