What food addiction???? MUUUUUAHHHH Food drools…..
That food addiction!!! The one I fight every day! It’s relentless I tell
yah! Last night after I wrote my blog, my Rodney did a wonderful job of
buying Del Taco and bringing it home and into the bedroom.
Of course what do I do? I ate some of chili cheese fries. Just a few
bites. Then I asked, honey, can I have a bite of your burger? He said no!
He said I know this is your weakness and I’m trying to help you. He said,
“aren’t you suppose to be the one setting a good example for your peers?”
Of course I go into Wildfire mode, threw a few huffs and puffs, goes into
the kitchen and eat some broiled chicken and rice.
You know what I try to use as justification for eating at now 3am in the
morning? That I pushed my mom for a couple hours and hungry from the
casino. But did I forget to mention I also ate some not so good and salty
peanuts to and from the casino?
Forget about the 3 hours of exercise I did yesterday or the other 2 or 3
today. I don’t use my calories burned against my food intake.
My problem spelled out: I H A V E AN ADDICTION TO FOOD!!!!
I find that lately it’s gotten worse especially with night time eating.
Probably the last 3 months.
DID I think it would get easier as these years passed? YES!! But no - it
has not gotten easier.
Yes, I eat a lot of healthy food - but that doesn’t wash the fact that I’m
constantly thinking about food. It’s seriously sick!
My exercise has nothing to do with my food issues.
My problem now and I will win - is the fact that I always want to eat.
So at 10am I already ate some cottage cheese and granola, 3 sv of cucumbers,
1 extra large mango in waiting and this is all before lunch!!!!
The thing is, let’s be real I eat about 2000 calories a day - a ton of
fruits, veggies, complex carbs, good fats, good amt of sodium, and hi
quality protein…..but in the back of my head, I hunger for the bad stuff.
The second, I swear the second it’s available - I go for it like a drug
addict. Honestly, I don’t even think, I just put food in mouth and sigh
from satisfaction.
Well, I’m not complaining. I have 5 months before I come up on my 5 year
anniversary of weight loss 78 lbs. I’m giving myself 5 months - 5 months to
see what I an do because heck, if anyone tells me it’s easier 5 years from
now I might bow to them as the food God! 
I will never give up but some days it seems like I can’t win against my own
food desires. BUT I always and will always try to right any wrongs; even if it’s the next day. LOL!!
See, have to have a sense of humor to deal with this!
I understand what you mean about thinking about food all the time. I am on weight watchers plan because I think I like planing my menus and seeing what I’m going to eat and what I can eat . It’s not for everyone but it works for me and it lets me have some bad food like cake at a birthday party. If you ever find the cure for the addiction don’t forget to send the answer to me LOL. Hope your having a great Tuesday
MMMM….food:). I wanted to leave you a message to say thanks for all your wonderful comments. I took your advice on sparkpeople.com and adjusted my fitness goals. So you were beyond right. It now says I should be eating between 1680-2,030. So I am going to have to up my food intake by a lot. The hard part is going to be not feeling guilty for eating:). I am a total food addict, but I have it in my mind that food is the enemy. I think I need to change that perspective:).
It’s so funny you wrote this bc I just commented on a blog & compared my love to food w/ a crack head & his drugs! haha. I know exactly how you feel. It is a fight, & it takes a lot energy that sometimes you just don’t have. But over the long time of dieting you learn a lot of tools to help you along the way. The trick is not forget to use them. I hope that this does get easier for you!
Man Nancy, You and me must be related somewhere down the line. I just wrote a blog along those same lines a minute ago. I hate my addiction too! I hate, hate, hate it! But at least we can relate to something some people just dont understand. I’m there with you girl.
My comment got ate up!!! WAHHHHH! ;0(
AHAHA!!! I knew you need close to the amount of food I need! YAY!! Go Andrea!
I was saying, before my last comment got ate up, that I had made my blog a little bit before you made yours saying the same thing and that we must be related somewhere down the line cause we sound the same with our “addictions” to food. I hate, hate, hate it!
sorry you are still struggling. You know that is something I am not struggling with my I am a smoker so I KNOW addiction. I know hey say it gets easier but … uhm I do not believe it..
You know though it sounds to me you do not eat much bad food. A bite here or there is not that huge of a deal with how much exercise you do. Now if you get up at 3 drive to the drive through and eat 300000000 calories then I would probably say yep you have a problem.. I am proud of you for going into the kitchen and making chicken.
Do you ever sleep? you are up at 3 and what you work at 8…. crazy lady…
thanks for the blog love too it means so very much to me
hmmm I am not sure if I am addicted to food or not…I did want sherbet today and ate it:(
But alot of the stuff my mom buys, I resist. Like the chips, whoopie pies, candy ect I don’t touch. I’ve even resisted Mcdonalds foods numerous times. I wish I knew how I did it…but I don’t so I can’t tell you.
However I don’t like the chips because I can see clearly on the label they have trans fats…I don’t want that.
And I do treat myself to my own snacks, like sherbet or eat things when my mom and I eat at a buffet…so I think I found a balance…
sorry I couldn’t help!
Also night eating (after 10) I can’t do anyways because I take my pill in the morning and it needs to be taken on an empty stomach…
Such a tough one Nancy. Such a hard thing to have to deal with, but I guess
we all have our food demons. Why is it we look to food for comfort,
familiarity, celebration or whatever else comes into our lives? Why can’t
we get it into our heads to make these food choices healthy? Last night to
‘celebrate’ finally getting the tax money we ordered Chinese. Sweet and
sour chicken for me. bad. Breaded, deep fried eggrolls, crab puffs, fried
rice.. no good any of it. So why do we keep doing this to our selves? Why
do we have to constantly be conscious of what we put in our mouths? It’s so
not fair? Why did we have to be made so that we could get fat? why did the
processed food people have to create this food that we can never get enough
of? it’s just not right!!! If you’re still struggling with it after 5
years, when in the heck does it get easier? Why does it have to be so hard?
Such a tough one Nancy. Such a hard thing to have to deal with, but I guess
we all have our food demons. Why is it we look to food for comfort,
familiarity, celebration or whatever else comes into our lives? Why can’t
we get it into our heads to make these food choices healthy? Last night to
‘celebrate’ finally getting the tax money we ordered Chinese. Sweet and
sour chicken for me. bad. Breaded, deep fried eggrolls, crab puffs, fried
rice.. no good any of it. So why do we keep doing this to our selves? Why
do we have to constantly be conscious of what we put in our mouths? It’s so
not fair? Why did we have to be made so that we could get fat? why did the
processed food people have to create this food that we can never get enough
of? it’s just not right!!! If you’re still struggling with it after 5
years, when in the heck does it get easier? Why does it have to be so hard?
I am the same way. I actually like my healthy foods, but I just want to eat whatever whenever, all the time. Can’t do it! Gotta resist! Hang in there!!
Don’t beat yourself up.
I’m sure that a few bites of something not so healthy wont undo all that you’ve accomplished… so long as it’s not all the time or everyday! Maybe you could work in a guilt-free food time… like once a month you can eat whatever between 2pm and 3pm? Just a thought… If you ever break the “addiction” be sure to let us all know the secret! 
Hey Rachel, no not beating myself up. I don’t ever do that on this journey. Just sharing how difficult this journey is. I’m always on the move and always leave any failures behind quick. No time to play what ifs…I just do it.
I eat moderately every day and never do I deny myself anything if I watch my portions; my problem is I’m always hungry no matter what I eat and how much I eat - healthy food, good food, bad food. No wonder I was so big! I just love food! LOL
Thanks for the love though.
I would not stop at one bite of a hamburger, so I just don’t have it. I have it easier than you because no one would bring that in this house so the temptation is not there.
ya im pretty sure we alll have an addiction to food which is why we are here girlfriend…all i think about is food all day too….no joke…all day every second….and wantitso bad…and have so many conversations in my head about whether its worth it or not and blah blah blah….and i try so hard not to eat bad foods…but i just have to it seems…grrr…food wins me over most of the time…it has so mcuh control over me but after im on this journey for a real long time i really hope that it doesnt have control over me as much….but like you…i know it will never get easier…so…i just gotta do my best!
5 years, you have been doing this for almost 5 years!!!!
Oh man, I know this is a life journey not just something temporary but I was sure hoping after that amount of time I wouldn’t have to think about it as much. But you show us it is still doable. Thanks
The problem with food addiction is you can’t say NO to food like, alcohol or drugs. We have to have it around. GOOD LUCK
I know what you mean. It’s like I just have to eat and chew, it doesn’t even matter what. Could be good or bad food. One day they’ll come out with research about how our brains are different than others.
Who knows if it will ever go away? It is darn hard but we’re winning 
I see my husband and he never thinks about food, he wakes up, starts his day, then eats something. I wake up and RUN downstairs because I get to eat
“Hi my name is Briahnna and I too am addicted to food. Hi Nancy and Buddyslim friends.”
As I read this blog it sounded like it was coming from my own head like I was thinking it and typing it out. Your Rod sounds like my sister I gave her free reign to slap me if I so much as sniff bad food lol… and boy did she take me seriously and I’m ok with that maybe one day I’ll get sick of her slapping me and learn to stay away from them.
Hey girlie, I’m totally addicted to food aswell. At the back of my mind I’m always afraid of losing control while eating, the way I used to. But I do crave the foods I binged on. Not so much in the past few days with everything going on…. but the weekends are tough.
And here now, give Rod a tap on the head from me will you? Eating that kinda food in the bedroom?! COME ON!!!!!!! No wonder you were craving food. Maybe you should have a new house rule of only eating in the kitchen… especially when it comes to food like that! That’s not the kinda smell you want around you when you’re trying to go to sleep. Bold Rodney!
Oh Nancy, I am a food addict too. I think it is the hardest one to kick. I get some days where I am a bottonless pit. But we keep trying, and more good days than bad. We can get it under control. Hugs!