Weight Loss Forum

Hi Becka...first, congrats on your upcoming big life changes....sounds like you're headed for an exciting and rewarding period in your life.

I understand our reluctance with the OA thing...even though I knew that my eating was fast approaching a true disorder (i.e standing in the pharmacy section of the grocery store, holding a half-gallon of ice cream, eyeing the laxatives and trying to decide what was "optimal": laxitives before binge, or binge before laxatives) the idea of participating in a public group like OA was not something I could bring myself to do...

I will say that maybe 2-3 months into my personal struggle to "get a grip" I had a discussion with two co-workers. I had lost a little weight, made some progress on the food control front - they were basically saying they didn't understand why I was overweight because they never really saw me eating a lot. Out of nowhere I heard myself saying, very matter of factly, "I don't eat a lot in front of other people, but when I'm home alone I can eat enormous amounts of food - sometimes I've planned my alone time just so I can eat" They were so shocked they changed the subject and it never resurfaced (that was maybe 14 months ago!) but for some reason just the saying it out loud was wildly liberating...letting go of the "secret" somehow helped me to let go of the behavior.

So, what I guess I'm saying in this long winded "welcome" is I hope this forum can serve the same sort of purpose for you