Food Addict?

I saw this "Quiz" on the Low Carb Friends Forum in the Addictions thread.
Just to see how it turns out, let me take it right here right now.

Are you a food addict?

To answer this question, ask yourself the following questions

and answer them as honestly as you can.

1) Have you ever wanted to stop eating and found you just couldn't?
   I don't know if "couldn't" is the right word. The words "wouldn't" is more accurate. I guess I didn't want to stop eating badly enough to stop.


2) Do you think about food or your weight constantly?
No. But I think about food and my weight often.

3) Do you find yourself attempting one diet or food plan after another, with no lasting success?
Yes. It's the story of my life. It's a stupid story. I'm working on changing that.

4) Do you binge and then "get rid of the binge" through vomiting, exercise, laxatives, or other forms of purging?
No. But sometimes I wish I could get rid of it so I wouldn't have to feel sick, guilty and bloated.


5) Do you eat differently in private than you do in front of other people?
For the most part, yes. When I'm with other people I don't really want to overeat. I'm occupied by their company. The need to overeat is not as urgent. And when I say I "overeat" I'm not exactly sure that I am eating too much. It could be the bypass making me feel sick for eating more than a baby's fist full of food.


6) Has a doctor or family member ever approached you with concern about your eating habits or weight?
Yes. I've gained weight over the past year and a half. But this just seems very typical of the physiological backlash that's bound to happen when one starves for a year and becomes malnourished.


7) Do you eat large quantities of food at one time (binge)?
I think so. If I actually measured and kept track of what I eat it's more than what some folks eat in a day.


8) Is your weight problem due to your "nibbling" all day long?
I nibble, yes. Is that why I'm obese? I think it was the years of eating starchy, sugary, processed, carby crap foods in alarmingly huge portions that made me obese. What I've done to myself over the past three years has screwed me up. First I starved. Now I'm making up for it. Now I need a new plan.

9) Do you eat to escape from your feelings?
     Which feelings? I eat when I'm really tired. I eat when I want to unwind. I use food for more than phsycial nourishment that's for sure.

10) Do you eat when you're not hungry?
Yes. Often. I eat for pleasure.


11) Have you ever discarded food, only to retrieve and eat it later?
I haven't done that in many years. I HAVE wrapped up food to put it away and then reopened it for a few more bites.


 12) Do you eat in secret?
I live alone so I'm not sure that's relevant.


13) Do you fast or severely restrict your food intake?
       No.


14) Have you ever stolen other people's food?
Many years ago. Not recently, no.


15) Have you ever hidden food to make sure you have "enough?"
      No.


16) Do you feel driven to exercise excessively to control your weight?
       Yes. I don't, but I feel driven to.


17) Do you obsessively calculate the calories you've burned against the calories you've eaten?
         Hell no.


18) Do you frequently feel guilty or ashamed about what you've eaten?
Yes. Every time I eat I wonder if I had too much. I blame myself for not eating less.

19) Are you waiting for your life to begin "when you lose the weight?"
Yes, but I realize I'm doing it and I'm forcing myself out into the world fat and all.
There are plenty of fat people in the helping professions. Why do I put so much pressure on myself to be so perfect??


20) Do you feel hopeless about your relationship with food?
Sometimes but my overall feeling is one of hope. I have wonderful support. Access to the best, most nourishing foods. Information and wisdom to help me.

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then you may be a food addict.

You are not alone. FA offers hope through a real solution to food addiction.

Copyright © 2000-2003 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
If I answered yes to ANY of the above questions??
Oh no!
Now what do I do??

Well, I won't be rushing off to a Food Addicts Anonymous meeting in a panic.
What I WILL do is
get going on that hormone test and get back to see my nutritionist.
I finally got my first paychecks of the semester.
I can move ahead with my healthcare now.

I suspect that my "Eating", whether it's too much or not, is directly related to how healthy I am mentally and physically. If I get healthier I won't feel compelled too eat more fuel than I burn.

I'm on my feet, moving more and getting back in touch with my physical abilities.
That's definitely a move in the right direction.

Operation Portion control is going well but there's room for improvement.
I'm eating less at one sitting.
I don't eat past full during the work day because I'm so busy I have no time to suffer dumping syndrome or to pass out from all the blood rushing to my stomach to handle the work load.
At the end of the day?
That's a different story.

My body feels fat and cumbersome.
I'm heavy.
I'm weak.
I'm determined to change that.

Am I a Food Addict?
I'm on the fence between
no effing way
and
oh my god sew my mouth shut.


*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
Erin Huggins knows what she's talking about.
Fortunately for me my nutritionist is from the same school of thought as she is.
Time to make an appointment to go see him and get
more focused,
fit and fueled!
click here or click below