Found it!

[Kneaded]

Ha ha! I found it...this place. I had started off in a whole other forum, but I think this is more suitable to my needs.

My addiction: food. Quite literally, unfortunately. I don't yet fully understand it, but I know that it gets bad. I eat and eat and eat sometimes. And other times, I can control the eating very well. My weight yo-yos horribly and I just need help. Some support.

Anyhow... I am almost 29, a military spouse who deals with deployments, work full time, a mom of two, and am a month away from graduating from college. That's me.

I look forward to getting to know more about myself and others here...and about my addiction.

Thank you...

[Pony]

I would like to welcome you Kneaded to this forum. We have a wonderful bunch of people here that are very supportive. There's lots of info above... top the main ED page... that you might find helpful.

I am Pony, me... I am an emotional overeater. I have been struggling alot lately with food, but I don't give up.

I am looking forward to getting to know you.

[ananda]

I am a long term yo-yo-er on weight! I use to keep 3 or 4 "sets" of clothes around....tiny, small, med, and large!

following the general guides (not too harshly) of the diabetic diet has helped me. I find that eating less more often is very helpful.

I also struggle to not eat obvious sweets. Sugary stuff tends to set up a craving of sorts in me as well as alot of emotional ups and downs.

My eating seems to have less to do with comforting myself than with punishing myself...but I have only just began to look at this issue..so don't get it yet.

Hope you hang around. Everyone has been more than kind and helpful for me!

:ghug2

[zendust]

Hunger can take many forms. I have confused "emotional hunger" for food hunger.

Pause before you eat and ask examine carefully if you are really food hungry. If not, wait. Difficult feelings will arise. We eat to stuff them or numb them. Stay with them. If you need to cry...then cry. If you are bored then start a project. Or just sit and observe the feeling. It will pass.

[Kneaded]

Thank you for your welcomes. I have been surfing the forum a bit and have already found a few snippits useful. I haven't decided what type of eater I am. I think I might fit into more than one category. Ugh. What is really bad is that there are times when I do just fine. I went a whole two months without eating sweets, I exercised regularly, and lost 20 pounds...recently! Now...I've spiralled out of control and am wondering if I can eat well at all. This sucks.