I had never heard the term “food addiction” growing up, but I knew there was something wrong with me. I was told frequently that I needed to learn self-control and to stop being so negative. However, I had tried every route possible without finding a solution.
I tried hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, psychiatry, and acupressure. I instigated many group weight loss competitions and made my own meditation CD, recorded with my own voice. My lack of success did not stem from a lack of trying.
I had met with my family doctor. I told her I thought that I had arthritis in my knees, because I could not raise myself from the floor to a chair without pushing myself up on a chair.
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My history is of decades of bingeing, dieting, and over-exercising. I could not pass a buffet without “hoovering” it up! My marriage was in tatters, my body bloated and exhausted, and my life was a complete lie.
Engaged in a book, or gazing endlessly at some late night TV program, I would find myself on the third plateful of dinner, wondering how all of this food had happened.
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