So you want to lose weight but you can't stop eating? God knows I have heard and lived that before. I feel like I have a head full of valuable knowledge on how you to can stop eating, yet I have no real idea how to put ...read more
It is so painful to write about something that is so private and also shameful, and has been a lifetime struggle. I seemed to be born obese, I was very overweight from 6 months old onwards. My mother took me to a hospit...read more
Where can I start? Maybe it was that day in my fourth grade class, when a classmate teased me about my stomach-taunting that it looked like a cheeseburger. Or maybe it was all the many times at family reunions when my olde...read more
by Ann E. Smith
Food addiction, like any addiction, kills its victims. As a food addict, I can testify to that. Binge eating kills my body. It kills my self-esteem. But, more importantly, it kills my spirits. Knowing that - and knowing...read more
by Natalie Case
People look at me and see a lot of things. I am a lot of things. One thing they all see though, is my size. I'm a big girl. I stand 5'2" and I weigh in at an excess of 275 pounds. People see me and think words like "f...read more
by Sonia Perez
Diets don't work! At least not for myself. I have been overweight my entire life, have tried and tried again with different diets. Tried cutting back, exercising, taking diet pills, reading self help books, taking vitami...read more
I remember the first time I felt really sad. I was so cold and alone. I reached for anyone and anything I could. Much to my dismay very little seemed to work. I found my answers in the comforts of food. With each bite, my ...read more
by Valarie Topp
A lot of people spend a great deal of time making fun of the overweight people that they come into contact with, but what they don't see is the pain in a lot of those overweight faces. Many Americans don't know it, but foo...read more
Are you lying about what you eat? Are you hiding snacks? Are you ashamed of your eating habits? You may be exhibiting signs of someone who is addicted to food. For whatever reason, we tend to crave certain foods at certain...read more
by Laci Bennett
Blog of a Food Addict 3-14-07 Burnsville Minnesota Holiday Inn Today watching TLC, which is showing different shows about the "super morbidly obese", I realize that I am so much like those people. I am addicted to ...read more
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