Today, it seems I do, in fact, have an addiction to food. My employer has put on a weight loss challenge with a 1000$ prize, and on day 5 of 100 I'm already lying to the calorie counting app I installed on my phone. FML
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Today, I was on the phone with my diet coach. I was telling her how I lost 3 pounds this week. I was saying this while eating a bag of chips, a beer in my hand and cooking a 3-meat pizza. FML
Today, it seems that I've gained so much weight that not even my iPhone can recognize my face. FML
Today, I finished the first month of a diet and exercise program designed to help me lose weight. To keep myself motivated, I have avoided the scale the entire time. I weighed myself today. I've gained 6 pounds. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I started our diet. After a long day of being held accountable for every calorie I ate, I went home to sneak a snack. My boyfriend came over to surprise me, and found me on the couch shoveling left-over Indian food into my mouth. FML
Today, my husband told me that he thinks I am getting a little heavy and may need to lay off the junk food. The ultrasound is hanging on our fridge. FML
Today, I began to daydream about going on a diet and losing some weight. As I did so, I unknowingly reached for a giant bag of chips and ate the whole thing. Now, I have stopped daydreaming and am sitting alone and depressed. And I'm all out of chips. FML
Today, after I completely starved myself for a week and exercised every day in an attempt to lose weight, I instead gained 5 pounds. FML
Today, is the fourth day of my husband's and my new diet and exercise routine. I've already caught him eating junk food 4 times. He has lost 2 lbs and I've gained 3. FML
Today, after weeks, I've finally reached my goal and lost 10 lbs. My sister got jealous about me losing weight, and told my parents and coworkers that I'm anorexic. Hello, intervention. FML
Today, for the hundredth time this year, I was told to lose weight. As an adult, I weigh 90 pounds soaking wet. FML
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ASLGabby 9
Use this opportunity to become more aware of what you eat. You can do it, OP!
Moloyo 9
You're human, you're supposed to be addicted to food.
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Comments (16)
Misoranomegami 16
Knowing is the first step. There's some really good support groups out there either on person or online that can help you.
stormy0307 16
My work did something similar. However it was a mystery prize, but rumor said it was a 50" Visio tv. However on the final day, it was revealed the actual prize for the winner was just an additional vacation day.
Heather Shannon 2
Food addiction is common. Try Overeaters Anonymous.
neuronerd 29
I went to a meeting once. The people were insane. You're told to measure everything, count all calories, never eat out again, and to not ever eat any foods you truly enjoy, because you might overeat. I suppose if it's a true "food addiction," but generally it's emotional or psychological issues manifesting themselves as food addiction. Having formerly struggled with an eating disorder (as many of those at the meeting had too), this method was about the worst thing I could do for myself. By the way, I went to therapy to deal with the issues behind my eating, began to deal with stress/anxiety by exercising, lost 30 lbs, and am now at a perfectly healthy weight. I'm highly opposed to OA, as I didn't meet a single mentally healthy person at the meeting (several were quite underweight, and appeared to have developed anorexia, the other girl close to my size was bulimic). There are much healthier, effective ways to lose weight.