Hello! For my PhD in clinical Psychology, I am conducting a study on binge eating behaviors. If you are a U.S.-based adult who can read english and regularly binge eat, please take a moment to check out my survey. If you are eligible and answer all questions in good faith, I will pay you 10 dollars via Venmo, Cashapp, or Zelle.

Thank you and best of luck in recovery! https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aFDmHaoAaI2AT4

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Please reach out if you have any questions! Contact info on the first page of the survey

A few months ago was just looking for a new snack to buy, and got a small pack of Sea Salt Cashews. That was the start...

I fell in love. The tasted so awesome, I remember the 1st time I tasted them I devoured the wrapper in 2 minutes. About 35 minutes later, I went to sams club and got 4 big tubs of Sea Salt Cashews (Name Brand) (Great Value is for Fluoride Suckers).

I made a trip to Sam's 5-6 times stocking up on Sea Salt Cashews, I didn't want to run out in case anything happened, they come in handy in stressful situations. Now I've been eating them every single day and night for the past month, and I can't stop.

Every time I say "Last handful" it's like this parasite in my body taps in to my brain and says "eat another scoop, punk", and I obey. I swear something is in those cashews, they're becoming apart of my life and my identity. I can't stop, they're so good.

Now every time I get stoned, SEA SALTED CASHEWS pops up in the old poor house. I can't stop, please can someone lead me in a direction on how to deal with this complex issue? Seriously, wtf.

Hard Boiled eggs feel too heavy and leave strange bitter taste in my mouth. But poached eggs are easy on my tummy and I feel satiated. They also taste much sweeter?

I am on a ketogenic diet but I am based in India which has decreased my options drastically! I started ketogenic diet after two years of binge eating lose weight and manage hypoglycemia. I believe I will be on keto forever. The special dishes and stuff are mad expensive. Its insane how much I have cheated!

So guess I was bored? And have to figure out my favourite meals within the constraints of my diet. So guess more homework for me 😩

I want to change but really don’t know how. I have a pretty good routine during the day of eating my meals and snacks. After dinner though, I sit down to watch a show around 9pm and I always eat something while watching. It’s usually something like a big yogurt parfait, chocolate, chips, and last night I had a good amount of candy (kids Halloween candy). I felt so bad after and feel like I am setting myself up for failure with this kind of behaviour. I don’t know what is wrong with me that I have to have something while watching. I really enjoy it but it is not good for me.

I’ve read things like brush your teeth after dinner, go to bed after dinner, do other activities other than watching something, eat carrots etc. I want to unwind and watch a show after dinner though and I certainly do not want to eat carrots while watching.

I am thinking maybe if there is something I can do mindlessly with my hands to keep me busy while watching I could get away from eating while watching. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don’t want to do anything I have to learn or that requires attention like crocheting or knitting because then I will miss the show. Just something mindless to occupy my hands.

I'll try to keep this as short as possible.

I'm fat. I think about my body negatively every single day and wonder what people think about me. I assume it isn't good. I'm addicted to sugar and fatty food. I weigh the most I ever have. I'm nauseous every day, and heavy foods are starting to not sound appetizing to me (which I guess can be a good thing). I have a hiatal hernia and/or gastritis. (Endoscopy report was confusing. I'm waiting for clarification.)

I'm 41f and have 2 young daughters. I don't want them to end up like me, and I'd like to be better for them, but idk how.

I know I need professional help, but I travel for work, so I don't have time. I need to tackle this on my own. Also, traveling means I eat out all the time, and that's never healthy.

I've dieted before and had an exercise routine before, but they've never lasted, and I feel like my addiction is getting worse. I do take antidepressants and have therapy every week, but idk what else to do.

I use tiny forks, tiny spoons, chew each bite to mush, put my fork down between bites and really focus on my food. I can make a meal last 30-50 minutes doing this (I’m on uni break so I have time lol). This and eating clean has really reduced my binge urges and crippling hunger.

What is something you do to quiet the food noise? Whenever I try to control my eating, the food noise takes over and I can’t help but to binge

I have dealt with food addiction for the better part of my adult life but this phase is by far one of the worst ones. At different points in my life I was able to get a hold of myself eventually and stay on track on and off but for the past one year everything’s been going downhill, I have moved countries and the change has not been easy to say the least! I promise myself each day 10 thousand times that I will start tomorrow and end up falling off literally after 5 minutes! Its like my mind has lost all control and I just can’t seem to get a grip of myself! I need help but can not afford therapy at the moment! I feel like I am going crazy and it’s not going to end well if I do not manage to get a hold of myself anytime soon! I need help! Someone tell me what to do!!

I'm so fat i disgust myself. I crave food all the time. Think about it all the time. Always thinking about the next meal. What are some tips to escape this?

Every addict misses the pleasure that their drug of choice gave them. Saying “my life will be so bland without chocolate” is like saying “my life will be so bland without alcohol”. Those foods are engineered to be hyperpalatable and make us crave more. It would be nice to eat a chocolate bar but it is not worth the cravings, food noise, binges etc.

Now that I do not eat ultra processed foods I know when I am too full. I feel clean and healthy inside. I am more than my addiction.

Hello! For my PhD in clinical Psychology, I am conducting a study on binge eating behaviors. If you are a U.S.-based adult who can read english and regularly binge eat, please take a moment to check out my survey. If you are eligible and answer all questions in good faith, I will pay you 10 dollars via Venmo, Cashapp, or Zelle.

Thank you and best of luck in recovery! https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aFDmHaoAaI2AT4

P.S. the survey itself will let you know if you are eligible by continuing to ask you questions. No need to self-edit if you are worried you might not meet criteria.

Please reach out if you have any questions! Contact info on the first page of the survey

I’ve been depressed. There’s multiple causes of it and I know that it plays a major role in my food addiction that I currently have. I also recently got off of ozempic because I could no longer afford it. I was on it for about 6 months and lost 20 pounds but I’ve now gained about 30 back. I can’t stop eating. I recently also just lost my job do to hurricane helene and was out of work for a month. My laziness kicked in to the extreme, I found a new job but I’m trying to get used to it. I find myself feeling hopeless in life and so eat to give myself excitement and comfort to the point where I feel sick. Then regret it and wish I could stop. I can’t stop. I don’t know what to do. I need to come out of the depression in order to stop the eating habits but I don’t how do it. I can’t find the motivation to get out of bed most days.

Growing up I only ever wanted chicken. Im now 23. I only want chicken. I can’t go a single dinner without it. Chicken steaks, burgers, fried chicken, chicken wings, boneless chicken, chicken curry, chicken salad, chicken on pizza, chicken this chicken that.

If theres dinner and no chicken firstly i get sad, and then I tend to get hungry even after having a full plate of the non chicken dinner.

I feel weak on days I try to avoid it.

Im starting to think i’m addicted to it. Is it harmful to eat chicken everyday?

Yesterday I went to the pharmacy for some medicine and ended up having a kebab for dinner.

Today I ate another kebab and more junk food, I feel like shit right now.

I was doing really well on Keto....making great progress. Then I fell off wagon at Thanksgiving and fell hard. I just had fast food and the minute I finished- severe anxiety hit. I believe my food addiction is a trauma response (long story), but I am sure many understand. It's like a dopamine hit. I have ADHD and OCD- it's an all or nothing/control issue. I almost can't be social if food is around. I see this is definitely a disorder. 😢🥺

My response to stress is eating. Even if I’m not hungry. And it’s always bad food. I need to lose 40 lbs but every time I start making healthier choices I get hit with something really stressful and fall back on bad habits! Anything help you guys? My paycheck keeps going to fast food.

When you slip, remember that relapse is a part of recovery (and is biologically driven, it is not that your will is weak!).

https://youtu.be/Uja_xj629Yw?si=o90GtUVugA3-WI4O

i constantly want to eat. i crave junk food, but i hardly ever enjoy eating it. there are a few things that i will always love and eat too much of, but other than that i eat a ton of carbs and never enjoy it fully. i also don’t love the taste of vegetables and the texture of a lot of food makes me avoid it. so i always go for the same junk foods, constantly. any tips?

I've just heard about this and never knew there was an actual name. Never felt more seen in my life. How do people deal with this? Any advice or suggestions?

In early alcohol recovery, very few people go out to drink at bars. Some may have to avoid clubs and pubs for life if they are a trigger. I am no different. In early recovery, eating out is a trigger for me. I can go out to coffee but lunch and dinner are hard.

Sometimes eg work dinners it is unavoidable. Same as work Christmas parties. Then you need strategies to avoid falling into the trap of addiction again and stay in control.

There are other ways to socialise that don’t involve overeating or won’t trigger a binge or maybe a purge.

EDIT I do treat myself sometimes with sushi or rice paper rolls but I do it at home where I can fully enjoy it without distraction and make sure I don’t binge.

I've been emotionally eating most of my life and I've realized I actually have no idea when the appropriate time to eat is, I understand the general rec is to eat at least 3 times a day but I never know how to differentiate when I'm eating out of anxiety or if I'm eating because I'm actually hungry. Do I need to wait until my stomach is rumbling? I don't l feel like I have any indication before that of being hungry besides feeling dizzy. I just eat without thinking and not because my body asks for it unless it's way past it's due.

I am not sure how to describe this, I feel fine and am not hungry however my brain gets the image of donuts, potato chips and other crap almost to the point of its Mike Tyson vs Muhammad Ali fighting it out. I've never been an alcoholic, but it feels like that in my brain where its craving the idea of eating stuff I don't need. Its made me realize food addiction is a real thing.

When I lost a of weight 3 years ago my rule was only buy what I needed for that week and stuck to it with zero extras. I did really well, but this time while I don't have it in my house I find my brain to be more active like an alcoholic craving that beer, ie fighting not to drive to the store

How do you guys deal with it? Right now I am working hard not to drive to the store and for the last few months its my brain that's been winning.

I recently got the paid version of ChatGPT so I used the most advanced model(o1 preview) to come up with reasons to lose weight, both good and bad, and then come up with common aspects of each set of reasons, and common core aspects/themes that apply to both good AND bad reasons. Finally I came up with one final take-away conclusion: That obesity is a prison. I do not want to be in prison. No therapist I've ever had, nor any person I have ever talked to, has straight up said "weight loss is a prison". But now that I see it that way... maybe I'll have better luck. This is the biggest motivation I have ever had to lose weight, and I will try to keep everyone updated on my progress, if there is any, even if I just maintain, as I have gained 9lb in the last 3 months(ouch).

Here is the document(it's a bit of an eyesore because it's so long, formatting tips welcome):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSaglyFUJestf9QKOneGGw7AGWJ-99Fa-ctdVFYQEt5A8uL9tjxduIItUwOm8IaE60pYfoKnUsZTx9w/pub

If you have issues accessing this let me know!

As title says, tomorrow is day 1, really trying to get my life back on track. Wanting something to listen to all day to encourage me.

After seeing a post tonight about a research study someone was offering on her. It made me think...

I participated in some shit like this -- but I met the Doctoral candidate through Instagram -- and she is at the University of Calgary. no pay for the 30 minute interview....but all participants could get entered into a monthly $50 amazon gift card drawing. She was a real PHD student. Her suprevisor was a real Professor there....but it was like endless multiple choice questions that seemed to contradict other ones. I finally told her last week --- look -- I actually need HELP overcoming food addiction / BED. I don't want merely to answer questions about it

( don't need the list of resources again Henry. My problem is being motivated to choose and do anything . Anything is better than nothing. I want 1 on 1 or group attention and interaction...>I agree with parts but not all of 12 step programs. I often quote the Big Book philosophically...but I absolutely cannot stand people who live by the big book alone and want you to finish the steps in 2 weeks. I actually disagree with some of the steps and would never do them like 8 and 9. I agree with bits and pieces of a lot of strategies for food addiction that i learned but -- cant follow just one or piece together one. I am willing to spend some money but not alot because i would rather spend it on going out to eat.

I am an anorexic / bulimic / orthorexic. Trying to decipher what is true food addiction / compulsive over eating with anorexia is a mind fuck. Which part of it is just literally the fact that I am starving and my body is malnourished and needs food. When I eat I can feel the chaos and the out of control nature of compulsive eating, but if I slow down, it wouldn’t feel so compulsive. Even though I only eat my clean safe foods ,it still FEELS like I am addicted to them. Like I’m “enjoying it way too much” . Am I addicted to mushrooms and lettuce and yogurt? I can compulsively eat even safest of safe foods. It makes me feel like no matter what I do I will not find peace with food. Eating is chaotic and frantic no matter what… even with my safe abstinence foods. I feel stuck and overwhelmed like there’s no way out of this

Hello! For my PhD in clinical Psychology, I am conducting a study on binge eating behaviors. If you are an adult who can read english and regularly binge eat, please take a moment to check out my survey. If you are eligible and answer all questions in good faith, I will pay you 10 dollars via Venmo, Cashapp, or Zelle.

Thank you and best of luck in recovery! https://usf.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aFDmHaoAaI2AT4

P.S. the survey itself will let you know if you are eligible by continuing to ask you questions. No need to self-edit if you are worried you might not meet criteria.

Please reach out if you have any questions! Contact info on the first page of the survey

I give up trying to ignore this and do it on my own. I’ve had short periods of time that I’ve been in good shape, but most of my life I’ve struggled with food. Now that I’m sober from drugs and alcohol, food has shot right back in.

I lost 20lbs in 2022 and kept it off till I went to rehab in summer of 2023. I have been climbing ever since. I’m newly unemployed and homeless. My job was very physically demanding and I haven’t worked out once, besides walking 15-20k a day, in the last month that I’ve not been working. The cold and dark nights while homeless and trying to figure life out has made my binges worse.

I started a new med for my ADHD and I was excited when I was told it would suppress my appetite. I’ve need on other meds with that side effect before. It works, but I binge anyways!

Ive made diet plans (I have snap), I’ve written about them and why I want to stop binge eating and lose weight, but nothing is working. I go to an AA meeting every day and there’s always cookies or donuts. Or an old timer takes me out to lunch, I try to decline eating with them, but then I’m guilted into accepting. Then I still go out and buy more food!!

It’s insane. Nothing I’m doing is working. I don’t know what to do. I have to stop. Please help.

Do you feel miserable when you successfully suppress your appetite and can’t enjoy food the way you used to? I’ve been taking ozempic and it works but I ended up eating even more because I still crave and chase the “feeling” that food used to give me not the food itself if that makes sense

Plz help 😭 I keep wasting my birthday and holiday money on Takis 😭