Question by BillieGenie: Can food be an ADDICTION for someone?
I feel like food is a MAJOR addiction for me…it feels just like the craving for cigarettes or when I hear people speak of the addiction to drugs!
I’ve struggled with wgt since a traumatic childhood and ever since then food is something I cant seem to control. And now My weight is out of control and I hate it!
I want to be healthy and a normal size but no matter how much I excercize I cant seem to control food!
can it be an addiction?
what can I do?
Best answer:
Answer by M1NA
eat food thats healthy and eat more often but smaller portions
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there is a lot of videos on Youtube from people that are working towards losing weight. You can look them up. They can be pretty motivational.
Well, im sure that you feel urges for food, and im happy to let you know that im a perfectly normal weight person who in general eats what i feel is best for me (including meat and potatoes)
sometimes when i feel like eating something i think might not be good, i feel like im urging for it and i feel all animalistic, so i just say its not even that big of a deal i’ll eat it.
I think you feel stuck in thinking all food is bad, and when you eat it you feel good, so then you feel like your addicted, like you just did something wrong
Losing weight is serious business, if you are going to lose weight you have to change your lifestyle. There is no way around that, and im only telling you this because a positive lifestyle ends up in a positive outcome. You can lose any weight that you want and you should think about going to a gym with a nutritionist/trainer, if your having extreme negative thoughts for a prolonged period of time, i recommend you talk to a therapist because they arent for crazy people, they are to help perfectly normal people who dont feel good
You might not have a serious addiction, but if you think you do, then taking a step toward getting help is the most wonderful thing you can do, youll love yourself for it, youll feel better and you wont hate anything about yourself
All the best to you :D
.yeah they put all kinds of stuff in food to keep you buying it
The most important step to recovery is to keep a proper track of your eating habits, what you ate, when you ate it, what quantity, what was the calorie value, etc. Then get the totals for each day, week etc. Set a target (a small one initially) to reduce the intake. This could be in calories. Replace some foods with those who match in quantity but have lower calorie values.
The other important step is to track how much you are burning in your normal lifestyle. This is without doing any additional exercise due to the above problem. Then add activities, refine activities (taking stairs instead of lift) and slowly increase the burn rate.
Give it time, once you have reached a comfortable level, work on both all over again. Hope this helps.
Absolutely, food can be an addiction. Compulsive eating(also known as food addiction) is a very common disorder that affects millions of people. Food addicts use food as a coping mechanism to help them feel a sense of control in their lives.
Compulsive eating is in the same category as any other compulsive behavior such as Alcoholism, Compulsive Gambling, Sex Addiction and Drug Addiction. Addiction is not a moral failing or a weakness or a shortcoming. It is a DISEASE that requires treatment.
I, myself, am a recovering alcoholic and meth addict. I used drugs and alcohol to make life feel manageable and, in the end, my compulsion to use very nearly killed me.
Our conditions are very similar so I understand how you feel, believe me. When I was using, I knew that what I was doing was destroying me and hurting the people who loved me but life was simply unbearable without my coping mechanisms. After a time, however, life became unbearable to me BECAUSE of my addictions and there came a point where I had to make a choice to make a change. From what you have said, it sounds like you are at that point.
There is hope. I would recommend that you find an Overeaters Anonymous or Compulsive Eaters Anonymous group in your area. These are twelve step programs that are designed not only to help you get your eating down to a manageable level but also to find out what the roots of your problem are and how to deal with them. They also give you a design for living to help you manage everyday stresses and life situations so that you can get through them without having to over eat.
I have had much success with the twelve step group Alcoholics Anonymous. I am happy to report that as a result of the support I have gotten from the very caring and selfless people in that program, I have not had a drink or a drug in nearly 18 months. The first step was admitting that I had a problem, which, I believe, is what you have done here. After that I needed only to be willing to take suggestions from the people who have been through the same things that I had. I have also heard a lot of success stories come out of the groups that I have recommended to you.
I genuinely wish you success in your journey. It will not be easy but if you are willing to do the work, one day at a time, it will be well worth it!! There is a lot of life to live out there and I wish you much success!! You are worth it!!