r/FoodAddiction

I can’t stop eating nuts even if I want to stop. I started eating nuts around 4 years ago and at first I could control how much I wanted to eat, and I only ate almonds and only a little bit of them. But then coming closer to the present, I can’t control myself.
There are times where I would continuously keep eating almonds and walnuts and not stop even when my stomach feels full or started to hurt. There are times I would eat finish a whole bag in one go because I kept taking small portions and then coming back for more. I love the crunch and the feeling of chewing on nuts especially almonds and ive tried to use substitutes (seaweed, crackers, chips, anything I can crunch) but then it still doesn’t help at all because I’d always go back to almonds.
I’ve even tried to eliminate it from my home, but then I always find myself buying them on impulse because I wanted to feel the texture again.
My mom also buys a snack pack of trail mix and I asked her to stop buying, but it seems like she has a huge stash of them stocked up because of how much nuts I’ve ate. And with those snack packs, I’d literally pick out the almonds and walnuts and then throw the rest away, so it adds up to my guilt of wasting food, overeating and money.
I’ve gained the most weight ever in the past 4 years because of it and I seriously want to stop but I can’t, even after finding methods to

July 4th
Morning:
Blueberry almond milk with honey drink, 1 scrambled egg with 1/2 pc of Turkey bacon, 1 flour tortilla, 1 blue corn tortilla, broccoli sprouts

Afternoon:
3 chicken wings, 1 large purple sweet potato with butter and salt, 2 blue corn tortillas, half cup of lemon beer, 1 hot cheeto, 1 hello kitty frozen pop

Dinner:
Green bean and spam omelette, 3 spoons of white rice, 2 blue tortillas, 1 banana cocktail (banana liqueur + rum + half cup of honest fruit punch + 1 cup of ice shaken)

So i grew up eating fast food mostly and That didn’t help Much my parents were always at work and i always have been a picky eater i will gag whenever i eat fruits or textured foods, and im only 15 im honestly really worried about my health i already have type one diabetes and so yeah doesn’t really make it any easier for me i feel like i just craved fast food more after my diagnosis Also i don’t really eat Much food at Home and i don’t crave fast food that bad but out of habit i order them anyways and it’s getting out of hand before you ask No my Parents don’t care that I’m spending That much Money on Food They’re not rlly that active in my life, i don’t know what to do i always tell myself il stop but i don’t cus i don’t feel like it any advice would be REALLY helpful and appreciated tysm

I am a food addict in recovery. I have eliminated processed and artificial sugars and flours from my diet. It’s been a little over a year, and the lifelong food noise is completely gone!

My husband is also a food addict in recovery. He does not follow the same food plan that I follow, but he has had great success, too.

Recently he brought up wanting to drink diet soda. For me that is simply a no-go. I see that as a very slippery slope for myself.

Please understand, I do not police what he does with his food. He is free to do whatever he thinks is right for him. I just know for myself, this would be a huge trigger for me.

I am interested to hear from the recovery community, what are your thoughts around diet soda for a food addict in recovery? Is this a gateway to open up old food behaviors? Or is this a sustainable item that helps keep you abstinent? Thoughts?

I'm reading Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke atm and it's a great read to understand how addiction works in my opinion. I can recommend the book. She also talks about additiction on podcasts for people who prefer audio or video as medium.

I think it's also important to address that we're taught to see our bad relationships to food as an individual problem rather than a systematic one. Today's capitalism is profit oriented and people who are addicted to something are great consumers and buyers. Our pleasure reactions to fast blood sugar spiking carbs and sugars, fats and salt are systemically exploited and encouraged as they profit corporations. These systems are not our fault and that in and of itself should increase the compassion we have for one another about issues created from it rather than seeking to judge or shame one another or ourselves. We're all a product of our socio economic environments.

Second I wanted to mention fiber. Fiber rich foods like vegetables, fruit like apples, cooled potatoes (starch changes through cooling), beans, whole wheat foods or peas are increasing the feeling of fullness and saturation. Slowly adding them into your regime and slowly replacing some of your unhealthy foods can go a long way. Fiber also feeds the good bacteria in your body and your microbiome makes up a lot of your immune system.

The same thing is true for protein. Protein increases saturation and fullness. Chicken breast, tuna, eggs, high protein yogurt, mozzarella, soy products like tofu, beans and seeds are all high in protein. Fish products shouldn't be consumed too often to avoid mercury poisoning (and overfishing).

I also wanna talk about omega 3s. Not all fats are created equally. Many of us have an excess in bad fats and lack omega 3s that are necessary, antiinflammatory and good for us. Fish, nuts, seeds, olive oil and avocadoes are a good source for that (avocados, almonds take a lot of water in irrigation so they're not ideal for the environment). Again, omega 3s will have you feel more full and saturated and decrease binging.

Quitting cold turkey is not feasible for most of us, slowly incorporating more of the foods that don't make us feel so shitty in the long run and ruin our dopamine balance is easier to adapt to. Small steps.

I find that trying to help other people with our vices and practicing forgiveness towards others by helping them is also a great way to forgive ourselves. A lot of the time our binging habits are amplified by shame, insecurities or taboos we've internalized at some point. Understanding that this can happen to anyone else and feeling compassion for others is a great way to reduce our own insecurities and shame especially if we have troubles forgiving ourselves directly.

I've had a couple of rough years wearing me down. I know that bile provoking foods are keeping me from feeling better, but I'm really addicted to dark cacao and because it has tons of fiber usually I don't feel much worse if I have it with a few carbs and bifidus yogurt, but it keeps me from getting better. I'm really craving that dopamine and I never seem to get around it. It's really frustrating because I can lower my sugar, I can somewhat lower my fat (this is also a struggle), but dark cacao is such an important self soothing food that I can't get past it. I feel like my baseline anxiety would go up for a few weeks and I can't handle it.

Anyone has any advice for this issue?

Hello! I am curious what everyone's experience with courses on emotional eating have been? Has anyone found a program that is helpful? I just finished Alanna Kessler's Sober Eating Sequence and have had some success. I am super interested in The Out of the Cave Coaching program. Has anyone tried it? I also am enrolled in a course with Lily Mae Redding where she uses a method called Upguided--which is essentially subconscious reprogramming mixed with inner child healing and visualization. It's really kind of amazing. I just feel like I need a little more support. Anyone had any success with any coaching programs on emotional eating that they would recommend?

I rlly need help, I know it’s my fault but I need to lose weight. I used to weigh 132 now I weigh 180 I have no clue how I let this happen. I’m 19 years old and can’t stop eating. I used to be so pretty, now I just look fat. I think apart of my problem is habits from when I was younger. My mom hated me in second grade cuz I got fat and would yell at me when I would eat. So when she would leave for the store I would eat as much as I could until I felt sick. I lost weight in high school but now my old habits r back since I moved out. I need peoples advice on how to stop this habit.

For some background, I am a 17 year old who has had binge eating problems for atleast 7 years (I can't remember much past then). I feel disgusting, worthless, and horrible in my own body. Over half the clothes in my closet I can't wear because they look terrible on me. I have probably spent nearly a thousand bucks of my own money on gimmicky scam weight loss products that havent worked. Nobody else in my family has these struggles and I feel alone. I feel "addicted" to food. I think about it all the time from the moment I wake up the moment I go to sleep. I wish I could just eat like a normal person, not obsess over food, listen to my natural hunger signals, and have a peaceful intuitive relationship with food. I have been trying to lose fat (can't say weight or itll get flagged apparently) for so long and each time I just end up caving in to my urges. I am coming to the end of my rope. I wanted to get on some type of weight loss suppressant like wegovy, mounjaro, or even ozempic, but my doctor told me my BMI wasn't high enough. I am not sure the root cause of my binge eating but I know it keeps me entertained and cures my boredom. It offers me a distraction from my current challenges and in general just provides me with instant comfort and satisfaction. Unfortunately I haven't found any healthy alternatives to binge eating to deal with my boredom and provide comfort. Nothing gives me the same hit of dopamine like eating does. Journaling and walking, sure, they're nice, but they don't even compete with eating. If you also struggle with binge/comfort/boredom eating I am curious what helped you overcome it.

I know I am probably going to get trashed for this as its a me problem. But I am going to ask anyway.

HOW do YOU make good self control choices?

For context. I am 37 years old (38 in August) and about 375lbs. I have a BMI of 50.7 and my BMR is 2592. So my calorie deficit goal is 500. Setting my total to 2092cal per day and I TRY to maintain that, but not well.

Long-ish walking is hard because my back starts to hurt. I go to the gym 3-4 times a week and do weight machines. I've tried Metformin and Phentermine separately, they work amazing at stopping food noise but the side effects were insane. Metformin I was so backed up it was unreal. Phentermine I didnt sleep for 3 days.

I do like to go out to the bar once every 2-4 weeks for an evening of drinks. Usually a few 7&7s. I do not smoke anything, ever. I have a C-PAP for sleep apnea.

I Cant get a GLP1 because my A1C is only 5.7 (pre-diabetic and just barely that) so insurance wont cover it. Im afraid of getting screwed over by things like Ro, and Mochi, etc...

Its 100% a lack of self control but Idk how to overcome that. So how do I train myself to have better self control?

During the day M-F, I can do great. Fairlife Protein drink (42g complete protein, 230cal) for breakfast and another one for lunch. So only about 460cal consumed before dinner. At dinner, I can also do pretty well. Decent portion control.

But from about 7:30pm to 10:30pm (bedtime), I want to eat the kitchen. Same applies on weekends.

Idc if its chips, snacks, candy, leftovers, etc.

And just "keeping it out of the house" doesnt work because I find myself placing an uber eats order or something and those are really bad choices like candybars, Mcdonalds burgers, Ice Cream, etc.

Basically I have no self control between 7:30pm and bedtime around 10-10:30pm or on weekends.

Judge me, make fun of me, but I just need to find a way to stop that and just trying on my own isnt working.

Help

Hello lovely people. I’m an eating disorder therapist in New Zealand, specialising in binge eating as well as GLP1 psychological support. I just really want to get the message out there that it may feel like you’re addicted to some food, but there are highly effective evidence-based treatments that support you to 100% recover from binge eating and the answer is not avoiding these foods. The main “cause” of binge eating is an underlying fear of weight gain/poor body image, causing fear-based thinking about eating and plans to restrict food, which triggers a deprivation status in the brain, leading to obsessions and urges to eat these foods. There can often be compounding issues with neurodiversity, trauma or other things that make eating certain foods particularly appealing due to their soothing impact on the brain.
The treatment is very specialised though so it’s not just therapy/talking about your feelings. They can help heal your relationship with food and your body. You also don’t have to reach a clinical diagnosis level to deserve help.
Best of luck to you! ☺️

Hi guys,

So I'm 23yrs old, (Height : 5'10 weight : 85kg) and I started earning recently since i got a job. I applied for a gym membership a couple of months back.

But i honestly don't get the motivation to go to the gym everyday, instead i feel bored and i wanna go out to some nice restaurant or fast food to eat something everyday.

I know it's not healthy to eat so much, i have grown belly fat and chest fat and i look ugly hate to see myself in the mirror. Whenever i think i will stop eating and go to the gym, I'm not able to stop eating. Mentally have become weak.

If anyone has gone through the same situation, please suggest ideas as to what i can do?

Ps: This will help me be fit, healthy and save money too.

Please help me😭.

I recently had the scariest experience of my life health wise and it occurred after a weekend full of eating all my favorite bs.

Let’s start on Saturday, I had ropa vieja, rice, 2 glasses of sangria and natilla. Everything here is ok except the natilla and sangria. Bout 3 cans of soda thru out day.

Sunday- chicken tikka masala. Overly spicey but was so good I couldn’t stop eating it. Took me like an hour of slow eating but I couldn’t stop.
Monday- wingstop with plenty honey mustard, soda. Cereal, two over fucking sized glasses of milk. And ofc my usual 3 cans of soda.

Bam. I knew the milk had a 50/50 chance of doing me dirty. But I’d had a lot of extra bs in me and was constipated for days. Ive also been downing 3ish sometimes more cans of Coke a day that entire year and a half. Woke up next day extreme stomach pain bleeding out my butt at the end of hour long diarrhea probabky the most I’d ever seen in my whole life. (doctors say im ok). Obvioisly all is well now and I’ve known for nearly a year and a half that I was ingesting horrible things and just blame it on depression or anxiety idk.

My problem is I should be petrified to experience that again. But the moment I feel healthy and normal again I am like OH YEAH WINGSTOP !!! Loke I get I don’t need to get rid of these things permanently byt im really annoyed with what I’ve been eating since.

they’re simple meals “gut friendly” basically the entire opposite of the things I crave and love. While my body feels good and I have no worry of extreme malabsorption or other scary shit when I eat what I should be eating, I feel so unhappy. I want just a fucking wingstop tender or a pizza. But the fear seems to be working as I just have vivid flashbacks as I fill my DoorDash cart with these cravings and instantly back out. I don’t fear I’ll revert. I fear I’ll never be happy. I don’t want to push my limit with a “have that yummy thing once a week” bc I feel that im probably facing a fucking overeating addiction and would slip right back into eating rhat shit nearly every other day. I associated these happy foods with so much comfort. When I was anxious and panicking or feeling bad I’d grab my food watch my shows and relax in my room. I am nearing my 30s now and should really accept i cant eat how I did up to like around 25 when milk started fucking me up. Mind you, I used to live off of turkey sandwiches and chocolate milk so letting that all go entirely was hard enough.

Got to a point I could just go months without rhe milk snd just drink it randomly on a really random craving. But I ofc overindulge once I get a little taste of the shit I love. Candy. Cake. Donuts. Greasy fried foods. Crispy chicken sandwiches.
I ate measly fucking chicken and sweet potatoes with carrots and spinach today. I hate it here. Im full. Im not craving anything. It’s doing its job and my stomach feels so comfortable. Which is really fucking depressing me. I think as I write this my urge to go grab a soda is slowly going away. Maybe I should just journal and rant everytime I want things.

I eat regularly and full meal every day
High protein and i don’t cut any types of food
When i crave something i eat it
But in weekends i noticed i eat out of boredom or habit
I just put a watch and start eating but this is sick cause i want yo stop doing this and i don’t know how
I go out often these days cause i know if i stay at hoke i’m gonna binge
But this is not a solution to a lifetime
And i really need help
How can i sit at home peacefully without doing a bad habit that i’m used to like binging on food ?

I fucking love edibles. I’m not as hardcore as you all. Never done more than 20 mg in a night but most nights I take half of a 10 mg gummy. The distribution isn’t amazing so that often turns out to be anywhere from 2-8 mg per serving.

So here is my question. I’m attempting to keep my weight down. I’ve lost about 50 pounds in the last couple years. Major accomplishment for me. Is there a way to curb the munchies while high? Most of the time, while high, I’m 100% out of control in the kitchen. Haha.

Either way, thanks for having me. Great community here!

I'm a relatively skinny black girl. Nobody takes it seriously. I don't want to eat anything else. Just Kraft. I'm autistic so they dismiss it as me just being "Obbsesive". no. I have been eating it for months straight. I can't bring myself to eat anything else or I'll throw up. I need help.

If anyone has suggestion please tell me

I just binge ate 4 cookies worth 301 calories each. and i had food alot, before it. I feel sick to my stomach it literally hurts i wanna throw up. ive been trying to lose weight but i cant stop binging i dont know why.
i am 62kg at 167cm 17 yeaea old. I feel sick looking at myself knowing i used to be 55kg. please i need help im addicted to food i hate it. i just want to lose weight

I'm pretty severely bipolar with depressive episodes that can result in me losing 20lbs in a month followed by manic episodes that leave me sleeping 2 hours on less a day for weeks on end. One of the symptoms I never really noticed until my last hospital stay is a severe sugar addiction during manic episodes. Things that aren't sweet taste disgusting in that state, bad enough that even honey ham or corn on the cob makes me gag. It makes it very easy to gain back the depressive weight loss and very difficult not to be nauseous all the time when the only thing I can stomach is candy and desserts. I understand it's my brain overloading on happy chemicals and trying to keep the level at an all time high but it's awful! Bipolar bingers, I feel you!! Does anyone else deal with this to this extent? If so how do you overcome the cravings/make yourself eat things with nutrients? I'm struggling