OMG.......I just realized

[lildrummergrl]

OMG I just realized I have had a serious issue with food since i was about 5 yrs old.

Reading these posts in this forum has really made me open my eyes.

I can remember when I was about 5, I ate an entire jar of grape jelly(gross) in the bathroom and I tried to hide it under the tub. We had one of those old fashion tubs with feet. My mother found it and boy was I in trouble.

I also remember my grandmother sitting in her armchair watching tv, I would crawl out from the bedroom; crawl so quietly into the kitchen and get cookies and cheese..I even remember eating the cheese through the wrapper all the time so no one would hear me open it up!! Gosh I was a sneak eater.

Another time I ate almost an entire bad of chocolate chips and hid the almost empty bag way in the cabinet..I was about 13yrs old. When my mom went to make cookies 2 weeks later...boy was I in trouble again.

Its so strange how I sneak binge eating...I have never realized I do this. even this June I ate 2 packs of cookies in the car so no one would see me eating.

I told my mother last night about my constant thoughts of food... Im always thinking"what can I eat next" See said I should seek counseling.

[jimmie 48]

maybe the only counseling you needed was to rid your body of the bad carbs.

i think many of us can relate to your addiction. i mean, none of us came to the adbb and to atkins because we were skinny.

i remeber all through childhood that mom kept the cookies and bread in one of the kitchen drawers. mom would often be resting when we came in from school and of course, we would try to snatch a cookie or two or three, or ten before getting changed into play clothes. problem was, that durn drawer had the most horrid sqeek when you tried to open it and mom was a very light sleeper. i realize now why mom never oiled that stupid drawer. LOL

[valcan]

Hi,

I would forgo the counseling for now. I can tell similar stories to yours and can totally relate to what you are saying. After 14 months of low carb, this problem has gone away for me. If I stay away from carbs, I am not tempted to sneak food or binge eat. Careful though, the few times I went off plan the old demons came back in full force. In my experience the sneaking and binging was a side effect from the impact carbs where having on my insulin levels not an emotional problem that I needed therapy for. It is a huge relief knowing that by sticking to a low carb lifestyle I don't ever have to go back to that kind of behaviour again.

Val

Val

[ShannonK]

I agree also. While I think that counseling is never a bad thing, you might just not need it. I mean, I don't have my book handy, but I know Dr. Atkins talks about the carb *addiction*. IF you have kicked that addiction, maybe that is the *only* addiction you had. Not sure if that makes sense.

[MsUnderstood0000]

I agree with Valcan, the demons do come back when you go off plan. To me that says you are not the one compelled, your body is and its caused by the swings of your blood sugar. I have such a similar story to yours. I'd eat fast food on the way home, hide the wrappers go in cook a huge carby dinner and eat again. Snack all day long, think about food all day long. Now i watch others do that, at work. They snack and eat and complain about thier fatness. That all goes away with this WOE, I'm at a point of forcing myself to eat most days. When i do eat, its good healthy real food. This way of life is freeing. Move within its rules and you will find that freedom.