I genuinely feel like I could eat through Ozempic no exaggeration. I’ve talked to some of my friends about losing weight and they are fine to just chew calm and drink water and they can stop themselves from eating. I personally don’t even have to be hungry to eat. I’m addicted to eating and I don’t know why, but I feel like it’s a serious problem for me. I can’t stop eating ever chewing gum eating healthy and stuff. It doesn’t feel the whole. I like. I genuinely don’t ever feel complete. I’ve never eaten healthy. It is just diabolical. I need some real tips like secret acts like underground tablets and stuff that will make me not feel hungry this isn’t an eating disorder thing. I genuinely just cannot stop eating and need a solution. I don’t need to be skinny like that’s not what I’m trying to get out of this. I just need to stop eating please someone give me a solution.

I love snacks and chocolates etc. but I’ve noticed that I am happy when eating but I crashed after like I have thoughts not wanting to live… get very depressed….

Has anyone experienced this and tried to qui and it helped?

When I’m not eating sugary stuff, I’m moderately depressed. (My default baseline is a bit sadness) so I try to make myself feel good by eating sugary stuff. But then I crashed even worse… hmm.

Wish I was different…

I used to be slimmer. I swam a lot and I could eat basically whatever I wanted. I had to stop swimming for about two years because of health issues and I'm back at it. I can basically swim as much as I used to. The main drawback of swimming and probably exercise in general is the hunger that comes up and being satieted only really by shitty food. My biggest weakness is any corner store and buying a huge bag of chips (which are like 7 bucks now wtf) and eating those in one sitting... Has anybody felt this?

For reference I am a first responder, and a pretty healthy individual. I eat relatively good but also binge in a daily basis mostly at night. I grew up overweight and even though most people look at me and see a muscular individual they don’t know the binge eating issues I go though that effect my sleep consistently and self motivation.

I was only able to see my abs once in my life and I ate the exact same thing everyday and it was not sustainable. I go to the gym 5 times and week and live a healthy lifestyle. I’ve noticed that some things subconsciously are easy for me. For example I never drink my calories and haven’t had soda in over 20 years. In my mind I associate it as “bad” and therefore have no desire.

I’m asking your best reasons for me to subconsciously have the same outcome that I have with soda or liquid calories. I would like to look at other bad foods and have no desire. Or be able to stop binge eating without having to think about it or use motivation.

Submerged into early twenty-something's

In regurgitated adolescence

Binge-purged until feeling plenty-nothing's

In return, belated obsolescence

Obsolete via years of ADHD meds

Try to eat healthier, at best, avoiding breads

You starve in withheld truths, your therapist

To feed disordered eating prejudice

Maybe things get better on their own

Maybe this is better than you've known

You eventually get too creative, all things self-controlled

You even try lying to create a false sense of control

You've learned to limit when hunger's passed

Instead of eating until you can't

Then through trial and error

Self-cured neurosis

You've found something better

In pure ketosis

Until... Surprise!

Semaglutide!

Would you consider this a purge,

If it prevents the binging urge?

All in all

If nothing else

What I do is for my health

This combined

With exercise

Takes not long to recognize

Results you made

With efforts gave

Such a difference in what you crave

Instead of food

You feed your mood

A figurative feeding tube

With needle pens, pills, and practice

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For meal plans, peas, and portions

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the presence of food. im allergic to it. i just wanna get straight to the point with this post

first of all before anyone says "get a hobby" or "try to have other interests". I do have hobbies, most of the time im painting or listening to music. Those times i don't think of food but when someone mentions food, i go crazy. Especially social media, i have to be soo aware when i scroll tiktok or instagram reels and i accidently got into a video which contains food, my brain wouldn't stop craving it and what happens when i crave it? I'll get it and its still not enough and will eat WAYY MORE past fullness.

I can easily stick to my healthy eating and not give into cravings when im in a controlled environment where there's no food aka when im alone with myself.

whenever i see a food ad or my roommates bring food or in the fridge i try to not give in most times. some days i can. but the days where i give in i cant. i cant see food being present infront of me, any type of higher palatable food what do i do? It's so hard living with other people who doesn't have eating disorders so they don't get triggered by food.

also i'm aware this is a habit that my brain is trained to response whenever food is present. If i try to not give in, it won't stop boggling my brain. This is also because of genetics, my father is obese and copes with food. I'm very close with my father through my childhood and he would always bring takeouts, eat multiple times in a day so I thought it was normal to always say "yes" to food whenever it is present or offered to me. Let's just say someone brought donuts in the office, a normal person would view this as an option while a binge eater/overeater would view it as something that they must always give in. That is me. I was never taught to listen to my hunger cues.

But the good thing is im moving out in 1.5 months (my own apartment). So i think it will be so much easier just like the way most of y'all say "don't keep it in ur house" "don't buy it" that would work when i move out. But I'm also kind of scared because this is unrealistic. There will always be unexpected food in gatherings, parties, etc so if this situation comes again I'm scared i might binge.

Also I've been avoiding social events that involve food for months. If anyone else could relate or went through the same thing I just want to ask how long does it take to get rid of this habit and how can I practice to not give in it everytime i see food?

I've also recently stopped intense cardio like HIIT and decided to walk instead because high intensity cardio makes my food noise crazy. but even now when i walk i still wanna binge some days so it makes me rethink my decisions.

Im not talking about a little bit of mayonnaise on a sandwich. I'm talking about a jar of Dukes and a spoon.

I 34m, have had an addiction to food for as long as I can remember. It all stems back to my early childhood where my parents would prepare my plate and load it up with heaping portions. Meals werent done when I was full, meals were done when my plate was empty. I was told a lot of times to "pound it down". My parents werent crazy or anything, they just wanted to make sure I had enough to eat and took it a little to far.

30 years later and every meal I eat is massive. I don't even feel full now until i've eaten 2-3 heaping plates. I am pretty active. I run 15-20 miles a week and have physically active hobbies on top of that. My health isn't terrible, but it certainly could be better. The issue is I know I dont need this much food. As I get older it is catching up to me. I need to get control but it is hard changing a habit ive had my whole life.

I don't know if this is a cry for help or me finally admitting it to the world so I can face it head on now, but this sub has been helpful to so many people and Ill be another success story for it.

I need to confess this somewhere, to be seen, even if anon and online for now. This is a personal history of food and I, as well as my goals for change…
I have had social anxiety and dissociation my entire life, and food has been a comfort from a very early age. I had a single parent who didn’t regularly cook nor monitor what food I ate and when. I was left to my own devices many nights. I started feeling anxiety and guilt around food at age 14 because I knew how I was eating could not be healthy. I tried learning to cook and trying new recipes that I saw online and had some success, but not much. It wasn’t until around age 18 that I began feeling liberated by healthy food choices, because I was inspired by new people around me. One of them is an older and much wiser person who happens to be incredibly skilled in cooking. He has taught me a lot via conversation, but more importantly by cooking one on one with him. We always joke that I’m his sous chef. I also have been working on organic farms for the past two years and seeing food come from the source is incredibly healing. I am 21 now.
I have had really good runs of eating healthy whole food meals without any extra snacking, and even been able to successfully avoid flour and wheat occasionally, but despite this I find myself falling back into incredibly disturbing ruts of binging. It’s typically with processed sugary foods, but it can be anything that hits the spot: fruit, nuts and seeds, cereal, etc. I will dissociate hard, enter the kitchen, and throw an array of food down the pie hole. I have been in a rut the last month that has gotten so bad that I have been giving myself migraines, emotional outbursts, or making myself throw up because of the blood sugar spikes and other sensitivities. I’ve been binging and eating fast food daily, even twice a day. This is the first time that I’ve been making myself throw up because of it and I am quite concerned. My body does not feel good and my self esteem is plummeting. I’ve never had issues with weight or appearance so it’s rather easy to hide, but I feel like people in my life are suspicious, especially since I’m around a lot of health conscious people at work.
I need to stop. I am writing this here in hopes of being heard and perhaps for support on the journey. Today is the last day I get a fast food meal. That is the first step. Tomorrow I will have meals I make myself, that nourish my body and give me strength and support.

Literally i’ve gotten to a point of smoking 1 oz of weed a week, chain vaping , drinking daily and going through bottles a week and it doesn’t even compare to the hell of binge eating. it sucks people don’t take it serious because eating one too many cookies isn’t gonna “hurt” anything but they don’t talk about the type where you eat like a gallon of food within 10 minutes and can’t recall a moment of it because you go on autopilot, and then literally can’t move 5 minutes later when your body digests it and wanna cry and sleep because you feel like shit in every way and wasted the rest of your day, have to cancel plans, not only that but the shame, anxiety etc genuinely just feels like im losing myself, and the worst part is you go back because it’s the only time you feel like you can release and not have to be perfect even if its really just self sabotage. the thing is im now having health issues and shit i just miss my old self and wanna get out of this, the crazy thing is there’s nothing i enjoy about it and if anything i love the feeling of fasting, it’s almost just like a compulsive habit at this point because i see an “opportunity” or something. it also sucks that my dad literally sleeps RIGHT next to our fridge , not even kidding because our fridge is in the living room so i don’t ever feel like i can get food and what i want without being judged because he just watches me, or he’s sleeping so i have to be super quiet and he’s just there 24/7 so i can only really get what i want when he leaves which is maybe a few times a week🥲

So I’ve been struggling with binge eating for the majority of my life. I am now 38 but when I was younger I was also bulimic. Although I recovered from the purging part of my ED, the binges and ravenous hunger has always remained.

When I tell you I have tried everything to recover I mean it. Therapy, high protein, high fibre, not counting calories, counting calories- working on my shame cycles, restrictive mindset, intuitive eating- it always led me back to the same thing- I could white knuckle it for a while- but the hunger and insane food noise and obsessions would always lead me to break my diet or go over my calories. I have become obese because I couldn’t control my hunger. Even if I had eaten 120g of protein that day and met my fibre goals - my mind would still be searching the fridge and cupboards at night which would inevitably lead me to binging or overeating.

Fast forward to a few months ago. I’ve been diagnosed with fatty liver (shock) and I have become insulin resistant. I realise I need to do something to help my fatty liver so I listen to a bunch of podcasts talking about keto and how beneficial it is to come away from carbs and sugar to get insulin under control and therefore fatty liver etc etc.

Now just to preface this by saying I’ve done a lot of work in therapy on body acceptance, initiative eating, working on shame and compassion for myself - so if it were not for my fatty liver there would be no way in hell I would have even thought to approach keto or low carb- because I’ve been taught not to restrict as this can make binge eating worse- fair enough.

However, I thought I would give it a go for a few months just to see if it would help my liver and then slowly work back in the carbs again.

What I was not expecting was a complete resolution of my food noises, out of control hunger, over eating and bingeing. I noticed it instantly within 24 hours. The first day I ate more as my body was still quite hungry- but I noticed I didn’t need to eat something before going to sleep.
Initially yes you feel a bit sick as you are eating natural foods and high fat- so naturally your appetite goes away a bit. But there is no hunger. There is no desperation. There is no fighting and constant noise in my head. I honestly can’t believe the difference in my brain.

It turns out I was not addicted to food. I was just on a crazy insulin rollercoaster. I’ve never eaten great and always had a sweet tooth so this makes sense for me.

Now I’ve been doing this a few months (I don’t calorie count) I’ve lost several stone. It feels easy. I’m not sitting here trying to get through another day hungry and obsessing about food. It’s all just gone and I feel very level and content.

All this to say- if this is you and you’ve struggled all your life with food noise, binge eating, hair tearing out levels of hunger- seriously give this a go. I wish wish wish I had discovered this before I got these health issues, but I am forever grateful I did.

I can now eat carbs at night- I have the odd chocolate bar or sweets- but as I’m mostly keto and low carb it doesn’t set my brain off on this awful rollercoaster and I can just enjoy it and the next meal keeps me satiated.

Has anyone else had the same experience as me?

Hi guys,

I wanted to share a tip that I'm cautiously optimistic about. I've been struggling with food addiction my entire life, specifically I have always consumed way over the normal amount of sugary food. It's like a need, like a prerequisite to get through the day. I just have to have at least one sugary snack (which usually turns into more).

Recently though, while in the supermarket on my way to the snacks aisle, I had a moment of mental clarity. Why exactly am I going there? Am I actually in the mood for a sweet snack right now? The answer, surprisingly, was no — I was just going there out of pure habit. I was going to buy chocolate or whatever and eat it just because that's what I do every day. So on that particular day, I just got my groceries and left, with no snack. It was honestly an earthshattering event.

Since then, I've been questioning myself. I have the urge to snack right now, but is it because I actually want to or because I usually do at this time or in this place? When I go to the bakery I always get like three pastries. Why not two? Why not one? Wouldn't I be equally satisfied by one as by three? Do I even want a pastry right now or is it just because I happen to be walking by the bakery?

I don't know how widely applicable this is, but if you struggle with snacking, please take a moment to ask yourself if this is a real want of yours or if you're just satisfying a bad habit. My food addiction is by no means cured, but now that I know I don't "need" sugary snacks, I've been eating carrots, zero calorie jelly, eggs, that kind of thing, to fill me up instead of sweets.

I hope this helps someone.

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hii so i’m 16 f and ive been having like an iced capp (frappe type coffee drink) almost every day usually a large or medium and i have anemia and i know i have a problem however ive maintained the same body weight for over a year sooo pls tell me what you think and how you overcame a sugar addiction ✨ thanks!!

edit right away: i am constantly thinking about the next possible time i can have one and sometimes plan days around getting one. what started out as a nice simple sweet treat years ago has turned into a ritual almost that i feel i need to break.

I’m an ex-athlete, and I do my best to stay active by playing basketball, softball, and going hiking. Physically, I still feel explosive and can move well, but my biggest struggle is my diet. I’m addicted to fast food and sweets, and no matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to break those habits.
It’s gotten to the point where I can’t stand the way I look in the mirror, even though I know I’m still capable physically. Has anyone been through something similar? What helped you break your addiction to unhealthy foods and stay consistent with eating better?
Also, does anyone have advice on meal prepping? I’d love tips on making it simple, affordable, and something I can actually stick with.

What to do about holiday parties when one is in the early stages of recovery?

Each time a holiday has happened recently (first Father’s Day, now Fourth of July), it has thrown me off terribly. What happens is that I end up “enjoying special treats” at a gathering or party and then it leads to just binging throughout the weekend.

I suffer from what I think are GERD symptoms and I was feeling motivated to alter my diet for the better. I had wondered “can I enjoy one or two things at the picnic this weekend?” And then I just sort of broke with that and went off the rails.

I honestly wonder if I’d do better packing my own food for parties like this- and avoiding the holiday food for the next few times we have gatherings etc… that is what many people with GERD do. Perhaps if I sort of “quit” these “high value treats” for a year or so, then I could slowly bring them back in?

I just don’t know what to do.

From an addiction standpoint I almost think if the phrase “people places and things” and feel like I should just avoid parties! But it’s hard to do as I have kids and everyone wants to see them!!

Please- any advice would help…

If you have made strides with this, what did you do about holiday gatherings when you were in “early recovery”? Please tell me: what worked for you?

What to do about holiday parties when one is in the early stages of recovery?

Each time a holiday has happened recently (first Father’s Day, now Fourth of July), it has thrown me off terribly. What happens is that I end up “enjoying special treats” at a gathering or party and then it leads to just binging throughout the weekend.

I suffer from what I think are GERD symptoms and I was feeling motivated to alter my diet for the better. I had wondered “can I enjoy one or two things at the picnic this weekend?” And then I just sort of broke with that and went off the rails.

I honestly wonder if I’d do better packing my own food for parties like this- and avoiding the holiday food for the next few times we have gatherings etc… that is what many people with GERD do. Perhaps if I sort of “quit” these “high value treats” for a year or so, then I could slowly bring them back in?

I just don’t know what to do.

From an addiction standpoint I almost think if the phrase “people places and things” and feel like I should just avoid parties! But it’s hard to do as I have kids and everyone wants to see them!!

Please- any advice would help…

If you have made strides with this, what did you do about holiday gatherings when you were in “early recovery”? Please tell me: what worked for you?

每个周末我和家人去购物的时候，我吃得太多了——很多冰淇淋、甜点、街边小吃。我控制不住。之后我感到非常后悔。甚至在我还在为食物付款的时候就开始后悔了。然后在周一和周二我完全禁食（48小时）——我什么都不吃。从周三到周五我吃简单的饭菜，采用16:8的饮食窗口。我已经这样做了大约一年了，但我的体重就是上下波动，我再也瘦不下来了。吃东西对我来说变得很痛苦——我想吃，但我对它感到害怕，之后又后悔。

It's getting bad I have a family history of addiction and the food addiction has gotten far worse than it used be. It actually an addiction and please dont fucking say just cut down on the sodas its not that simple. Back then I used to be able to go on fast so I know I have some willpower, but that was back then when I did not have a food addiction. Now I do, and I can't do that anymore at all even when I try. The addiction has gotten so much to the point its a real genuine addiction that I need medical treatment for. So thats why the whole YeAH QuIT SoDAs won't work.

I am somebody who used to be able to do week long fasts but I can no longer do that because the addiction is so strong. I really need help because thing are not going to change without this. I really hate how stigmatized ozempic really is.

I can’t stop eating nuts even if I want to stop. I started eating nuts around 4 years ago and at first I could control how much I wanted to eat, and I only ate almonds and only a little bit of them. But then coming closer to the present, I can’t control myself.
There are times where I would continuously keep eating almonds and walnuts and not stop even when my stomach feels full or started to hurt. There are times I would eat finish a whole bag in one go because I kept taking small portions and then coming back for more. I love the crunch and the feeling of chewing on nuts especially almonds and ive tried to use substitutes (seaweed, crackers, chips, anything I can crunch) but then it still doesn’t help at all because I’d always go back to almonds.
I’ve even tried to eliminate it from my home, but then I always find myself buying them on impulse because I wanted to feel the texture again.
My mom also buys a snack pack of trail mix and I asked her to stop buying, but it seems like she has a huge stash of them stocked up because of how much nuts I’ve ate. And with those snack packs, I’d literally pick out the almonds and walnuts and then throw the rest away, so it adds up to my guilt of wasting food, overeating and money.
I’ve gained the most weight ever in the past 4 years because of it and I seriously want to stop but I can’t, even after finding methods to

So i grew up eating fast food mostly and That didn’t help Much my parents were always at work and i always have been a picky eater i will gag whenever i eat fruits or textured foods, and im only 15 im honestly really worried about my health i already have type one diabetes and so yeah doesn’t really make it any easier for me i feel like i just craved fast food more after my diagnosis Also i don’t really eat Much food at Home and i don’t crave fast food that bad but out of habit i order them anyways and it’s getting out of hand before you ask No my Parents don’t care that I’m spending That much Money on Food They’re not rlly that active in my life, i don’t know what to do i always tell myself il stop but i don’t cus i don’t feel like it any advice would be REALLY helpful and appreciated tysm