Originally posted by: Mojoed
Up until a few months ago, I had a serious binging problem. It's still a problem, I often feel the urge to binge eat but I haven't done so in four months now.
That being said, "back in the day" I would eat disgusting amounts of food around every other day or so. The following are just some of the binges I'd regularly do.
1) I would order the catering packages from Subway for myself.
2) Sometimes I'd cook pasta, usually 3 lbs., with 2-3 sticks of butter and an entire container of parmesan cheese. -or- 6-8 boxes of mac & cheese (3-4 sticks of butter.)
3) I'd get the urge for fast food, order ~15 burritos/tacos, then hit McDonalds for 6-8 Double Cheeseburgers for the ride home. (So I'd still have my burritos/tacos for when I got home.)
4) My last job on my early break, I'd get two big bags of that Oberto beef jerky, every day. A typical lunch was two large subs (32") and a "family sized" bag of chips.
The stupid thing is, before every binge I'd have this crazy feeling that I just HAD to eat until I passed out. (which is what I did.) Then I'd feel horrible and wonder why I would ever put my body and my mind through such abuse. I'd swear to myself that it wouldn't happen again, but as soon as I got hungry again that was out the window and I'd binge again. I couldn't trust my own judgment at this point.
I'm not proud of my past, I still struggle with this daily. Food addiction is a real bitch because unlike other substances, you need food to live. There is no getting away from it.