Top 10 Positive Consequences of Recovery from Food Addiction

An actual “gratitude list” from a recovering food addicted individual:
1. My clothing always fits – I’m in no danger of dying by strangulation.
2. The comments I get from people are so funny I laugh all day
3. I really love those comments from women – I never get tired of hearing “You look great!”
4. I can shop at “real” people stores, not just at “Big & Tall” shops.
5. I’ve read a lot of really good books by brilliant, insightful, recovering authors about recovery and my religion
6. My blood pressure has dropped from 150/110 to 130/82.
7. “Willpower” has become irrelevant. I follow the prescribed food plan, which is in black & white, nothing in between.
8. I have more freedom to live my life because I don’t have to dwell on food all the time.
9. I deal with life’s problems and emotions as they come up – I don’t use food to solve anything.
10. And the number one positive consequence of recovery and abstinence: I can look my children, wife, mom & dad in the eyes and know I am not going to die early from food addiction.
Now one of these or all of these might have sounded like something you might have wished for yourself. Does this mean that you have no control over food? Does this mean that you are on the road to morbid obesity? Does this mean that the excess weight that you have now is now out of your control to do anything about? Absolutely not. What it does suggest is that if you are 100+ pounds overweight or if you are continually battling those last 30 lbs, then some form of food addiction might be your demon.
Food Addiction Symptoms
If you suspect you or someone you know of having a food addiction, here are some early warning signs for you to look for to help you with early detection of food addiction.
*Obsessed with thoughts about food.
*Eats to relieve worry or stress.
*Eats until they feel sick.
*Feels anxious while eating.
*Worries or feels anxious while eating which results in more eating.
*Overeats because the food is there.
*Eats too fast so they can eat more.
*Eats everything on the plate even when they feel full.
*Feels guilty when they overeat.
*Hides food so they can eat in secret away from other people.
*Goes on a food binge after dieting or after trying to cut back.
*Does not like the feeling of being hungry.
*Sees food as something to be avoided or as harmful
If you suffer from even a few of these, then it might be prudent to look closer at your weight loss issues. Even a mild form of food addiction is something to be taken seriously. It’s no different than diabetes. The form that can be controlled by diet is just a mild form of the prescription drug controlled form and we all know how deadly that form of diabetes is and its implication on our health, quality of life and just how long that life might be if not diagnosed, treated and taken VERY seriously.
Here is a 12 Step Program that starts the recovery process:
1. Identify the Problem
2. Finding the Solution
3. Making the Decision
4. Cleaning House
5. Trusting Others
6. Ready, Set, Go
7. Humility is the Key
8. Willingness to Repair the Damage
9. Doing the Repair Work
10. Keeping Our House Clean
11. Doing the NEXT Right Thing
12. Practice Makes Permanent
This 12 Step System ins’t to belittle the problem but a lot of times one will read this list and the light bulb will go off and tell the reader – Oh that’s the little tid bit I was missing. Sometimes it’s all about the small stuff. I will touching on this subject more in the future. If you have any comments please feel free to voice them. I would like nothing more than a real discussion and your insight on how we can all help these people.
Jeff Green MS,CSCS,USAW,USATF, CES,PES,NSCA-CPT
Jeff Green possesses over 25 years experience in the realm of sports, rehabilitation & fitness training. He wrestled and ran track all through junior and high school and walked on at Clemson University to wrestle. Upon graduating from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, with two undergraduates and one graduate degree all within the sports/fitness industry, Jeff continued his pursuit of excellence by acquiring 11 certifications in the industry pertaining to developing fit, functional, healthy, lean adults to youth as well as world-class strength and sport athletes.
Jeff is one of the most driven competitors ever to work in this field and he knows how to coax these same qualities out of his clients. He also has successfully competed in all of the ‘strength sports’ including world, national & state championships in powerlifting, regular competitor in Strongman, competitive Olympic weightlifting, and state and one-time nationally ranked competitive bodybuilding. He brings all secrets that the sports world has taught him to help him create the leanest and fittest clientele imaginable.
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