Over eating

[jimmys devoted]

I have seen threads where peopel are concerned over binging and anorexia... but what about those who chroniclly atand step into that excessive morbid obesity. I saw on TV, teh insider that teh ady who weighed 900 pounds died.
And teh man whow eighed 1200 pounds lost 400 pounds.

While its been shown that this is a complicated process, its a fact that food addiction on witther side of teh scale is dangerous.
But I still dont see people openly talking about it.

I know some of these huge people strat with something that prevents them from exercisingbut its an interesting bichemical and psychological process that causes this situation.
IN some cases like on Dr. Phil..... my lord how much could a person eat without throwing up.........
I got nauseated watching how much.......
why not strat a diecussion here about addictions to foods?

[britjojo]

I think it's easy to be addicted to food and NOT end up 500lb. I personally have a problem with certain foods; chocolate of course, and certain meats (terrible for an ex vegan). I went to a buffet restaurant last night and ate four steaks, a slice of meatloaf and some potroast.

But then I came back, and having let it settle, I spent an hour doing aerobics. I think that if you are careful, its ok to indulge.

[QuietLunatic]

One theory I saw about chronic overeaters is that they essentially burn out the switch in the brain that says "I'm full. I should stop now." and they can literally eat for hours and hours on end without ever feeling full. That would be horrible.

[britjojo]

This is my ex husband-his switch is burned out. However in his case it came that way; manufacturing error :p He weighs about 330lb now-but did NOT weigh that when we were married. Through my controlling his portions and encouraging exercise, we got him down to about 280.

But he would eat a stack of eight pancakes in one sitting at five years old. Born that way and without the sense to see he is killing himself.

[QuietLunatic]

And apparently his parents had no sense either, letting a little boy eat that much. Sometimes our well-meaning parents are our worst enemy (and then we do it to our kids if we don't clue in).

[britjojo]

In this case it wasn't his mother. She is a nurse and could see full well what was happening. But he spent large amounts of time in the care of his grandmother (because his mother was a divorcee, raising and supporting him alone), who would feed him for entertainment. When told she needed to control his food more she laughed. She would never take it seriously, so he ballooned.

Never was a problem till he started going to her.

[mtajim]

I have a problem of over eating , in my dinner i eat over and get problem to even breat properly. I have to walk after i eat to settle down.

[QuietLunatic]

That's a shame, britjojo. My granddaughter likes to snack when she comes over here, but mostly she cleans out my fridge of cheese slices, juice and fruit, with the occasional cookie. To my dismay, her mother takes her to McDonald's at least a few times a week--makes me crazy, but I can't stop her. ARG. Hence, the healthy choices at Nana's house. :)

[britjojo]

It's nice that she has that option from you, at least she gets it somewhere. My daughter, I am ashamed to say, has the occasional hamburger. We lead a sometimes hectic life, and might be out of the house for six hours or more, unplanned. Just because we are VERY poor at planning.

Anyway, she won't eat much. She still nurses at 22months, and shirks solids. Her favourite and most asked for food is brocolli, and that's followed by cheese. She loves carrots and tomatos, and in the house she eats very well. Out of the house, due to a lack of teeth even at 22 months (she's well behind in this respect-something that I am not unhappy about. The longer they take to come in, the less chance of cavities) she doesn't eat well on fast food. There's just next to nothing she can chew, other than pizza, and I can't afford that most of the time!

So she'll have half a burger. It won't kill her at that, and I can't afford to do it often.

[mtajim]

Over eating is also a really problem, once you get addicted to eating , you will really have problem because other addiction can be rehabilated but eating is something which is very hard to leave

[QuietLunatic]

That's a very good point. I saw another show the other day and one of the food addicts said, "What if an alcoholic had to have a drink every day? How would they ever recover?" And it's a valid concern. We HAVE to eat to survive, so it must be very hard for a food addict to battle that.

[britjojo]

You know I had never considered that point. I guess that is why even things like dieting are so hard. We need to learn, not to do without food but to control our urges, and that is too hard for most to do.

[jimberan]

I know that it is a big problem for me. On the other side, I thought for years that I was overweight due to over eating. I stopped drinking beer and I lost 30 kilo within 1 year so I assume that a lot of the extra weight was due to alcohol consumption.

[mtajim]

Last night i overate and almost lost my mind , i dont know how to stop it , i really find it hard , i dont eat much but my stomach is really not able to gather all that eat , can any one help

[QuietLunatic]

Do you eat very fast, mtajim? I read once that it takes about 20 minutes for your brain to realize there's food in it, so if you eat very fast and stuff yourself, by the time the signal gets there, you're overfull. BUT, if you eat slowly, the signal has time to reach and you stop before that stuffed stage.