Quote From: bigpaulakSadly its about addiction.
I wish I could say "no" but I don't have that in my mind.
For me the food has always been more powerful then I have been.
I don't go shopping or out thinking that I am going to gorge on bad food but somehow food has replaced all my emotions.
When I feel happy I celebrate with food, sad I comfort with food, angry I cope with food, depressed I pick myself up with food.
Its a nasty cycle where food has become everything and I was doing everything to get it.
My mother gave it to me because she loves me and my friends because they care.
Food has taken over my life and I am on my way to fixing that.
Paul
People don't all seem to understand that for some of us, me included, food is an addiction, they understand smoking, alcohol, drugs, even sex, but somehow the big stigma is still about food. I feel sorry for those people because they are truly ignorant and closed minded which is the same thing.
Those of us who are addicted to food, like you Paul, and me and so many others are just as good as anyone who is thin. Some people (who I am very jealous of) can eat as much as we do and stay thin, so no criticism about how much they eat. Isn't that strange? If you can eat and eat and eat and stay thin, no one things any less of you, but if you eat and are fat, like we are, then you are looked down on. WAKE UP PEOPLE ........MOST OF US ARE ADDICTED TO SOMETHING, IT JUST DOESN'T ALWAYS SHOW!!!!!!!! AT LEAST NOT ON THE OUTSIDE.
We're as good as anyone else and in many case better.
Good Luck Paul, and please be in touch, I've written a few times already. Please email me if you want at: 48jerseygirl@comcast.net
Those of you who want to preach, not to me please.
