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07-07-2003, 10:12 AM

I'm just starting to take a look through these boards, but I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Sheldon. I'm a 33 year old male who has been battling what I consider a food addiction. I had a rough weekend of binges on sweets and I'm feeling terrible about it today. I searched the web and found this sight. Maybe I'll stick around and see if any advice helps.

**Pony** · 07-07-2003, 04:03 PM

Well .......... Welcome Sheldon. I am Pony the moderator for this forum. I too have issues with food. I have been battling my weight most of my life. I, too, have those occasions where I just can't seem to put the sweets, or any other snack type food, down and choose more healthier foods. Some days I just wannna be bad!!

Anyway, we here love to share our experiences and challanges so as to hopefully find and give help to/from others. Just jump in and others will be along with their support, stories, and of course opinions.......lol.....just a little sense of humor.
Let us get to know you and you us and I'm sure you will find a home here as we all have. It's nice to have a guy here. Not to many stopped in here and it would be great to get a males point of view here also. Mabe more guys will come along.

Post again soon,

Pony

Juls · 07-12-2003, 01:42 AM

Hi Sheldon,

Welcome. I have no problem during the day with my eating, it's at nighttime that I am out of control. I will wake up two or three times a night and go for anything sweet.

I wake up in the morning feeling sick to my stomach. Every night I resolve I will not get up and eat, and every night I have not been able to do it.

It's a drag.

What's your eating pattern.

Juls

2bblessed · 07-12-2003, 04:35 AM

Hi Sheldon, I am also new to this board. I overeat primarily during the day, as that is when my family is gone...There seem to be endless mental excuses to eat more than I should and the wrong things. A phone call with my daughter is a common button that sends me right to the refrigerator. I believe that fear is the primary motivator at the bottom of my overeating, especially fear of being unloved. I do feel unloved...by a daughter who is an addict, by a husband who copes with detatchment and alcohol, and I struggle with loving myself. I know all the reasons why overeating is bad for me, and as long as I am not hungry, they seem to make sense. But I forget all the logic when I want food. It is as if I was two different people. Lately I have been working through layers of forgiveness for those who have hurt me and with forgiving myself. It has given me greater peace and the desire to change. I have begun to see the parallel between my own dangerous situation with my weight and my daughter's situation with drug abuse. With all my anxiety about her, I was ignoring the plank in my own eye to the point at which I could lose my health. She is the only one who can change herself and I am the only one who can change myself.

07-07-2003, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
sheldon Guest Posts: n/a	Intro I'm just starting to take a look through these boards, but I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Sheldon. I'm a 33 year old male who has been battling what I consider a food addiction. I had a rough weekend of binges on sweets and I'm feeling terrible about it today. I searched the web and found this sight. Maybe I'll stick around and see if any advice helps.

07-07-2003, 04:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pony Forum Leader Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: trail of discovery Posts: 2,480	Well .......... Welcome Sheldon. I am Pony the moderator for this forum. I too have issues with food. I have been battling my weight most of my life. I, too, have those occasions where I just can't seem to put the sweets, or any other snack type food, down and choose more healthier foods. Some days I just wannna be bad!! Anyway, we here love to share our experiences and challanges so as to hopefully find and give help to/from others. Just jump in and others will be along with their support, stories, and of course opinions.......lol.....just a little sense of humor. Let us get to know you and you us and I'm sure you will find a home here as we all have. It's nice to have a guy here. Not to many stopped in here and it would be great to get a males point of view here also. Mabe more guys will come along. Post again soon, Pony __________________ "Failure is an EVENT, it is not a person â€“ yesterday really did end last night, and today is your brand new day..." .........unknown The sun always rises, and a new day begins.

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07-12-2003, 01:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Juls Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,095	Hi Sheldon, Welcome. I have no problem during the day with my eating, it's at nighttime that I am out of control. I will wake up two or three times a night and go for anything sweet. I wake up in the morning feeling sick to my stomach. Every night I resolve I will not get up and eat, and every night I have not been able to do it. It's a drag. What's your eating pattern. Juls

07-12-2003, 04:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
2bblessed Paused Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Diego Ca Posts: 14	Hi Sheldon, I am also new to this board. I overeat primarily during the day, as that is when my family is gone...There seem to be endless mental excuses to eat more than I should and the wrong things. A phone call with my daughter is a common button that sends me right to the refrigerator. I believe that fear is the primary motivator at the bottom of my overeating, especially fear of being unloved. I do feel unloved...by a daughter who is an addict, by a husband who copes with detatchment and alcohol, and I struggle with loving myself. I know all the reasons why overeating is bad for me, and as long as I am not hungry, they seem to make sense. But I forget all the logic when I want food. It is as if I was two different people. Lately I have been working through layers of forgiveness for those who have hurt me and with forgiving myself. It has given me greater peace and the desire to change. I have begun to see the parallel between my own dangerous situation with my weight and my daughter's situation with drug abuse. With all my anxiety about her, I was ignoring the plank in my own eye to the point at which I could lose my health. She is the only one who can change herself and I am the only one who can change myself.

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