BED....do you have it? Binge...does it mean anything to you?

 CRAVE....newest must have read!

Binge eating...do you do it? Even with your surgery but in smaller quantities?
Do you have BED?
Do you believe in Food Addiction?
What can we do?

Obesity is a country epidemic, but FOOD ADDICTION IS REAL. 

Hi! My name is Laura and I am a FOOD ADDICT.
I can say that today....can you?

Click below and detour over to today's post......
www.mydailydetour.com
 
AFTER  ....    you read it, I would really  like to hear what you think...
comment here or on the blog itself!

Are you a food addict?
Will you always consider yourself one?
Were you a food addict?
How are you changing that?
Do you have BED?
Do you think food addiction should be treated like alcohol and drugs?

I REALLY WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICES!!!

xoxo, Laura 

WOW!  I think I may have this to an extent.  And the part about it being genetic is so true- because when I was a teenager we would both sit on the couch and eat and eat and eat until we were crying.  I thought it was just because we were bored, or lonley, or depressed, whatever.  This is so eye opening!  I definetly think I have this and still do to some extent after gastric bypass.  I definetly believe in food addiction!  I may have a mild case of it now, but I do find myself eating more than I need to be, and eating more than to get a taste.  I find myself buying candy even though I know i can't have it and hording up on things because i have a craving (I don't eat them so i guess its a first step to recovery?)  but its still the fact that i go and get it i still have this BED in my head i think.

I definitely think food addiction is similar to alcohol and drug addictions and some people may benefit from rehab type facilities.  Definitely! 

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

Hi My name is Sam, and I'm addicted to food. 

My therapist was so intrigued when I told him that food was my drug of choice, like he had never heard that before. Wierd. I know darn well I am not the only food addict out there. Of course food addiction is real, in the same way that alcohol and drugs can ruin your life, ruin relationships, ruin opportunities, so can food. I obsess over my next "fix", how much more clear could it be? I am 366 lbs.........like I wanted to be 26 and the size of 2 men? I do think I will always be a food addict, I am just hoping with all my heart that my surgery will give me the "splash" I need (in my surgeons words) to beat it. Awesome article you posted. We need awareness about this. People are so intolerant and judgemental about obesity and food addictions. Bulimia and Anorexia is almost stylish.......not the fluffy persons disease....