Food Addict
Do you struggle with overeating or constant dieting? Have you been on a diet and lost all the weight, but need support not to go back to unhealthy behaviors? Do you ever feel out of control and unable to stop eating? Do you eat out of frustration, anger, or fear? Does it seem impossible to eat only when you are hungry and stop when you are full? Do you eat to feel comfort? Me? Yes. THE PROBLEM Throughout our lives many of us have turned to food to ease our pain or fear. We felt comfort in eating and found ourselves turning to food whenever we were hurt, angry or frustrated. Food became our comforter, our friend. Some of us may have one certain food that we can not stop eating, or are unable to eat only in healthy amounts. Some of us may have been emotionally, physically or sexually abused and use food to cope with the emotions of those events. Some of us may have had healthy eating habits as children or young adults, but at some point in our lives we chose to overeat and lost the abili...