awareness of food addiction is tragically neglected, i don't know if it's because of the easy stigma of "fat" or what, but it seems ridiculous to me that the focus is always on obesity, in terms of physical weight, rather than the core problem of addiction. It needs to be recognised in the same light as anorexia or bulimia, all are eating disorders which originate from a problem in the brain, telling someone with an addiction to go get on a treadmill is just pure ignorance
@shabootie1111 Howcan you even make comparisons to what is achoice and what isnt? and on top of that different people have different degrees of addiction; different variations of addictions. I mean soooo many ppl are ignorant about food addiction jus like you it's appalling. Don't talk until you've gone through it.
@shabootie1111 Addiction isn't just an act it takes control of the persons life. It's not as simple as just saying "ohh so just excercise" how can you physically excercise if your body is so weak and your so sick from eating 1200 cal in one sitting? Do u have common sense?and what about the horrible mentall and emotional damage that rules someone's life after their binge or whatever? Its a vicious Horrible cycle and you haven't gone thru addiction so how can you talk at all?
@thegame3331 Actually if you eat so much food in one sitting or so much bad food to the extent that most food addicts to it depletes the body and makes thebody so weak and sick to where they can't work out. Addicition means there is something wrong up in the head so it's not just the problem of eating too much. Overall there is something wrong in the brain which messes up daily life ..from extreme delpression to not leaving the house.. You have noo idea what your talking about at all.
Food is an addiction. The reasons are simply because of the toxins. All the chemicals that are in them. Yes, even our healthy food is toxic. Even if you stay away from icecream and chips your meat is loaded up with chemicals. My heart goes out to you. I've been there and I'm beating this addiction and I know you can too. God bless
Alright i understand that food could be an addiction. But, JUNK food doesn't nesesaryly have to be an addiction. Why can't you eat healthy but still eat alot. Or eat alot of junk food but also workout to couteract the calories. Food may be an addiction, but being fat is a CHOICE.
i have a food addiction and i need help i cannot stop eating. if i go more than 1/2 an hour without eating i feel lightheaded and i get shaky, and that has led me to become 378LBS AND I AM ONLY 17. i have to sneek food into school and ask to go to the mens room so i can eat something. what should i do?
@PatriotConservative1 The light headed feeling is not hunger it is craving your addiction just like a heroin addict starts to shake and itch. I don’t know what to tell you really. I decided to lose weight after my doctor said something. I really didn’t think I had a problem because I was the healthiest person I knew ad I eat organic food and exercise every day. Just remember regardless of it all you are in the world and you deserve your place here, Good Luck.
continu- scooter, im about 100 lbs over weight, & i have a phyical diasbiltiy tho im mostly ambulatory, so for me its no wonder i don't have some1 2 share my life w. men are shallow & closed minded i grew up w fried chicken, chip & cookies always in the house,I'd rather have french fries than a carrot stick.! I have a exercise bike & palates dvd but they hardly get used also this person i mentioned earlier (he always says he'll visit then comes up w excuse after excuse why he cant come so im
food can be an addiction & I have it, when i was a child I was teased 4 somthing i could'nt help ( not waight) I was raised in the averge family he all love eachother & say so, now I know some1 who use 2 b a good friend of mine that has become like pulling teeth to come & visit me so I;ve stopped trying also i soooo sick of seeing everyone around me happy w some1 to spend there lives w but me I feel like a outsider in my own family plus i have no friends in the city i live. I use a 3 wheel
the chemicals in the processed foods u mention actually contain filling and its the food components that have a certian number of fats, sugar, and salt.
I for a while, kept eating loads of food for a month and i thought, i really need to stop, the less i ate, the less i needed the food so yes addiction is quite right, its like when you stop the cigarettes, you stop craving them or if you cut out the alcohol, the cravings will go(over time of course) plus theres all this junk food in the stores, its like a heroin addict browsing in a large store filled with heroin and telling them not to buy it!
I agree with you 100%. Food is also my addiction, and one way I'm overcoming it is with my lap band. I've lost 40 lbs so far. Watch my videos, it may be something that you might be interested in.
I am not obese, but I do eat a lot of sugar, salt, and poor foods, so that I turn around and spend a lot of time exercising to attack my pudge, when I should not have eaten the candy, grease, etc. in the first place.
people act like this is horrible.there are worse problems than this in the world..stop insulting people who are addicted to food..if they could stop they would,these things take time..like your addicted to eating healthy
first of all joan i give you so much credittttt for speaking on this issue. i have started a facebook page for overeaters and addiction. i am going to post this on my page! you are beautiful..thank you so much for the video.
Thank you for the video. I believe that a diet of (generally) whole foods satisfies the body and many cravings subside, in the same way that wholesome pleasures replace unwholesome ones, real intimacy overcomes adverse sexuality, self-respect and respect of others subsume codependency, etc.
The only temporary relief I get from depression is to buy something. This leads to hoarding of clothing and other items-I have OCD. Meds have not helped and crying leads to more crying. These activities sooth my anger, and I feel it's the only joy I get out of life, other than artwork. But I'm not always up to it. Put some money in my hand and I'm off to ebay to blow it all, though.
Food is definitely a soother,esp. fatty items like fried stuff, sweets, heavy dairy products and the like.They stimulate serotonin, which depressed people lack. Women suffer twice the rate of depression in this society for obvious reasons.It's often why we turn to food or shopping to ease feelings of anger.
Food addiction is definitely real. Humans are naturally wired to go for salty, sugary, or fatty foods because those are rare in nature. Nowadays, they're easily available. Add things like msg and other additives to food, and how greasy unhealthy food is often more convenient and cheaper than other food, and it's not hard to see why obesity is becoming a big problem. Plus food makes you feel good naturally, and there's constant advertisement for fatty foods.
I used to be addicted to food. I tried many diets, they didn't help, only gave me more urge to eat. Now I realize it has to be a life change, and I made that change by changing my eating habits 6 months ago. Now I lost 20 kilos, eating healthier (I say healthier because I didn't get fat by eating fast food (like many think). But a lot of "normal" food, i.e. 8 slices of bread per day. Now I eat 4). Still have more kilos to go, at least 40. I eat 2400 kcal a day now. It's actually easy to do now!
there is no such thing as a food addict i thought i was food addict but the reason i was always hungary and eating was because i was eating any foods to fuel my body so even though i was eating all day i was starving myself
@yorchick while you may be right about the types of food you eat leaving you hungry, scientists have already proven that food, in a food addict, does something very similar to the brain that drugs do to drug addict's brains, look it up on google
I find you very attractive. I wish you were single. However I have the utmost respect for the fact that you're married. To answer the question...yes, food can be, and in most cases...it is an addiction. Jus' like any drug, be it Alcohol, or pills, liquor, gambling etc, etc. I also commend you for going public and sharing all that you have. Its very educational!..The rooster in the back ground of this video is very funny to me...! dssatl2020@yahoo.com God Bless!
i weigh just under 300 lbs and requested my doctor assist me with weight loss. my doc requested I have a bunch of tests done to factor in the risks. after all my blood tests and physical exams the doctor refused because, and I quote, "I am healthy." Basically because I don't have high blood pressure or diabetis yet, because I don't have a thyroid problem because I am not physically ill i am not entitled to assistance in achieving a healthy weight. the real kicker is i have tried so hard.
Wow you're so smart! It makes me question my food addiction and i'm still trying my best to find help for it cause on my own I keep failing to overcome it. I just don't know where to go for help and it makes me feel really sad.
great vid. Absolutely food can be an addiction and many books say that it can be a more powerful addiction than even heroin or cocaine since more "feel good" and calming brain chemicals are released in the brain when eating sugary foods or foods with addictive chemicals such as MSG. Eating more whole, raw fruits and vegetables helps diminish processed food cravings.
@clazza01 amazingly brave to stuff herself with cheeseburgers? Seriously, she'd be "amazingly brave" if she saved a drowning child or fought a fire. NOT because she wrote a book on what it's like finding a casio watch in her back fat roll or whatever it's about.
@LittleAuntyDaisy WOW let the anorexics starve to deatht then. why they get all the help and over weight people food addicts' do not? you really are an evil putrifying cunt
@clazza01 Firstly the manner in which you speak shows your level of intelligence and maturity. Secondly, anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder with physical symptoms. Therefore anorexics are treated in hospitals by psychiatrists and doctors. Like alcoholics who would not be deserving of a new liver, "food addicts" as you call them would not be deserving of being called "brave" or receiving special treatment such as extra wide seats or preferred seating on public transport.
Its an eating disorder not an addiction. An addiction is a chemical addiction in your brain that u get from drogs alcohol etc. some foods do signal the brain to eat more thats true these foods should be avoided like (fructos ,glycos,sugar in combination with fat) but u cant say that food in itself is an addiction thats just not really the case its an eating disorder.
yes I think it can be an addiction because I have the disorder. I can't stop eating sometimes even when I'm not hungry, I just want to eat until I feel totally sick enough to vomit all of it out. I actually even weigh myself before and after making sure I got rid of the exact weight of the food I had consumed.
Im a foodaddict but im not a lazy bastard... I eat aprox 7 times a day and i love pizza. As most i ate 4x bigmac co... but i dotn need to be obest 4 that. Is lazy a addict?
This is a quote from Bahai writings.I hope it will answer.
O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich,why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty?Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself?Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me?Out of the clay of love I molded thee,how dost thou busy thyself with another?Turn thy sight unto thyself,that thou mayest find Me standing within thee,mighty,powerful and self-subsisting."Baha'u'llah"
Haha, this Food Addiction excuse put forward by the overweight people. Listen up, there's a reason why no one got fat eating plenty of carrots, nuts, berries, salads, fruits, etc. It's funny also, how your food addiction seems to be limited to eating mass amounts of junk food. How sad of you. Trying to justify your poor lifestyle choices. Well, it's coming back to bite you in your ass both at the detriment of your health condition and your social status.
@RenewableFuel Its not as easy as you think...should you justify poor habits no. Can you explain them yes. Can you change them YES but its really hard... REALLY hard
@RenewableFuel You said what I was saying in my mind...well not quite as rude...yes it is the over weight persons fault for getting there. I bugs the shit out of me because it is a crutch to say it's the foods fault. But again, you can't be everyone and not everyone is strong to ignore the crave. I was over weight once and I know. But I'm still on your side lol Just eat healthier not massive amounts of junk food.
@RenewableFuel are you sure their aren't people like me who can and did gain 20-50 lbs of fat eating brown rice, carrots, fish and fruits? Almost all skinny people eat pizza and junk food all the time. They simply just don't eat much 2 slices and their full. If it took them 40 slices to be full then they would be fat, and this is why their is fat people. A lot of us are on the borderline, something as simple as eating heaalthy can make you skinny, you are one of these people.
I do agree with what you say wholeheartedly, it is possible to change your ways with anything as we can see, although there are addictive chemicals in food. Cheese for example has a chemical more addicting than heroin in it.
I recently did a project about food and addiction, and there is definitely a link between the amount of a hormone called leptin in the brain that dictates your hunger and food intake. Scientists are getting closer to ways of stopping these addictions, as oftentimes food addictions aren't the fault of the individual.
Yes, food is one thing that people can be addicted to...just as much as drugs, behaviors, exercise, etc. You are right. We can make an addiction out of anything!!! ^5 I like you. :)
I know I can put on 10lbs in a week. So why not use it to benefit me. I am in the gym 4 days and 1 off every week. People blame the food and genetics as an excuss. People use these fad diets and pills with the hope of quick results. It never works because it is lifestyle change that is needed. A great example is Alli. It makes you crap yourself if you eat greasy food (its on the bottle). Still people buy it and think that it will help. A gym membership is less expensive and works. No excusses
Food can be an addiction, food addicts in recovery anonymous can provide real help that is free of charge and works. This group has helped me more than any other and honestly works.
Definitely. An addiction is inability to stop a compulse behavior despite continued negative consquences.
If someone is morbidly obese and binges on food as a way to cope with their stress it's an addiction.
Everyone has problems in their life, yours is unfortunately just more visible and thus are a target for bullies and other weak-minded people . Best of luck with your battle!
Well put. I agree. It is, in my opinion, the most stigmatized of all the addictions and most misunderstood. Many people do not believe it is a viable addiction and we are just out of control gluttons. Thank you for the words of encouragement. I am doing well at this point and am finally turning it all around. God Bless!
You make videos like this and then tell sushicat that people who care about her addiction are funny. I think you are an enabler!! Misery loves company.
So true. Food can be an addiction, anytime i carve some thing its not vegies or fruit, its that bag of chips or box of cookies.....everyone deals with addictions and i just so happens that for some it is food, and we have to deal with it the same way some one who is addicted to gambling or anything else would deal with it. One step at a time.
One step at a time is the key as well as NEVER giving up. We just have to make different choices and retrain our brain and believe we deserve it. Thanks for watching! God Bless!
I not only gave up processed grains but all grains as well as milk, sugars, and starch foods. I am into my second year. It has greatly helped food addiction. I am addicted to carbs big time. Still am, now I eat healthy carbs, lots of them.
I don't lose weight when I eat too many of them but don't gain either.
I have made my eating my lifestyle. It has become very easy for me to do.
Good luck with your emotions and your food addictions.
It is an addiction. Especially for emotional eaters. I do not eat uncontrollably like most people think overweight people do...I actually have had to increase my calorie intake and am still working on it. The problem is skinny/healthy people or the ones I have ran into think losing weight is easy, it is not. It is not always simple. And everyone loses weight differently.
Food is definately an addcition....it's always been my addiction of choice....I have learned over the years that eating as clean as possible it makes me feel better~ Great video~
ANYTHING can be an addiction! Food is a very common addiction because it is in our lives every day. There can be no rhyme or reason why you get addicted to one thing or another. I can be addicted to just about anything. Luckily, I only allow addictions to a few things. Even though I feel lucky, I still struggle everyday with what I need to do to live a healthy life. This is a lifetime challenge.
It is definitely a lifetime challenge. You would be surprised how many people are out there that do not believe it can be an addiction. I have had conversations with people who simply think overeaters are just out of control gluttons. Obviously they have not lived it. Thanks for commenting! God Bless!
Anybody who has lived with an addictive personality knows just about anything can be an addiction. Food is just another form of substance abuse. Some people become food drunks instead of alchoholics or drug addicts. It is all the same, just different addictive behaviors.
Eat to Live not Live to Eat. What's so hard about that? Get another hobby or interest to occupy your time. Jeez. Stop putting your hand in another packet of crisps and maybe get off your ass and exercise? Really not hard guys!
no amount of exercise is going to solve the problem if the brain is still programmed to eat in response to emotional problems
iveseenthefuturebaby 3 weeks ago
awareness of food addiction is tragically neglected, i don't know if it's because of the easy stigma of "fat" or what, but it seems ridiculous to me that the focus is always on obesity, in terms of physical weight, rather than the core problem of addiction. It needs to be recognised in the same light as anorexia or bulimia, all are eating disorders which originate from a problem in the brain, telling someone with an addiction to go get on a treadmill is just pure ignorance
iveseenthefuturebaby 3 weeks ago
YES. Food CAN be abused.
Food ignites a feelgood chemical in the brain and helps pass time.
tincannabiscuits 1 month ago
@shabootie1111 Howcan you even make comparisons to what is achoice and what isnt? and on top of that different people have different degrees of addiction; different variations of addictions. I mean soooo many ppl are ignorant about food addiction jus like you it's appalling. Don't talk until you've gone through it.
shabootie1111 1 month ago
@shabootie1111 Addiction isn't just an act it takes control of the persons life. It's not as simple as just saying "ohh so just excercise" how can you physically excercise if your body is so weak and your so sick from eating 1200 cal in one sitting? Do u have common sense?and what about the horrible mentall and emotional damage that rules someone's life after their binge or whatever? Its a vicious Horrible cycle and you haven't gone thru addiction so how can you talk at all?
shabootie1111 1 month ago
@thegame3331 Actually if you eat so much food in one sitting or so much bad food to the extent that most food addicts to it depletes the body and makes thebody so weak and sick to where they can't work out. Addicition means there is something wrong up in the head so it's not just the problem of eating too much. Overall there is something wrong in the brain which messes up daily life ..from extreme delpression to not leaving the house.. You have noo idea what your talking about at all.
shabootie1111 1 month ago
Food is an addiction. The reasons are simply because of the toxins. All the chemicals that are in them. Yes, even our healthy food is toxic. Even if you stay away from icecream and chips your meat is loaded up with chemicals. My heart goes out to you. I've been there and I'm beating this addiction and I know you can too. God bless
buchmansrus 1 month ago
@whatevahization shut the fuck up!
ffatali 2 months ago
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poor cher she's so fat
l1i2a31 3 months ago
Definitely yes
PIgirl007 3 months ago
DON'T LOOSE WEIGHT WE LIK'EM BIG
Roderick849 3 months ago
Alright i understand that food could be an addiction. But, JUNK food doesn't nesesaryly have to be an addiction. Why can't you eat healthy but still eat alot. Or eat alot of junk food but also workout to couteract the calories. Food may be an addiction, but being fat is a CHOICE.
thegame3331 4 months ago
One day at a time. Food addiction is very real and you have to find out which foods trigger your binges. CRAP foods
Caffiene
Refined sugars
Alcohol
Processed foods.
Try elminating the sugar 1st..and don't use artificial sweeteners in place of them - will only make the problem worse.
1955JAFO 4 months ago
EWW
boosheydubber 4 months ago
i have a food addiction and i need help i cannot stop eating. if i go more than 1/2 an hour without eating i feel lightheaded and i get shaky, and that has led me to become 378LBS AND I AM ONLY 17. i have to sneek food into school and ask to go to the mens room so i can eat something. what should i do?
PatriotConservative1 5 months ago
@PatriotConservative1 The light headed feeling is not hunger it is craving your addiction just like a heroin addict starts to shake and itch. I don’t know what to tell you really. I decided to lose weight after my doctor said something. I really didn’t think I had a problem because I was the healthiest person I knew ad I eat organic food and exercise every day. Just remember regardless of it all you are in the world and you deserve your place here, Good Luck.
MrMap4921 2 months ago
Food is a type of an addiction. I have one also, just on an opposite way. Instead I dont eat and obesess about it that way.
SlumberCloud 7 months ago 2
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icet676 7 months ago
sloth: a sin
conman2317 8 months ago
hurt more than ever (he's done this more times than i can count)
candlelight482 8 months ago
continu- scooter, im about 100 lbs over weight, & i have a phyical diasbiltiy tho im mostly ambulatory, so for me its no wonder i don't have some1 2 share my life w. men are shallow & closed minded i grew up w fried chicken, chip & cookies always in the house,I'd rather have french fries than a carrot stick.! I have a exercise bike & palates dvd but they hardly get used also this person i mentioned earlier (he always says he'll visit then comes up w excuse after excuse why he cant come so im
candlelight482 8 months ago
food can be an addiction & I have it, when i was a child I was teased 4 somthing i could'nt help ( not waight) I was raised in the averge family he all love eachother & say so, now I know some1 who use 2 b a good friend of mine that has become like pulling teeth to come & visit me so I;ve stopped trying also i soooo sick of seeing everyone around me happy w some1 to spend there lives w but me I feel like a outsider in my own family plus i have no friends in the city i live. I use a 3 wheel
candlelight482 8 months ago
food can be addiction if you have enough money to buy it .
ocean3b 8 months ago
the chemicals in the processed foods u mention actually contain filling and its the food components that have a certian number of fats, sugar, and salt.
MrClangamer 9 months ago
anything can be addicting
but any addiction is cureable :D
MrClangamer 9 months ago
I for a while, kept eating loads of food for a month and i thought, i really need to stop, the less i ate, the less i needed the food so yes addiction is quite right, its like when you stop the cigarettes, you stop craving them or if you cut out the alcohol, the cravings will go(over time of course) plus theres all this junk food in the stores, its like a heroin addict browsing in a large store filled with heroin and telling them not to buy it!
cokerainbows 10 months ago
I agree with you 100%. Food is also my addiction, and one way I'm overcoming it is with my lap band. I've lost 40 lbs so far. Watch my videos, it may be something that you might be interested in.
bonnieb118 11 months ago
I'm also going to allow one treat every 3 days or so of a frozen milky
chocolate thingy on a stick it'll be great to have at least 1 thing to look forward to.
I know God intended us to have enough to fill us and no more. My eldest
son says its gluttony to eat more than you need and rarely has treats and has kept his lovely slim figure all his life. I put on
weight with a series of close deaths and an accident. Heres hoping Im
on an upward climb to slimness !!! I sliced pear is good.
cobbax9916 1 year ago
I started a diet today Im a tub and have had a cup of diet fizzy drink (my son
has a few cups a day and he's still lost all that weight) but I had some lettuce
and cheese to nibble before (yum) while waiting for dinner but dont know
how bad the cheese will be. Just as well I like veggies. Im a lot better
looking when Im 28 or 35 lbs lighter than now and cant fit my nice clothes now.
Heres hoping but Jennifferrr here and my son are right its a lifestyle change
not a fast diet.
cobbax9916 1 year ago
thats fabulous jenniferrr and the way to go. My son changed his habits too
and has porridge at work for breakfast (yuk) and mainly a cpl of sandwiches for lunch
or goes out for chinese or something and eats a decent sized meal at home
for dinner but never been a giant eater eg 2 meat patties, chips (fries) and 2 eggs
is his fav and he has lost 30 kg - from 93 to 63 but he did it sensibly
and slowly over 18 mths and does get on his exercycle often - works for him hes so skinny now ha.
cobbax9916 1 year ago
I am not obese, but I do eat a lot of sugar, salt, and poor foods, so that I turn around and spend a lot of time exercising to attack my pudge, when I should not have eaten the candy, grease, etc. in the first place.
andrjsh 1 year ago
people act like this is horrible.there are worse problems than this in the world..stop insulting people who are addicted to food..if they could stop they would,these things take time..like your addicted to eating healthy
FLATFEET3 1 year ago
first of all joan i give you so much credittttt for speaking on this issue. i have started a facebook page for overeaters and addiction. i am going to post this on my page! you are beautiful..thank you so much for the video.
chocolatebigbutt08 1 year ago
Thank you for the video. I believe that a diet of (generally) whole foods satisfies the body and many cravings subside, in the same way that wholesome pleasures replace unwholesome ones, real intimacy overcomes adverse sexuality, self-respect and respect of others subsume codependency, etc.
andrjsh 1 year ago
The only temporary relief I get from depression is to buy something. This leads to hoarding of clothing and other items-I have OCD. Meds have not helped and crying leads to more crying. These activities sooth my anger, and I feel it's the only joy I get out of life, other than artwork. But I'm not always up to it. Put some money in my hand and I'm off to ebay to blow it all, though.
wauquelin 1 year ago
Food is definitely a soother,esp. fatty items like fried stuff, sweets, heavy dairy products and the like.They stimulate serotonin, which depressed people lack. Women suffer twice the rate of depression in this society for obvious reasons.It's often why we turn to food or shopping to ease feelings of anger.
wauquelin 1 year ago
Anything that makes you feel good can be an addiction.We all turn to things that make us feel good.
MrsRandomRedhead 1 year ago
Food addiction is definitely real. Humans are naturally wired to go for salty, sugary, or fatty foods because those are rare in nature. Nowadays, they're easily available. Add things like msg and other additives to food, and how greasy unhealthy food is often more convenient and cheaper than other food, and it's not hard to see why obesity is becoming a big problem. Plus food makes you feel good naturally, and there's constant advertisement for fatty foods.
desireefrommyspace 1 year ago
I used to be addicted to food. I tried many diets, they didn't help, only gave me more urge to eat. Now I realize it has to be a life change, and I made that change by changing my eating habits 6 months ago. Now I lost 20 kilos, eating healthier (I say healthier because I didn't get fat by eating fast food (like many think). But a lot of "normal" food, i.e. 8 slices of bread per day. Now I eat 4). Still have more kilos to go, at least 40. I eat 2400 kcal a day now. It's actually easy to do now!
Jenniferrr16 1 year ago
Food addiction is real Its stronger than a drug...
starteam144 1 year ago
there is no such thing as a food addict i thought i was food addict but the reason i was always hungary and eating was because i was eating any foods to fuel my body so even though i was eating all day i was starving myself
yorchick 1 year ago
@yorchick while you may be right about the types of food you eat leaving you hungry, scientists have already proven that food, in a food addict, does something very similar to the brain that drugs do to drug addict's brains, look it up on google
TheBobete138 1 year ago
I find you very attractive. I wish you were single. However I have the utmost respect for the fact that you're married. To answer the question...yes, food can be, and in most cases...it is an addiction. Jus' like any drug, be it Alcohol, or pills, liquor, gambling etc, etc. I also commend you for going public and sharing all that you have. Its very educational!..The rooster in the back ground of this video is very funny to me...! dssatl2020@yahoo.com God Bless!
1stEspadaShayde 1 year ago
Why do people have to be so rude??
Food is a addiction..anything can be a addiction.. why waste your time on here to make fun of this nice lady, when she's trying to help.
God bless Joan! keep pushing forward you are doing good and this is a bad addiction.
jmothersheadful 1 year ago
i weigh just under 300 lbs and requested my doctor assist me with weight loss. my doc requested I have a bunch of tests done to factor in the risks. after all my blood tests and physical exams the doctor refused because, and I quote, "I am healthy." Basically because I don't have high blood pressure or diabetis yet, because I don't have a thyroid problem because I am not physically ill i am not entitled to assistance in achieving a healthy weight. the real kicker is i have tried so hard.
marieemclean 1 year ago
Wow you're so smart! It makes me question my food addiction and i'm still trying my best to find help for it cause on my own I keep failing to overcome it. I just don't know where to go for help and it makes me feel really sad.
stkcarm5 1 year ago
Food addiction = America.
enforceone 1 year ago
@enforceone Why would you say that? I'm not fat at all =\
MrReigi 1 year ago
great vid. Absolutely food can be an addiction and many books say that it can be a more powerful addiction than even heroin or cocaine since more "feel good" and calming brain chemicals are released in the brain when eating sugary foods or foods with addictive chemicals such as MSG. Eating more whole, raw fruits and vegetables helps diminish processed food cravings.
ceruleana1 1 year ago
you not only eat the chicken breast you eat the whole chicken coup
joanisfatwhale 1 year ago
i think u r amazingly brave and i suffer too! over emotional eating!
clazza01 1 year ago
@clazza01 amazingly brave to stuff herself with cheeseburgers? Seriously, she'd be "amazingly brave" if she saved a drowning child or fought a fire. NOT because she wrote a book on what it's like finding a casio watch in her back fat roll or whatever it's about.
LittleAuntyDaisy 1 year ago
@LittleAuntyDaisy WOW let the anorexics starve to deatht then. why they get all the help and over weight people food addicts' do not? you really are an evil putrifying cunt
child molesting mother fucker
clazza01 1 year ago
@clazza01 Firstly the manner in which you speak shows your level of intelligence and maturity. Secondly, anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder with physical symptoms. Therefore anorexics are treated in hospitals by psychiatrists and doctors. Like alcoholics who would not be deserving of a new liver, "food addicts" as you call them would not be deserving of being called "brave" or receiving special treatment such as extra wide seats or preferred seating on public transport.
LittleAuntyDaisy 1 year ago
FAT BITCH!!
fugiboo 1 year ago
Extremly Obese
Vriden22 1 year ago
Its an eating disorder not an addiction. An addiction is a chemical addiction in your brain that u get from drogs alcohol etc. some foods do signal the brain to eat more thats true these foods should be avoided like (fructos ,glycos,sugar in combination with fat) but u cant say that food in itself is an addiction thats just not really the case its an eating disorder.
KeceCwanaKurdish 1 year ago
ur one hellof a fuck..:)
coolspiritajay 1 year ago
yes I think it can be an addiction because I have the disorder. I can't stop eating sometimes even when I'm not hungry, I just want to eat until I feel totally sick enough to vomit all of it out. I actually even weigh myself before and after making sure I got rid of the exact weight of the food I had consumed.
Littleotau 1 year ago
Im a foodaddict but im not a lazy bastard... I eat aprox 7 times a day and i love pizza. As most i ate 4x bigmac co... but i dotn need to be obest 4 that. Is lazy a addict?
kaiburra 1 year ago
This is a quote from Bahai writings.I hope it will answer.
O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich,why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty?Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself?Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me?Out of the clay of love I molded thee,how dost thou busy thyself with another?Turn thy sight unto thyself,that thou mayest find Me standing within thee,mighty,powerful and self-subsisting."Baha'u'llah"
moeinj9 1 year ago
instead of reading all about food diet whaever.. move ur ass....i feel sorry for the chair...
kittythepoo 1 year ago
@kittythepoo Would you say something like that to an alcoholic, a smoker or drug addict?
Agoraphobicslove 2 months ago
everyone loves food but they choose not to eat...
kittythepoo 1 year ago
Some great helpful information in books by Kay shepherd, about how to recover well on an abstinant food plan for life.
thetmacs 2 years ago
how much does she weigh
IAMNOTAGIRLIAMAMAN 2 years ago
Haha, this Food Addiction excuse put forward by the overweight people. Listen up, there's a reason why no one got fat eating plenty of carrots, nuts, berries, salads, fruits, etc. It's funny also, how your food addiction seems to be limited to eating mass amounts of junk food. How sad of you. Trying to justify your poor lifestyle choices. Well, it's coming back to bite you in your ass both at the detriment of your health condition and your social status.
RenewableFuel 2 years ago 2
@RenewableFuel it is about genes and self esteem same as anorexics, aww those poor stick insects
clazza01 1 year ago
@RenewableFuel u r a dumb cunt
clazza01 1 year ago
@RenewableFuel Its not as easy as you think...should you justify poor habits no. Can you explain them yes. Can you change them YES but its really hard... REALLY hard
juldga 1 year ago
@RenewableFuel You said what I was saying in my mind...well not quite as rude...yes it is the over weight persons fault for getting there. I bugs the shit out of me because it is a crutch to say it's the foods fault. But again, you can't be everyone and not everyone is strong to ignore the crave. I was over weight once and I know. But I'm still on your side lol Just eat healthier not massive amounts of junk food.
RatherBaAnime 1 year ago
@RenewableFuel are you sure their aren't people like me who can and did gain 20-50 lbs of fat eating brown rice, carrots, fish and fruits? Almost all skinny people eat pizza and junk food all the time. They simply just don't eat much 2 slices and their full. If it took them 40 slices to be full then they would be fat, and this is why their is fat people. A lot of us are on the borderline, something as simple as eating heaalthy can make you skinny, you are one of these people.
desvio2000 1 year ago
@RenewableFuel
I do agree with what you say wholeheartedly, it is possible to change your ways with anything as we can see, although there are addictive chemicals in food. Cheese for example has a chemical more addicting than heroin in it.
reaperx17 1 year ago
@RenewableFuel You obviously have poor knowledge about the human mind, you ignorant kid.
markffan 4 months ago
@markffan Yet you provide no rebuttal at all. GG kid.
IAM18YEARSOLDANDOVER 4 months ago
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Winteredrose5162 2 years ago
America... greedy obese nation.
0vaio 2 years ago
yep.......yep........yepppppp so true too.
plutoplatters 2 years ago
@0vaio so is uk now
clazza01 1 year ago
it has to do with anxiety.
nandesneto 2 years ago
I recently did a project about food and addiction, and there is definitely a link between the amount of a hormone called leptin in the brain that dictates your hunger and food intake. Scientists are getting closer to ways of stopping these addictions, as oftentimes food addictions aren't the fault of the individual.
EWilsonLife 2 years ago
Yes, food is one thing that people can be addicted to...just as much as drugs, behaviors, exercise, etc. You are right. We can make an addiction out of anything!!! ^5 I like you. :)
OriginalMissKitty 2 years ago
I know I can put on 10lbs in a week. So why not use it to benefit me. I am in the gym 4 days and 1 off every week. People blame the food and genetics as an excuss. People use these fad diets and pills with the hope of quick results. It never works because it is lifestyle change that is needed. A great example is Alli. It makes you crap yourself if you eat greasy food (its on the bottle). Still people buy it and think that it will help. A gym membership is less expensive and works. No excusses
lifterforlife1983 2 years ago
Food can be an addiction, food addicts in recovery anonymous can provide real help that is free of charge and works. This group has helped me more than any other and honestly works.
eternalpoint 2 years ago
People can become addicted to absolutely anything.
Julirana 2 years ago 22
@Julirana obviously not salad in Joan's case
andyf2280 1 year ago
Definitely. An addiction is inability to stop a compulse behavior despite continued negative consquences.
If someone is morbidly obese and binges on food as a way to cope with their stress it's an addiction.
Everyone has problems in their life, yours is unfortunately just more visible and thus are a target for bullies and other weak-minded people . Best of luck with your battle!
Patriot2572 2 years ago 10
Well put. I agree. It is, in my opinion, the most stigmatized of all the addictions and most misunderstood. Many people do not believe it is a viable addiction and we are just out of control gluttons. Thank you for the words of encouragement. I am doing well at this point and am finally turning it all around. God Bless!
JoanLandis 2 years ago
You make videos like this and then tell sushicat that people who care about her addiction are funny. I think you are an enabler!! Misery loves company.
jimmas2009 2 years ago
this woman is soooooooooooo sexy!!!!!
I want her to sit on me with ALL her weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!
davidberry1972 2 years ago
For me, as an emotional eater I would have to say yes, absolutely. Great video!
sistahonamission 2 years ago
So true. Food can be an addiction, anytime i carve some thing its not vegies or fruit, its that bag of chips or box of cookies.....everyone deals with addictions and i just so happens that for some it is food, and we have to deal with it the same way some one who is addicted to gambling or anything else would deal with it. One step at a time.
eddiethecrazycarny 2 years ago 2
One step at a time is the key as well as NEVER giving up. We just have to make different choices and retrain our brain and believe we deserve it. Thanks for watching! God Bless!
JoanLandis 2 years ago
hey, no offense but how did you let your weight escalade into what it is now?
folkinfolkin 2 years ago
Food sure can be an addiction.
I not only gave up processed grains but all grains as well as milk, sugars, and starch foods. I am into my second year. It has greatly helped food addiction. I am addicted to carbs big time. Still am, now I eat healthy carbs, lots of them.
I don't lose weight when I eat too many of them but don't gain either.
I have made my eating my lifestyle. It has become very easy for me to do.
Good luck with your emotions and your food addictions.
marjie
macomarell 2 years ago
It is an addiction. Especially for emotional eaters. I do not eat uncontrollably like most people think overweight people do...I actually have had to increase my calorie intake and am still working on it. The problem is skinny/healthy people or the ones I have ran into think losing weight is easy, it is not. It is not always simple. And everyone loses weight differently.
forureyes 2 years ago
i agree and very well thought out
sushicatny 2 years ago
Makes me feel much better as well! Thanks! God Bless!
JoanLandis 2 years ago
Food is definately an addcition....it's always been my addiction of choice....I have learned over the years that eating as clean as possible it makes me feel better~ Great video~
KarlaKayM 2 years ago
ANYTHING can be an addiction! Food is a very common addiction because it is in our lives every day. There can be no rhyme or reason why you get addicted to one thing or another. I can be addicted to just about anything. Luckily, I only allow addictions to a few things. Even though I feel lucky, I still struggle everyday with what I need to do to live a healthy life. This is a lifetime challenge.
littlesheree 2 years ago
It is definitely a lifetime challenge. You would be surprised how many people are out there that do not believe it can be an addiction. I have had conversations with people who simply think overeaters are just out of control gluttons. Obviously they have not lived it. Thanks for commenting! God Bless!
JoanLandis 2 years ago
Anybody who has lived with an addictive personality knows just about anything can be an addiction. Food is just another form of substance abuse. Some people become food drunks instead of alchoholics or drug addicts. It is all the same, just different addictive behaviors.
littlesheree 2 years ago
Eat to Live not Live to Eat. What's so hard about that? Get another hobby or interest to occupy your time. Jeez. Stop putting your hand in another packet of crisps and maybe get off your ass and exercise? Really not hard guys!
RenewableFuel 2 years ago
so dammmmn true... really is
plutoplatters 2 years ago