A person who has a eating disorder where they would have uncontrollable episodes of compulsive eating.
I just turned 27 and I have been a binge eater and food addict for over 15 years. Just like any type of addiction, there is an underling reason to why someone is addicted to something. I must clarify that not every binge eater is addicted to food, but a majority of binge eater has an associated eating order like bulimic or food addiction. Food for me was something I could count on to fill this emptiness and food will never hurt or disappointment me. Food was there for me regardless if I was happy or sad, food became my "quick fix."
It's extremely hard to admit, but I have a love-hate relationship with food. I absolutely appreciate the amazing taste of food and the wonderful feeling when i find a new treat. However, I let myself get so carried away with food that it caused some major health issues, relationship problem and emotional problems. From years of binging, at 22 I was morbidly obese with high blood pressure, heart issues and borderline diabetic. Gaining all that weight made me depress and anti-social, I didn't want to be around anyone and all I wanted to do was eat and drown myself with the Internet or tv. It became an endless cycle of trying to lose weight so that I can feel better, but then I would always relapse back to binging when I was stress or upset about anything. It was like a never ending cycle that I could never get away from because i can't just cut food out of your life.
I wanted to start a blog about my journey to recovery as both a binge eater and a food addict. I am hoping that with the blog I won't continue to relapse anymore and I can be both happy and healthy mentally and physically. Losing weight and getting fix is hard as it is, but losing weight when you're both a binge eater and food addict makes things a daily battle.
Dolly <3
