Triumphant
Journey:
A Cyberguide To Stop Overeating and
Recover from Eating Disorders
Are You An Overeater? A Check
List.
Your doctor, friends, family, nutritionist and calorie
tables may describe your eating as too much, too little or strange. They may
describe it as healthy and within reasonable limits. Only you know the details
of your eating habits and the influence food has in your life.
Do any of these food related
statements describe your experience?
- I eat meal portions larger than necessary.
- I eat privately before eating publicly to
disguise how much I eat.
- I'm a "grazer," eating throughout
the day and evening.
- I eat alone after being with friends or
coworkers.
- I crowd my mind with thoughts about food.
- I starve myself for hours or days to create
guilt free eating time.
- I binge. (Classically binge eating involves
massive eating in a short period of time. But while a quart of ice cream may be
a binge to one person a small dish may be a binge to another. If you think or
feel you binge, that self defined binge behavior is something to explore.)
- I vomit or use laxatives to ride myself of
food I've eaten.
- I exercise regularly and specifically to burn
up calories from what I think is too much food.
- I have some private rituals regarding certain
foods.
The thread which runs through these behaviors is that you
are eating for reasons other than food hunger. In addition, if eating ranks
among the most satisfying emotional or stress reducing experiences in your
life, you may be living with too many unsatisfying relationships with people.
Why you live this way may be a secret even from you.
Understanding the link between your undesirable eating habits and neglected
aspects of your personal life can help free you from overeating.
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